Category Archives: Surveys

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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Volunteer Groups this Weekend

If the weather is kind to us we will be carrying out a variety of surveys this weekend as follows… SAT 15TH JUNE We will meet in the car park at 8PM, whence we shall head out onto the reserve … Continue reading

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It all got a bit hairy in the dunes!

Thanks to everyone who helped with the surveying of hairy violets in the dunes on Wednesday on what was a very successful and enjoyable day. Courtesy of our ‘Photographer in Residence’, Liz, here are some great shots from the day. … Continue reading

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Group Tomorrow CANCELLED

The weather forecast for tomorrow is for very wet weather all day. This coupled with the fact that it will be cold means that we are unlikely to have a very productive or enjoyable time surveying at the Wader Scrape. … Continue reading

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Volunteer Group on Saturday – Surveys at Wader Scrape

In 1989, a big hole was dug in the ground at the nature reserve to create the Wader Scrape. Over time, this wetland feature hasn’t turned out to be the scrape for wading birds as was hoped but is, however, … Continue reading

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Plant Monitoring – can you help?

If you could spare some time to help monitor rare plants at the nature reserve then please read on… Monitoring work of plants at Aberlady Bay includes that of around 25 individual species that are particularly rare nationally, and locally. … Continue reading

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People Counts – can you help?

Over the past four years, the East Lothian Countryside Ranger Service (with the help of volunteers) has undertaken counts along the whole 45 miles of the County’s coastline to count how many people there are, where they are and what … Continue reading

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Bat and Moth surveys on Friday and Saturday – maybe…

The plan for this Friday (15th) is to set moth traps on the nature reserve and to take some bat detectors for a walk around the site to try pick up bats, particularly Daubenton’s and Brown Long-eareds. We would meet in … Continue reading

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Newt, Bat and Moth Surveys

On the evening of Friday 4th and morning of Saturday 5th May we’ll be carrying out our annual, springtime survey of newts, bats and moths. We’ll meet in the car park at 6.30pm on Fri 4th when we’ll be ably … Continue reading

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Butterfly Surveys – can you help?

In 2007, annual monitoring of the nature reserve’s butterflies was set up. This is showing interesting results and all data are fed into a national database to build up a picture of large-scale trends. The surveys are carried out weekly … Continue reading

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