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Meeting the natives – camera trapping in your back garden
Hello everyone. My name is Kirstin and I am the Reserve Assistant for Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve, nestled in the North East of the Cairngorm’s National Park. I am quite simply obsessed with spying on wildlife! I am … Continue reading
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Scale-Winged Wonders – Muir of Dinnet NNR
This week’s guest blog comes from Helen Rowe and explores the winged wonders that are our native butterflies and moths. As well as being Aberdeenshire Council Countryside Ranger for the Marr area, Helen is a keen Lepidopterist (studies butterflies and … Continue reading
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Tagged #bringingnaturetoyou, #stayhome, Biodiversity, butterfly, conservation, flowers, moth, Scottish Natural Heritage, spring
It’s All Relative – Muir of Dinnet NNR
This week’s guest blog has been written by Ewen Cameron, Chair of the Habitats and Species Group, NE Scotland Biodiversity Partnership. Ewen has been involved in nature conservation for around 40 years and shows us what you can achieve with … Continue reading
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Tagged #bringingnaturetoyou, #makespacefornature, #scotnature, #stayhome, Biodiversity, butterfly
Bird Listening – Muir of Dinnet NNR
What, we’re often asked, are those chirpy things that go ‘tweet’ in the bushes? Well, even venerable and world-weary naturalists like ourselves need a wee bit more of a description than that…but, with modern technology, we often get handed a … Continue reading
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Tagged #bringingnaturetoyou, birds, Dawn chorus
An Ode to Spring
Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;And ’tis my faith that every flowerEnjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played,Their thoughts I cannot measure:—But the least motion which they madeIt seemed a … Continue reading
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From Farm to Fork – Lets hear it for these front-line workers
Living through lock down in rural Angus near the East coast of Scotland has given me time to look around and observe (for the first time I am ashamed to admit) the outstanding contribution that farmers across Scotland are making … Continue reading
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LBJs- Muir of Dinnet NNR
LBJs. Or ‘little brown jobs’ to birders. And it’s easy to think half our avifauna is comprised of these – brown things that go tweet in the bushes and all look the same. (Actually that’s warblers….more of them later in … Continue reading
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Tagged #scotnature, birds, Connecting people with nature, conservation, flowers, spring
Royalty Amongst Birds – Muir of Dinnet NNR
Gulls are royalty amongst birds. Discuss. Well, I suspect most folk would disagree – aren’t gulls just the things that crap on your car, nick your chips, dive bomb you in the town and terrify the kids into dropping their … Continue reading
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Tagged #scotnature, Biodiversity, birds, Connecting people with nature, conservation, Gull, National Nature Reserve, nature, NatureScot
Going Viral – Muir of Dinnet NNR
No, not the staff, but the blog (I wish!). However, following government advice, I’m afraid our office, visitor centre and public toilets are closed until further notice. While most of us should be ok, unless we all starve to death … Continue reading
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Tagged adder, Biodiversity, birds, Connecting people with nature, conservation, flowers, nature, NatureScot, spring, trees
Snakes and Sea Eagles – Muir of Dinnet NNR
Hello out there. Hope you are all well, being able to find stuff in the supermarket (it was really bare this morning) and enjoying the oncoming spring. To be honest, I wouldn’t mind having to self-isolate for a week too … Continue reading
