Caught on camera
Motion-sensitive cameras are being used in Glen Nevis, near Fort William, to try and discover more about the wildlife that lives there. Staff from the John Muir Trust and Highland Council are using the cameras in a bid to regularly capture images of some of the glen’s more elusive creatures such as pine marten, otter and golden eagle.
Glen Nevis is a popular spot with the public and already the local junior ranger group is benefitting, with youngsters capturing images of the bird life around the Glen Nevis visitor centre. “The cameras should give us a better idea of the species present in the Steall Gorge in the glen
and the meadows above,” explained Sarah Lewis of the John Muir Trust. “We hope to get photos of badgers, foxes and pine martens, as well as the resident birds of prey such as golden eagle.” The project is being funded by CARE, a
humanitarian charity fighting poverty, which has organised fundraising events in the Lochaber area in the past, including the Three Peaks Challenge. They’re keen to put something back into the area, so they helped fund the remote cameras. A notable success to date has centred on an inquisitive pine marten. “Having freed a pine marten from one of the garages near the visitor centre, we set up a baited feeding station to try and film it,” explained Michelle Melville from the Highland Council’s ranger service. “Thanks to some peanuts we got our images! Our next challenge is to try and get photos of the otters in the River Nevis.” The most sought-after image, however, would probably be one showing that a Scottish wildcat is present in Glen Nevis. There have been reported sightings, but so far there’s been no hard evidence to back up these accounts.
Làrach-lìn Ùr do Dhualchas Nàdair na h-Alba
An robh fios agad gun tàinig an ainm Beurla ptarmigan bhon Ghàidhlig tàrmachan? Tha an dlùth-cheangal eadar a’ Ghàidhlig agus ar dualchas nàdarra air a thaisbeanadh anns an làrach-lìn ùr seo bho Dualchas Nàdair na h-Alba. A bharrachd air na ‘Faclan Nàdair’, an stòr-dàta de dh’fhaclan Gàidhlig ceangailte ri nàdair, tha tòrr ri ionnsachadh mu dheidhinn gnèithean, àrainnean agus cruthan-tìre agus meal na dealbhan alainn ri fhaighinn air an làrach. Rannsaich àiteachan diofraichte far am faodar tadhail gus am blàr a-muigh a mhealtainn – is dh’fhaodadh gu bheil cuid de na h-àiteachan mìorbhailteach seo air do stairsnich fhèin! Tha foillsichidhean agus goireasan foghlaim Gàidhlig agus dà-chànanach ri fhaighinn air loidhne no faodaidh tu òrdugh a chur a-staigh. Ma tha thu nad fhileantach no ma tha thu ag ionnsachadh Gàidhlig agus ùidh agad ann an dualchas nàdarra – carson nach tadhal thu air ar làrach-lìn Ghàidhlig ùr aig
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