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Frost Beards

22nd January 2018, by Paul Barclay

Sometimes you find beauty in the strangest places. Last Sunday was spent out with the Nature Ninja Volunteers at St Maurice’s Pond, removing invasive rhododendron and litter picking. St Maurice’s Pond itself is a beautiful place but you don’t normally get the best view of it while patrolling with a bin bag. On this occasion keeping our eyes to the…

General, Education and community, Species and habitats, Volunteering, Wildlife reserves, Creating Natural Connections, Wild Ways Well

Not so fantastic plastic

17th January 2018, by Tracy Lambert

If you’re a nature lover like me then you were probably glued to your TV during Blue Planet 2. The new findings from this series have been incredible, from attaching cameras to whale-sharks to help find where they give birth to their pups, to the first ever footage of an amazing fish that preys on seabirds. However, the last show…

General, Education and community, Species and habitats, Wildlife reserves, Creating Natural Connections

Finding our community’s voice

10th January 2018, by Tracy Lambert

As part of the development phase for our Heritage Lottery Fund supported Creating Natural Connections project I will be spending a lot of time out and about talking to groups, schools and residents in the run up to submitting our final funding application. My aim is to ask you what do you need to help you enjoy your green spaces of…

General, Education and community, Projects, Events, Creating Natural Connections

Wild Ways Well 2018

3rd January 2018, by Paul Barclay

Have you broken any New Year’s resolutions yet? We’re barely into the first week of 2018 and I’ve broken most of mine, which generally focus around eating less chocolate and bacon rolls. Why do I set myself such impossible goals? Time markers can be stressful events for many people. For those of us with depression they can be used as…

Projects, Volunteering, Tips and advice, Wild Ways Well

Christmas comes just once a year

27th December 2017, by Paul Barclay

Christmas comes just once a year – but for those of us with anxiety or stress problems, that can be quite often enough! Decorating trees, buying gifts, preparing meals, visiting family and friends, bad weather, crowded streets… with all the pressure on our purses, family relations and waistbands, it’s no wonder that the festive period is regarded as one of…

General, Wild Ways Well

We wish yew a Merry Christmas

18th December 2017, by Paul Barclay

Every December the world stops. For weeks now the light has been fading,every day shorter than the one before, the cold and the dark becoming all encompassing. And then for a few days in December time stands still. The sun stops its retreat and holds its position in the sky… And the year turns. Minute by minute the days begin…

General, Wild Ways Well

Have your say on our future

5th December 2017, by Tracy Lambert

What a hectic and amazing few weeks we’ve had! As you will have seen last week we won the acclaimed Youth and Education at the Nature of Scotland Awards ceremony. For me that was a huge slab of icing on the cake for the end of our Engaging Communities project – locally known as Natural Connections. So, what’s next for…

Education and community, Projects, Events, Appeals and campaigns, Creating Natural Connections

And the winner is ….

24th November 2017, by Tracy Lambert

We are the champions! Last Thursday night Ian and I along with two lovely teachers from St Maurice’s High school attended the RSPB Nature of Scotland awards in Edinburgh. These awards are the equivalent of the Oscars for Conservation, and what a night! Everyone was done up to the nines and sitting on the edge of their seats to see…

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Fantastic Fungi

22nd November 2017, by Paul Barclay

While out with the Wild Ways Well group this Thursday we were lucky enough to come across some amazing fungi in the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Seafar Wood Wildlife Reserve. Each one was the size of a pinhead, and they ranged in colour from brilliant orange to vivid green. Fungi are fascinating, belonging to a Kingdom of Life all of their…

General, Species and habitats, Wildlife reserves, Wild Ways Well

Cumbernauld Living Landscape wins National Lottery support

22nd September 2017, by Cumbernauld LL

Cumbernauld Living Landscape has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund to develop its Creating Natural Connections project. This is a four-year initiative that aims to make the town’s woods, parks and open spaces better for wildlife and people with the support of National Lottery players.

Creating Natural Connections, Volunteering, News, Projects, Education and community

Frost Beards

Not so fantastic plastic

Finding our community’s voice

Wild Ways Well 2018

Christmas comes just once a year

We wish yew a Merry Christmas

Have your say on our future

And the winner is ….

Fantastic Fungi

Cumbernauld Living Landscape wins National Lottery support

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