Help us tackle some of the issues of scrub and conifer encroachment that threatens our bogs. This can be physically demanding, yet highly rewarding work. A degree of fitness will be important as we are crossing wet, uneven terrain. Please bring wellies, waterproofs, warm clothes, and a packed lunch and […]
Join the East Ayrshire Coalfield Environment Initiative team to celebrate Moth Night 2019! We’ll be running two events this year. Peatland moth recording day on Thursday 26th September (location to be confirmed) and an evening event on Friday 27th at the amazing Barony A Frame, near Auchinleck. No previous experience […]
Join the East Ayrshire Coalfield Environment Initiative team to celebrate Moth Night 2019! We’ll be running two events this year. A peatland moth recording day on Thursday 26th September (location to be confirmed) and an evening event on Friday 27th at the amazing Barony A Frame, near Auchinleck. No previous […]
Join CEI for an introduction to Peatland Survey Skills (FREE). We’ll meet at 10am, and after a brief introduction to peatlands and their ecology, we’ll demonstrate how to carry out a range of useful peatland survey skills including assessment of site drainage features, a peatland vegetation survey, a peat depth […]
Join the CEI team for a series of lunchtime Big Butterfly Counts across East Ayrshire. Grab a sandwich, pencil and free ID guide, and lets go count some butterflies! Look out for our regular updates on Twitter and Facebook to find out where we are going to be. Come join […]
Help CEI carry out a dragonfly and damselfly survey at Low Moss near Lugar. We’ll meet at Low Moss at 10:30 for a 10:45 start on Thursday 11th July. Following our successful bog restoration work here, there are now many more bog pools for breeding dragonflies and damselflies, We will […]
Help CEI carry out a Large Heath butterfly survey in the Sorn uplands Joint Event with Butterfly Conservation. We’ll meet near Sorn at 10:30 for a 10:45 start on Thursday 4th July. We will be carrying out a Large Heath timed count using the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (UKBMS) guidelines. […]
Help CEI carry out a Large Heath butterfly survey at SWT Dalmellington Moss, near Dalmellington. Joint Event with the Scottish Wildlife Trust and Butterfly Conservation. We’ll meet at SWT Dalmellington Moss at 10:30 for a 10:45 start on Saturday 22nd June. We will be carrying out a Large Heath timed […]
Help CEI carry out a Large Heath butterfly survey at Low Moss near Lugar. Joint Event with Butterfly Conservation. We’ll meet at Low Moss at 10:30 for a 10:45 start on Thursday 20th June. We will be carrying out a Large Heath timed count using the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme […]
Help CEI carry out the second Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) of 2019 in the Muirkirk and North Lowther Special Protection area on Thursday 6th June. CEI staff and volunteers will head out across the peatland habitat to record breeding bird activity before returning to ‘base camp’ to have a go at territory […]