I spent last week on the Marine Biological Sampling course at FSC Millport. One of my objectives this year is to develop a specialism in polychaete identification and this trip was a great opportunity to collect some worms ...
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March
Hello,
Another month gone already. With time and patience I’m slowly gaining confidence in my identification skills, just in time for Phoebe to leave me to fend for myself. Though I will be sending her occasional pleas for ...
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Underground, overground, wombling free…
Hello everyone!
I thought I'd let you know what I was up to in March. It was a bit of an odd month, this winter seems to be never ending here and we had yet more snow on Easter weekend BUT it was actually sunny ...
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A Buzz in the Air – March Blog
Hello again!
I can hardly believe we've reached the end of March already. Spring is slowly (very slowly) creeping up on us here in Scotland and we've had a rare few beautiful, sunny days in between the relentless snow and ...
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Don’t Do Lichens Kids!
A belated introduction from me, I am one of this year’s Natural Talent trainees.
As the title might suggest I have a focus on Lichens (the ecological equivalent of Benny from ABBA. Vitally important but best known for ...
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