Go Wild Scotland Ranger
@gowildranger
Wildlife ranger and community engagement officer at Go Wild Scotland, a not-for-profit community interest company bringing people together with nature.
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http://www.gowildscotland.com 15-06-2023 07:17:28
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Weâre working on an exciting project Clovenfords Primary School to create a wildlife friendly area in the school grounds. Over the next few weeks weâll be building a bug hotel, installing nest boxes, improving the pond & adding lots of habitat piles. Watch this space! SBCOutdoorEducation
Itâs #RedSquirrelAppreciationDay apparently so letâs celebrate with a local red squirrel⌠Go Wild Scotland has been monitoring populations of these iconic creatures throughout the borders region. Stunning animals and always fun to watch.
Excellent work this afternoon Clovenfords Primary School. The classes worked brilliantly as a team to create a massive bug hotel - despite the awful weather. We even found our first resident⌠SBCOutdoorEducation #natureeducation BuglifeScotland
Bird ID quiz followed by our own #BigGardenBirdWatch at todayâs nature club. We were even lucky enough to spot a Sparrowhawk! RSPB Scotland
What a great morning for our #BigGardenBirdWatch! We recorded a fantastic 16 species with chaffinch and long-tailed tits being the most common. Go Wild Scotland
A great morningâs work from our DofE students, building 3 hibernaculums next to our top ponds. These will provided refuge for small animals such as frogs, toads, mice and voles. Selkirk High School Froglife Go Wild Scotland #volunteering #dukeofedinburghawards
Another great outdoor learning session Clovenfords Primary School this afternoon. Nestboxes installed, hedgehog habitat piles started and one of our pupils found a lovely, wiggly worm! #outdoorlearning #natureeducation
Getting ready for #nationalnestboxweek and building nestboxes with children from Hawick primary schools today. They all did brilliantly and weâll be taking them down to the local woodland at Hornshole to install them after the February holiday. BirdingBorders RSPB Scotland
Bird feeders, den building, fairy houses and nestboxes. Just some of the activities weâve had this week Mauldsheugh Wood Community Wildlife Project . Canât think of a better way to spend the February half-term!
Some interesting fungi from the last week or so. Sarcoscypha coccinea, Hypoxylon fragiforme, Exidia thuretiana and fruiting Chlorociboria aeruginascens. #britishfungi British Mycological Society #everydayisaschoolday
Found some owl pellets on a nature walk with a class. The teacher took them back to dissect and found plenty of bones! Iâm intrigued by the big one in the middle. Any ideas what it might be from? (Iâve asked for more photos with a ruler for scale). Graeme Wilson đđžđŚđđˇď¸đđ Ric Morris
More photos of the skull found in owl pellets. Ric Morris Graeme Wilson đđžđŚđđˇď¸đđ
Fantastic hedgehog houses off to their new gardens - all part of our Hedgehog Heroes project! BritishHedgehog The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) Hugh Warwick
The Chiffchaffs have been back Mauldsheugh Wood Community Wildlife Project for a few weeks now. Their signature âchiff-chaffâ call always signals the start of spring for me. BirdingBorders BTO Scotland
For several months, as part of their #dukeofedinburghaward, a group of students from Selkirk High School have been giving up their Saturday mornings to help Mauldsheugh Wood Community Wildlife Project.
