World Wildlife Day – Girvan Primary School

Yesterday Gordon and I were invited to have a stall at Girvan Primary to celebrate World Wildlife Day along with many other conservation and natural history groups. It was a busy day with around 450 pupils from Girvan Primary and some of the outlying schools attending...

Rivers and Lochs in the Classroom

On Monday the Rivers and Lochs in the Classroom Project (funded by Greggs Foundation) came to a close. Each of the schools have now released their trout alevins into local watercourses under licence from Marine Scotland Science. The project has been a fantastic...

Restoration of Netherton and Skares Coal Sites

I had a trip around the Skares and Netherton Coal Sites this morning as a member of the technical working group that helps guide the restoration. With nearly 14mm of rainfall in Mauchline in the last 24 hours and probably more at these nearby sites, I was interested...