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Hammering in the dam
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
The Bog Squad hammering in the sections of a new dam, Wester Moss.
The dam is being constructed by Butterfly Conservation and Stirling Countryside Rangers to preserve the peat to enhance carbon sequestration and enhance the bog for butterflies and other invertebrates.
Most of the peat has been removed from raised bogs in Central Scotland, and habitat restoration is necessary to restore the remaining bogs to a favourable condition.
08 November 2015
Digging through the heather, Wester Moss
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
The Bog Squad digging through the heather to enable the first section of a new dam to be sunk, Wester Moss. Practical conservation can be a muddy business!
The dam is being constructed by Butterfly Conservation and Stirling Countryside Rangers to raise the water table in the bog and restore it to a favourable condition.
The aim is that Sphagnum moss will regrow at the expense of heather and trees, and help the peat to regrow and sequester carbon. The bog will also be more suitable for butterflies as a result.
08 November 2015
Wester Moss dead trees
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Wester Moss, showing dead trees ring-barked and left from habitat restoration by the Butterfly Conservation Scotland (BCS) bog squad as perching posts for birds.
08 November 2015
Wester Moss dead trees
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Stirlingshire - Fallin and Wester Moss
Wester Moss, showing dead trees ring-barked and left from habitat restoration work as perching posts for birds.
08 November 2015
Wasp's nest
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Nest of Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris), found under the sarking in the eaves of a house loft in Glasgow.
07 January 2014
Naturalisation of loch shore works at Hogganfield loch, Hogganfield Park Local Nature Reserve
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Glasgow - Wildlife and Wildlife Habitat
Work in progress on the naturalisation of the shore at Hogganfield Loch. Amongst the aims of this work are moving cars back from the loch edge to make it easier to see the wildlife, and making it easier for birds to haul out on the shore, into a more natural and suitable environment for them. The works are being carried out by Glasgow City Council.
16 January 2011
Machair, Balranald, North Uist
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
One of the rarest habitats in Europe, machair is formed only on exposed, west facing shores in Scotland and Ireland. It is low lying, fertile sandy ground which hosts a rich variety of plants and birds. Here you can see the purple flowers of Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) and the yellow ones of Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), along the coast of Hougharry Bay, RSPB Balranald nature reserve, North Uist.
05 August 2017
Great Crested Grebe weed dance
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair doing the head shaking display before the weed dance, which is the climax of their courting behaviour prior to mating.
05 March 2013
Great Crested Grebe weed dance
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair dive to collect weed, then approach each other to do the weed dance, the climax of their courting behaviour prior to mating.
05 March 2013
Great Crested Grebe weed dance
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West Lothian - Linlithgow Loch Great crested grebes
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pair dive to collect weed, then approach each other and rise up to do the weed dance, the climax of their courting behaviour prior to mating.
