Category: Creating Natural Connections

Watch our Creating Natural Connections video!

, by Laura Healy Smith
The opening shot of our video, a drone shot over Broadwood Loch (c) Vass Media  Delivery of our Creating Natural Connections project ended in June 2023. Much has been achieved throughout the project, and we were keen to mark this in a permanent way. We decided a video was a fantastic way to showcase the work we have done and…

It is goodbye from Creating Natural Connections

, by Tracy Lambert
It is a bittersweet time here at Creating Natural Connections, with us saying farewell to The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) team as the project delivery ends. It still amazes me that it has been 5 years since beginning this project with consultations and events during the development phase to create a project that was driven by the public. Four years later…

Water of Life

, by Laura Healy Smith
These mute swans are just one species who benefit from living at St Maurice’s Pond (c) L Healy Smith   It’s been amazing to have such a run of sunny weather of late, hasn’t it? Sun is great in so many ways: it makes us feel happier and gives us vital vitamin D; it’s fantastic for insects like butterflies, damselflies,…

Summer fun and sun

, by Laura Healy Smith
There are so many activities to do here in Cumbernauld!  Pic (c) CLL  With the summer sun comes the thought of summer holidays, and with that comes the thought of … “how on earth are we going to keep the kids entertained for seven weeks?” Well, we’re here to lend you a hand and give you some nature-based activity ideas,…

Let’s Go Wild!

, by Laura Healy Smith
  Our current project, Creating Natural Connections, is coming to a close at the end of June. It’s been an interesting time to be delivering a project, with a global pandemic thrown into the mix, but we are ready to celebrate the achievements made over the past four years. To do this, we are hosting a ‘Wild Week’ of events…

Let’s hear it for the volunteers!

, by Aimee Moretti
      Litter picking at Cumbernauld House Park (C) Aimée Moretti Volunteers are at the very core of Cumbernauld Living Landscape. The work we have delivered over 4 years would not have been possible without the dedication, strength and joyous spirits of our Nature Ninja volunteers. We want to take the time to celebrate these brilliant people who have…

Going a bit batty!

, by Laura Healy Smith
Bats are one of our most interesting and elusive mammals in Scotland. And they’ve just started to emerge from hibernation. They are one of the only mammals to hibernate here – the dormouse and the hedgehog being the others. If you’re out walking the dog or coming home at dusk, the chances are there are bats overhead, flitting around streetlights…

Looking out for Bluebells

, by Aimee Moretti
(c) Katrina Martin/2020 Vision    ‘There is a silent eloquence In every wild bluebell’ – Anne Brontë As we begin to see the bluebell carpets rolling out, this quote certainly rings true. I want to take this time to highlight the importance of protecting these beautiful flowers. Throughout the blog, I will be referring to the ‘common bluebell’ but that…

One swallow does not a summer make…..

, by Laura Healy Smith
Swallow, (c) Chris Gomershall, 2020Vision Every spring, I long for the sight of swallows returning to perch on telegraph wires and preen themselves after a mammoth journey which seems impossible for such a tiny, slight bird. Their chatter has been the constant soundtrack to my life over the years and their petrol blue and red plumage – and forked tails…

New beginnings…..

, by Laura Healy Smith
At this time of year, I think it’s very appropriate to talk about new beginnings. As a DreamWorks character stated “Easter is new beginnings, new life. Easter is about hope,” and so is Spring itself. Hello, I’m Natalie, a new Trainee with Cumbernauld Living Landscape and I’m very new to conservation as my background is actually in childcare, which I…

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