Help CEI carry out the second Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) of 2019 in the Muirkirk and North Lowther Special Protection area on Friday 14th 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 […]
Help CEI carry out a Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) of in the Muirkirk and North Lowther Special Protection area on Thursday 16th May. 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 mapping. This […]
Joint event with Butterfly Conservation: Dingy Skipper butterfly survey at the Barony A Frame and Whitehills Community Woodland near Auchinleck.. We’ll meet at the Barony A Frame at 10:30 for a 10:45 start on Saturday 25th May to look for one of Scotland’s rarest butterflies, the Dingy Skipper! Our records […]
New Cumnock Path Patrol! Join the CEI team (Daisy and Scott) on Wednesday 20th February to kick-start this year’s volunteer activities with a Path Patrol at New Cumnock. We’ll be checking some of the shorter paths around New Cumnock for winter damage, identifying over-grown areas and sections that might need repair […]
CEI has been working with a local farmer, RSPB Scotland and Scottish Natural Heritage to manage areas of dense soft rush, creating habitat for wading birds in an area that buffers one of our peatland restoration sites. A mosaic of farmland habitats (including more intensively-managed land) is essential for wading […]
Help us tackle some of the issues of scrub encroachment that threaten our bogs. Be warned, this is 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 drink. […]
Join CEI and help gather important environmental monitoring data that we use to evaluate the success of our restoration work. We’ll meet at Common Farm to carry out water level monitoring across the boggy bits of the farm that were re-wetted last winter. A degree of fitness will be important as […]
October 30 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Learn how to safely operate an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) or ‘drone’ in the countryside. (c) Dave Beaumont (RSPB) The CEI use its drone to capture bird’s-eye photographs of its restoration sites to help assess habitat health and monitor changes following restoration work (e.g. […]
Event Details 19 September 2018 10:00 am 19 September 2018 2:00 pm Address: KA18 2LA Are you interested in farm conservation or wanting to increase wildlife on your farm? We are taking part in an event that is being run by the Farm Advisory Service and RSPB and will cover topics that […]
