Scottish Wildlife Trust news


IN BRIEF


Funding boost


THIS year the Trust will be receiving an extra £25,000 from People’s Postcode Lottery. Players of People’s Postcode Lottery are vital to supporting the Trust and helping to protect Scotland’s wildlife for the future. In total, players of People’s Postcode Lottery have now raised over £3.8 million for the Trust, helping us to deliver a wide range of our work.


Water for wildlife


A dragonfly pond has been created at Shewalton Wood reserve in Irvine by the Ayrshire volunteers. Water seeping off the bog was dammed with hand-excavated earth and recycled panels to create a pool which is shallower than other ponds on this reserve, providing a different niche for aquatic species.


Winning image


THE Edinburgh Living Landscape launched a photography competition to celebrate the newly created and enhanced areas of biodiversity across the city. The winning image ‘Common Blue Butterfly’ was taken at Corstorphine Hill by Shirin Ghosh.


New sign unveiled


THANKS to staff at Lloyds Bank, who raised funds by organising a sponsored cycle and can crushing initiative, a new sign was recently installed at our Falls of Clyde Wildlife Reserve. Visitors will now be greeted by this sign as they enter the reserve.


6 SCOTTISH WILDLIFE NOVEMBER 2015 Getting muddy at Montrose Basin


BRITISH Telecom recently sent a team of employees to our Montrose Basin Visitor Centre and Wildlife Reserve


to help out for a hard day’s graft. They spent the day renovating the dipping pond – an invaluable


education resource which is used by visiting school groups. A huge thank you to the team!


Aberdeenshire town is grey-free


THE Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels project is pleased to announce that a town in Aberdeenshire is now thought to be grey squirrel free.


The grey squirrel, an invasive non-native species which threatens the existence of our native red squirrel, was once widespread across Aberdeenshire. Concerted effort by the Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels project team and volunteers has led to the range and population of grey squirrels falling dramatically. Now, in its sixth year of direct management to conserve red squirrels, the project believes that grey squirrels are absent from Stonehaven and the Mearns.


The project is appealing to members of the public around the Mearns to remain vigilant and to report any sightings of grey squirrels.


Please visit the project website to report your sightings: scottishsquirrels.org.uk/ squirrel-sightings


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