News from the communities of the Doon Valley Issue 3 September/October 2018 FREE TV’s CHRIS PACKHAM HOSTS DALMELLINGTON BIOBLITZ TV presenter and naturalist Chris Packham paid a visit to the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Dalmellington Moss Nature Reserve as...
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News from the communities of the Doon Valley Issue 3 September/October 2018 FREE TV’s CHRIS PACKHAM HOSTS DALMELLINGTON BIOBLITZ TV presenter and naturalist Chris Packham paid a visit to the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Dalmellington Moss Nature Reserve as part of the first independent audit of its kind in the UK. His ‘Bioblitz’ goal is to investigate the extent to which the nation’s wildlife species are under threat and to meet and raise money for local projects working on the conservation of Left to right: Chris Packham, Daisy Whytock (CEI Manager) and Gill wildlife habitats. Smart (SWT Reserve Manager) discussing raised bog wildlife. The East Ayrshire Coalfield Environment Initiative (CEI) and on the River Doon floodplain. The as the large heath butterfly, the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) were nature reserve is a rare raised sundew (a carnivorous plant), and proud to host the Bioblitz at the bog habitat that is home to some the adder. Continued on p5... Dalmellington reserve which lie
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