Apocalypse scenario: A riverbank erodes. The churning water eats it away slowly as chunks of mud and debris are blasted off into oblivion. Disoriented sticklebacks plot revenge. Buzzards circle. Badgers forget to be badgerly, ...
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Trinley Brrr-rae
Loathe as we are to allow an incoming winter to prevent us from working hard, the other day we headed out to Trinley Brae in the West End to recreate a nice, natural hamlet for house sparrows, which have been on the rapid ...
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Creating a Numeracy Garden for Auchenlodment Primary School
When the Glasgow Mid Week Group was asked to create a Numeracy Garden at Auchenlodment Primary School in Johnstone, I had no idea about the scale of what we were actually taking on! We were scheduled to do 8 work days on site ...
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St Joachim’s Primary School Come Rain or Shine
St Joachim's is a small primary school in the Carmyle area in south-east Glasgow with a lovely wooded area planted with young deciduous trees. The Glasgow Conservation Volunteer Group were on site for 4 days to help transform ...
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The secrets of the Claypits
I like to think that I know Glasgow pretty well and have cycled and walked along the Forth and Clyde Canal many times but there is a gem of a site lying on the other side of the towpath near Port Dundas that I never knew was ...
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