Partnered with Argyll Biological Records Centre (ABReC)
This field trip was billed as an introduction to Ballachuan Hazel Wood but it was more than that. The inclement weather took us into the beautiful Kilbrandon Church as though drawn by some external force. I was soon, without thinking, giving a sermon according to Natural History with a bit of early pagan Celtic history Read More …
I was down at the Ballachuan Nature Reserve today with several other volunteers, David Croucher and the Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve Manager, Simon Jones to try and find evidence of the Marsh Fritillary butterfly. The butterfly flies in late May and June. The female then lays batches of eggs on the underside of Devil’s-bit Scabious leaves. Read More …