Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere organise nature recording events
dailyrecord.co.ukTwo more nature recording events will be taking place in the next few weeks. The Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere team have been running the Biosphere’s Most Wanted programme, aiming to track six native species that are lacking records or in need of continual monitoring.
The species in question are the red squirrel, wych elm, grayling butterfly, swift, adder, and nursehound (a catshark whose egg cases can be found washed up on the coast).
The nature recording events give an overview of these species and how citizen science can help support them with a workshop on where to find them, identification techniques and how to log sightings using just a mobile phone.
Each workshop is followed by a wildlife walk for attendees to put into practice what they have learned. The next session will take place at Thornhill Golf Club on June 3 with another on The Mill on the Fleet in Gatehouse on June 24.
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