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Field Trip to the Black Lochs – Saturday 18th July 2009
Our field trip today took us to the solitude and beautiful landscape of the intriguingly titled “Black Lochs” near North Connel. Leaving the A85 main road we followed a track towards Achaleven Farm and on past Cuil-uaine to the lochs. They are renowned for their variety of dragonflies and damselflies, but we did not expect Read More …
Twite (Carduelis flavirostris)
August is the time here at Balvicar to look out for small flocks of Twite returning to the coast following breeding, as they search out food on unimproved or semi-improved grassland. They feed on a variety of seeds including those of dandelion, sorrel, annual meadow grass and thistle. Most of their time is spent feeding on the ground Read More …