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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 […]
Volunteer Event: Peatland Dragonfly & Damselfly Survey Training – Wednesday 17th July
Dragonfly and damselfly survey at Low Moss near Lugar. *British Dragonfly Week Event!* We’ll meet at Low Moss at 10:30 for a 10:45 start on Wednesday 17th July. Following our successful bog restoration work here, there are now many more bog pools for breeding dragonflies and damselflies, We will be […]
Volunteer Event: Large Heath Butterfly Survey at Sorn – Thursday 4th July
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. […]
Volunteer Event: Large Heath Butterfly Survey at Dalmellington Moss – Saturday 22nd June
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 […]
Volunteer Event: Large Heath Butterfly Survey at Low Moss, Lugar – Thursday 20th June
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 […]