Monthly Archives: August 2013

Electric Fencing on Wednesday

The next volunteer event will be on Wednesday 4th October when we’ll be putting the electric fencing up in preparation for the SWT sheep returning again later this month. We’re getting this operation down to a shockingly fine art now so … Continue reading

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East Lothian Ranger Service now on Facebook

If you want to know more about your friendly Ranger Service and what’s going on in the East Lothian Countryside, check out our  Facebook page. You don’t need to sign up, just click on the link.

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Mud, mud, glorious…volunteers!

A big thank you to everyone who got wet and muddy today in the name of conservation. We cleared lots of reedmace and had much fun to boot. Here are some photos from the day. Well done everyone. Now go … Continue reading

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Reedmace Removal on Sunday

The next volunteer group will be this Sunday when, following the successes of last Wednesday and weather permitting, we’ll be back at the Wader Scrape taking out reedmace plants from the wet bits. As usual, we’ll meet in the car … Continue reading

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And the results are in…

Another thank you to everyone who helped out with the monitoring of Variegated Horsetail and Bog Pimpernell at the Turf Nursery last month. From our regimented marching we now have a map of the distributions of these plants and we … Continue reading

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Reedmace Removal on Wednesday

Following hot on the heels of the volunteer group this Sunday, the next group will be on Wednesday when , weather permitting, we’ll be removing reedmace plants from the Wader Scrape. For this task you can choose your level of … Continue reading

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