Do tigers prey on newts? Here we all are at Hurlethill anyway, helping out Froglife by digging tiger traps for very tiny tigers.
Actually, they are test holes to assess how wet the ground is, and how suitable for ...
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Toads Go Over The Top
This week the Glasgow Group worked with Froglife to enlarge an amphibian pond at Mansewood Allotments on the southside of Glasgow. The allotment holders have set aside a vacant plot as wildlife plot, and a hibernaculum had ...
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Unearthing the past
On Sunday 2 September the Glasgow Group were at Kilmahew Estate at Cardross, finishing off some path clearance work. The original Victorian paths and tracks on the estate have been covered with decades of leaf-mulch and ...
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Ponds and Paths on the Canal
The Midweek Group spent 20-23 August working on path and pond creation in the Sense and Sensitivities sensory garden at Auchinstarry Marina. The gardens features stone, ceramic and willow sculptures, as well as plants ...
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Balsam and Broom on the Braes
Thursday 10th August was a rare sunny day this summer, and we were lucky to be spending it up on the Cathkin Braes to the south of Glasgow. Blue skies and stunning views out over the city towards the Highlands, and a variety ...
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