Temperatures are low, there’s ice in the puddles, and the countryside has turned to muted monochrome colours. It’s easy to think that nature is asleep and hiding, but there’s a surprising amount of activity still going on even if you can’t see it. Wildlife in Britain has to cope with rain and snow and ice […]
What can you do to help wildlife cope with the cold temperatures and short, dark days of winter when food is scarce? Plenty! 1. Leave a patch of your garden wild Letting a small area of your garden go wild over winter will help many different animals. Invertebrates such as insects and spiders will have […]
The students in Wildlife club continue to work hard on projects. The students broke up into groups to research 5 animals. They then put together a Power Point, which was then edited into one big Power Point presentation. This was presented by them at a Lower School assembly. Wildlife members shared information to help the […]
Local Wildlife A number of months ago we staged a series of workshops in and around Inverness raising awareness of Roots & Shoots and advising the public about the need for them to prepare a small portion of their garden with wet mud, as winds and unseasonably dry conditions had resulted in House Martins […]
Part Two Wildlife The severe storms which have caused so much havoc to our garden area in recent days has also disrupted much of the work carried out over the last year with regards the establishment of animal habitats and feeding stations. Some of these have been destroyed beyond repair, whilst others have been blown […]
