Biodiversity
Compost and Growing Media
Do you have a horticultural enterprise on your croft or smallholding? Do you buy or make compost or growing media? Do you get variable results?! Join Audrey Litterick for a…
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Understanding the land
How biodiversity advice helped Threepwood Farm improve soil quality to benefit it’s wildlife In this podcast from the Farm Advisory Service (FAS), Colin Strang Steel, owner of Threepwood Farm in…
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Buzzing about Bees
Why not join us on Wednesday 30th June 2021 at 7:30pm where Claire Gill, helped by Luis Molero, will be giving us an informative beginners guide to keeping bees. Claire…
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What’s the buzz with bees, trees and rivers?
Riparian tree planting – what’s the buzz? During this webinar we will highlight the multitude of benefits your farm could experience from riparian tree planting. SRUC’s leading Agricultural Ecologist, Dr.…
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Technical Note (TN742): Predator Control for Conservation
Technical Note (TN742): Predator Control for Conservation Predator control is a long-established part of rural land management in Scotland, primarily for the protection of game and livestock. It can be…
Read More >Pesticide Information Note: Spray drift
Spray drift is a topic that has come under increasing focus as the general public take more interest in pesticides, their use and their residues.
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Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) The Oystercatcher is a noticeable and noisy farmland wader, which breeds on almost all UK coasts. It is protected by the “The…
Read More >Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
The Oystercatcher is a noticeable and noisy farmland wader, which breeds on almost all UK coasts. It is protected by the “The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981” and has an amber conservation status. Scotland’s Oystercatcher population has declined by 39% from 1995-2018; most recent population estimate is 84,500-116,500 pairs (Foster et al. 2013).
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Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Lapwing (Vallenus vallenus)
Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Lapwing (Vallenus vallenus) The curlew is the largest farmland wader in Europe and can be found around the entire UK coastline. The curlew population has…
Read More >Farmland Wading Birds Information Note: Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
The curlew is the largest farmland wader in Europe and can be found around the entire UK coastline. The curlew population has declined by 59% in Scotland from 1995 – 2018 and is a red-listed species of conservation concern in the UK. It is one of the UK’s highest conservation priority bird species. The most recent population estimate for Scotland is 58800 pairs (Foster et al. 2013).
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