*Please note amendment* Thanks again to Vincent Muir who has alerted us to the correct time for Wilf's funeral - 11am, not 1.30pm - as advertised in some locations. Apologies for any confusion and inconvenience. Please could [.....]
Cycling up to Dumfries yesterday, we were dismayed/ appauled/ speechless to see the stretch of roadside we'd cleared of all rubbish on the shore clean up, on the 8th of April, was filling up with litter again. [.....]
What a successful morning cleaning up the shores of Caerlaverock from Castle Corner all the way up to Kelton (and was there a Kingholm Quay contingent too?). The teams of pickeruperers from Kenneth Bank to Kelton collected 2 [.....]
If you stay closer to the Castle Corner end of Caerlaverock, you may wish to join in with Adam Murphy and the Scotland's National Nature Reserves team for the Shore Clean Up (in partnership with the Nith Inshore [.....]
Suzanne McIntyre (Operations Officer, Southern Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage) has been in touch to let us know that they have scheduled a bridge strengthening on the reserve in Castle Woods – this was going to take place in [.....]
Are you coming to the Environment Fair this weekend? Saturday 10th March 10:00am – 3:30pm Rutherford McCowan Building University of Glasgow Dumfries Campus Lots of family fun and activities with over 40 stall holders! SNH will have a [.....]
Thanks to Caerlaverock NNR Reserve Officer Adam Murphy for sending us this report! Visitors to WWT Caerlaverock on Saturday 20th January were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a rare celebrity sighting, as comedian and musician, Bill [.....]
Tom Brown has been rooting around in his archives and has sent us this fascinating photo. Taken in July 1961, it shows Mr Langley Roberts (Caerlaverock NNR) and a Mr WJ Smith: both with NCC. They are [.....]
Watch this wonderful Caerlaverock NNR aerial video of the Nature Reserve (celebrating its 60th year)! It's a real bird's eye view, made by our very own fabulous, local aerial photographer SkyWorks Aerial Media, and introduced by Adam Murphy, our [.....]
Night Watch National Nature Reserve – Historic Environment Scotland event 20-OCT-2017 A series of events are taking place on and around the reserve throughout Caerlaverock NNR's 60th Anniversary year. Come and join us at Caerlaverock Castle to enjoy [.....]
Brenda Craik has been in touch to alert us that she has seen a grey squirrel in her Glencaple back garden... Cute as they may look, you may already know that they are in fact a real threat [.....]
With many thanks to Alec Armstrong for lending us an envelope full of fabulous photos and other documents to be included in the 'Then and Now' display at the upcoming Caerlaverock NNR 60th Anniversary celebrations on Saturday! We'll [.....]
Karl Savege sent us these fabulous pictures of fishing in the past on the Nith, to be included in the NNR 60th Open Day 'then and now' display. Thank you Karl - we agree, it is important to [.....]
Artists Alicia Beesley and Keith Brown will be showing some of their local photographs and paintings of the landscape and wildlife of the Solway for the upcoming NNR 60th Anniversary Open Day! Come and see for yourself! Venue: [.....]
With thanks to Tom Brown who handed this newspaper cutting in (below) for the NNR 60th 'Then and Now' land use display at their 60th Anniversary Celebrations Open Day in the Barbour Hall, Glencaple on 15th July 2017! [.....]
Kenny Bean is going to bring his completely cool 'caravan camera obscura' and his upside down boxes for us all to experience at the NNR 60th Anniversary Celebrations on Saturday 15th July! The Caravan Obscura is a mobile [.....]
One area of the fantastic free activities on offer at the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve's (NNR's) 60th Anniversary Open Day is the use of the land, and river over the years - demo and displays. Tom Brown has [.....]
Does finding your own food responsibly from our local environment appeal? ...Read on: Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve (NNR) have arranged, as part of their 60th Anniversay celebrations, 2 wild food foraging walks with Mark Williams of Galloway Wild [.....]
Have you got any interesting old photos which you'd be happy to share with the community for the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve (NNR) 60th Anniversary celebrations on the 15th July 2017? Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve (NNR) are looking [.....]
Ellie, the student at the Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve (NNR) for the last year has sent us her final update - how time flies! It sounds like she has had an amazing experience working here and we wish [.....]
