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Volunteer Event: Peatland vegetation survey at Weitshaw Muir, Sorn – Thursday 19th September
Help the CEI carry out a peatland vegetation survey at Weitshaw Muir in the Muirkirk and North Lowther Special Protection area on Thursday 19th September. This survey will help assess how well the site is recovering following bog restoration work last winter. We will be repeating a survey that was carried out last year, which […]
Volunteer Event: Vegetation Survey at Weitshaw Muir, Sorn Thursday 29th August
Help the CEI carry out a peatland vegetation survey at Weitshaw Muir in the Muirkirk and North Lowther Special Protection area on Thursday 29th August. This survey will help assess how well the site is recovering following bog restoration work last winter. We will be repeating a survey that was […]
Volunteer Event: Peatland Vegetation Survey at Sorn – Wednesday 8th August
Help the CEI carry out a peatland vegetation survey at Weitshaw Muir in the Muirkirk and North Lowther Special Protection area on Wednesday 8th August. This survey will help assess how well the site is recovering following bog restoration work last winter. We will be repeating a survey that was […]
Volunteer Event: Peatland Dragonfly & Damselfly Survey at Airds Moss – Wednesday 21st August
We’ll be teaming up with RSPB Scotland to carry out a dragonfly and damselfly survey at RSPB Airds Moss near Muirkirk. We’ll meet at the Netherwell Wood carpark at 10:30 for a 10:45 start on Wednesday 21st August. Following the successful bog restoration work here there are now more bog […]
CEI celebrate completion of over 600 hectares of bog restoration work in East Ayrshire!
The East Ayrshire Coalfield Environment Initiative (CEI) are celebrating their completion of 609 hectares (ha) of peatland restoration work in East Ayrshire! Weitshaw Muir, Sorn © CEI 2019 Our recently completed work at Weitshaw Muir in the Sorn Estate has delivered 130 hectares of blanket bog restoration on deep peat […]
‘Moth Night’ Event: Awesome Autumnal Moths of the Barony A Frame! -Friday 27th September
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 […]
‘Moth Night’ Event: Peatland Moths and Caterpillars- Thursday 26th September
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 […]
Big Butterfly Lunchtime Counts! Friday 19th July to Saturday 11th August
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 […]