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Creating ponds in Caithness gardens - what is your pond doing?
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (636+ words) Northern Drift by Monique Sliedrecht Caithness comes to life in the summertime. There is so much activity " county shows, kayak adventures, exhibitions, pipe band parades, park runs, Highland games, nature walks, not to mention swallows nesting, wildflowers growing, seals bobbing…...
Halkirk group's plea to protect night sky from "flashing' turbine lights
1+ week, 1+ day ago (857+ words) Community representatives are battling to prevent their view of the Caithness night sky being turned into a red light zone. The concern comes in the wake of Nadara's tabling of plans to regenerate the 48 megawatt wind farm it operates at…...
Spittal SWI members are shown around St John's Pool Bird Reserve
2+ week, 6+ day ago (78+ words) John O'Groat Journal Spittal SWI members are shown around St John's Pool Bird Reserve Members of Spittal SWI enjoyed a summer outing to St John's Pool Bird Reserve near Dunnet, run by Rosemary Smith along with her husband Julian. Rosemary…...
Springwatch creatures can all be found in Caithness " let's celebrate them!
3+ week, 16+ hour ago (739+ words) OUT AND ABOUT WITH RALPH: The popular BBC TV show has been on our screens but there is plenty of chance to spot the same wildlife in the far north Many of us will have been watching the BBC TV…...
PICTURES: Eco volunteers delight as nearly 20 very rare butterflies spotted at Dunnet forest event
3+ week, 4+ day ago (673+ words) Volunteers and residents gathered at Dunnet Community Forest on Saturday (May 30) to mark a major conservation milestone for the UK's smallest and rarest butterfly. The "Small Blue Celebrations' event, organised in partnership with the Species on the Edge programme, highlighted…...
Thurso researcher in global study into offshore wind farm effects on seabirds
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (581+ words) A Thurso-based researcher has been at the forefront of a landmark international study into the environmental impact of offshore wind farms on seabirds. Dr Elizabeth A Masden, a researcher at the Environmental Research Institute, has co-authored a major study revealing…...
Small Blue Day celebration " Dunnet Forest to host special day celebrating endangered small blue butterfly
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (287+ words) Nature lovers and families are being invited to Dunnet Community Forest later this month for a special event celebrating the county's efforts to protect the endangered small blue butterfly. Organised by conservation partnership Species on the Edge and the Dunnet…...
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure: Rare breed foals complete 289-mile Highland odyssey to Wick
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (471+ words) Two young Exmoor pony foals have swapped the remote peaks of the Scorraig peninsula for the slightly flatter pastures of Wick, following a remarkable 289-mile cross-country journey. The foals " affectionately nicknamed "Bill" and "Ted" after their counterparts in the 1989 American…...
Greens MSP welcomes support for new rule on protection of internationally recognised Ramsar wetlands sites
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (489+ words) Wetlands across far north, including the Flow Country, are among a number of internationally important sites set to gain formal legal protection following a change agreed by the Scottish Parliament. Greens MSP Ariane Burgess hailed the development as a "special…...
Farm bird count "crucial" for conservation efforts
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (361+ words) Farmers and crofters in Caithness are being called upon to take part in a UK-wide farmland bird survey next year. The national annual census of farmland birds is taking place from February 6-22, and is separate from the well-known Garden Birdwatch....