How lucky the Stirling volunteers are!! We spent several weeks working on a footpath project in an RSPB nature reserve at Inversnaid. The location was truly amazing. We usually had lunch on top of the hill, over-looking Loch ...
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Worms, Wildflowers and Wains
The Gartcosh Nature Reserve, in North Lanarkshire, is being further developed in order to safeguard the site's important wildlife (such as the Great Crested Newt and several species of damselflies). It is a very nice place ...
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Kidney Spot at Dumbreck
Dumbreck Marshes (aka the Bog of Eternal Stench) is not the cooshiest site to work (mattocking out willows), but recently we were reminded of its value as a habitat. A couple of weeks ago we found a ladybird of some ...
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We’re dangerous
Smithstone Oak wood brambles fall before our new tactic!
Much of the woodland floor is under bramble which has made planting the new trees impossible. We developed a two person technique this past week that is quick and ...
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The Battle Of Polkemmet
Polkemmet Park begins! On secondment to Jupiter last week we began the Polkemmet Country Park Epic. There's a 1000000 days to do and it's so big it is being tackled by Stirling, Edinburgh and Jupiter.
We began the fight ...
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