• Garnock Connections

    Connecting people and places within the Landscape

Saving Shewalton Sandpits! cover image

Saving Shewalton Sandpits!

[Shewalton_Sandpits_reserve_sign.jpeg] Shewalton Sandpits was under threat! Due to climate change, increasingly frequent flood events were causing the reserve to be devoured by the River Irvine. Determined to save the reserve, SWT worked in partnership with...

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A Peat-Filled Day On The Bog..... cover image

A Peat-Filled Day On The Bog.....

[Image] I visited the ‘Raising the Bogs’ project site on a very sunny Saturday in March – along with my colleague and fellow GC project assistant, Laura - to take part in some peatland restoration.  We joined the work party at White Moss, near Barrmill, whe...

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Location, Location, Location! Birds get a room with a view thanks to new RSPB Lochwinnoch nesting rafts cover image

Location, Location, Location! Birds get a room with a view thanks to new RSPB Lochwinnoch nesting rafts

This winter, as part of the Garnock Connections project ‘Breeding Success at Lochwinnoch’ the RSPB have been making the Lochwinnoch reserve even more desirable to prospecting avian parents, with the installation of artificial nesting sites. These new des re...

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Pollinators on the Verge! SRUC explores ways of getting ‘Garnock Buzzing’ again! cover image

Pollinators on the Verge! SRUC explores ways of getting ‘Garnock Buzzing’ again!

Pollinators on the Verge! SRUC explores ways of getting ‘Garnock Buzzing’ again! Insect pollinators all over the UK are struggling. The loss of flower-rich habitat has been identified as a key driver of this decline. Over the last century the UK has lost ...

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