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Conservation day at Luggiebank Wood

31st January 2018, by Tracy Lambert

We are very excited to be heading out to Luggiebank Wood Wildlife Reserve for a spot of conservation work at the weekend. This is a wee gem looked after by the Scottish Wildlife Trust located just behind the train station at Greenfaulds. It is the Trust’s smallest reserve in Cumbernauld but what it lacks in size it makes up for…

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

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

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…

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

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…

General

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

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