Today we went up Gowan Hill beside Stirling Castle and did a bioblitz. We took a note of all the plant and wildlife species that we could see. There were five species of tree: willow, birch, hawthorn, elder and poplar. ...
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British Science Week with St Mary’s Primary School
Thanks to funding from the British Science Association, we were able to run two Citizen Science sessions with a class of P5’s from St Mary’s Primary School in Maryhill. This was part of British Science Week, and what a lovely ...
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Lichens – the perfect Citizen Science for winter
These dark, cold winter months may seem a bit lifeless but there are one set of species that still manage to triumph effortlessly throughout the winter: the lichens!
Lichens are two organisms (algae and fungus) living ...
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