Day 4 #30DaysWild
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Day 4 #30DaysWild - lilacs in bloom
Category: Species and habitats
Natural Connections – Planting for the community
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The Conservation Volunteers - protecting the trees from deer
Very excited to tell you that last Thursday the Tesco, Bags Of Help project at St Maurice’s Pond began. The Cumbernauld Living Landscape has contracted The Conservation Volunteers to come out to plant the small community orchard and to improve the boardwalk that take you across the pond.
STOP THE PRESS!!!! New Mascot in town
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Have you heard the news?
We have been in cahoots with a local celebrity, the star of Cumbernauld Greenspaces your local pine marten!
Your shy and elusive pine marten Milish with Lily, Primary 6
We asked her if she would like to support us at high falooting events such as our local gala days, schools and project launches. Our friendly pine marten agreed on under one condition - we had to find a name for her! We asked local school children to come up with a name that would reflect who she is and and here is the result.
Springfling at Palacerigg Country Park
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Feeling sheepish after all that chocolate?, Looking for something to do this Easter Monday?
Join us at the Springfling at Palacerigg Country Park
Monday 28th March
12pm - 4pm
Read on to find out more
A different climate
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From the sun drenched woodlands in Tenerife to the snow covered trees of home, it was good to be back!
With the office quiet over Christmas, I decided to take off to a warm and sunny island in the Atlantic for a wee holiday. Whilst it was a bit of a shock to come home to snow, the beautiful crisp countryside and a chance sighting of a deer at the back of my fence made me glad to be back – I had missed Scotland’s wildlife!
Natural Connections – To sleep or not to sleep…
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© Amy Lewis
Unless you have been away on holiday or snuggled up in your home for quite a while you will have noticed the drop in temperature in the last month. This dip in temperature change triggers survival mechanisms for some of our wildlife in Cumbernauld such as hedgehogs, badgers, squirrels, pine martens, bats and other small rodents. There are a few mechanisms but for now we talk about two, torpor and hibernation which are vital for these animals to survive the winter.
Natural Connections – Natural Capital in Cumbernauld
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Heather pollination
I attended The Wildlife Trust’s Conservation in the 21st Century event last week in Edinburgh to discover how we can implement ‘natural capital’ approaches in Scotland. What is it, I hear you say? Well…natural capital values our environment by looking at the services we derive from nature. A great example of this is pollination from wild bees, butterflies and hoverflies. They estimate this ‘free’ service is worth a whopping £43million to the Scottish economy. It is becoming increasingly necessary to assign a value to a natural asset in order to protect it for all of us and to show businesses the need for them to become more environmentally friendly and sustainable for their long term survival too.
Natural Connections – A connection with nature
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We had a cook out last week for the last Natural Connections workshop for the term with the students of St Maurice’s High School. The lads instantly took up the primal challenge of cooking outdoors (man vs fire – safely and responsibly!) to supply the other students with amazing bacon butties. We were surrounded by a sea of smiles as the students, in the pouring rain with a cup of tea in one hand and butties in the other got stuck in.