We have had a brilliant Beaver Summer with clients and visitors from all over the world. It is lovely to be able to share our wonderful Scottish wildlife with everybody, of course, but I think it’s especially good to showcase our beautiful countryside and wildlife to overseas visitors so they can share the word with friends and family at home. This year they have come from France, Italy, Germany, Australia, Canada, USA and New Zealand. Thanks to Lonely Planet for including us in the guide to Scotland so people can find out about the wonderful beavers.
Sightings were (mostly) really good this year with 100% of our Riverbank tours having lots of beavering going on and only one of our Canoe safaris not having any beavers appearing. We have had some wonderful reviews, a few of which I will copy and paste below.
We have now changed over to the Winter Beaver Safaris, which we run on Saturdays, and had fantastic views of the Tamworth pigs, Exmoor ponies and four beavers last week!
This autumn and winter we will again be working with the Tayside Biodiversity Partnership and Tayside and Amphibian Reptile Group to improve ponds for wildlife in Blairgowrie, Perth, Murthly and Abernethy so there will be lots of volunteering opportunities if you fancy getting involved. We will also be running two amphibian ladder workshops – in Kirkmichael and Alyth – and setting up two more Toad Rescue patrols, one in Fortingall and the other location still to be decided. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for dates and further details.
Geese have been spotted flying overhead from early September – have a listen to the glorious sound of ‘pinkies’ – Pink footed geese in the video below. Our trees are now laden with berries and nuts – have you seen how many acorns our Oaks have produced? This is because it’s a ‘mast year’ where lots of different species of trees produce a bountiful harvest as a strategy to ensure there are enough left over to germinate after animals have eaten their share.
We have sad news that we are temporarily closing Celtica Wildflowers due to family illness and the landowner wanting to take back the field where we had the nursery. We hope to find a new location when back on our feet again to ensure our wonderful native wildflowers keep helping improve people’s gardens, greenspaces and rewilding projects.
Have a great autumn and we hope to see you on a tour soon.
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