20 06, 2021

Rewilding and Floristic Novelty

By |2021-06-28T20:25:59+00:00June 20th, 2021|Blog, Ecospace, Natural Assets, Protected Areas, Rewilding, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Rewilding and Floristic Novelty

On a June evening I took a walk in Urquhart Bay Wood on the shores of Loch Ness.  The main trail took me down to the confluence of two burns.  Relaxing a while, I watched a chaffinch fluttering up from a shingle bank and snaping up aquatic flies that were congregation under overhanging foliage.  As

20 08, 2019

Check, clean, dry: how can canoers help control the spread of invasive species?

By |2020-01-16T20:51:26+00:00August 20th, 2019|Freshwater biodiversity, People & nature, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Check, clean, dry: how can canoers help control the spread of invasive species?

This article was first published on the Freshwater Blog on August 16 2019 On a hot Saturday in June I rolled up at the UK’s National Water Sport Centre. The place was abuzz with cars, kayaks, club flags and paddle-carrying athletes chatting bucket starts, heats, duck tape and Nelos. Everyone was readying to race on a

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