Arran bird life talk at museum
The next speaker in the Arran Heritage Museum’s series of fortnightly talks on all things Arran, will be Dr Jim Cassels who will be providing an illustrated talk on Arran bird life.
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Rare Scottish visitors spotted on Arran during migration
Brent geese nest on the boggy Arctic tundra, where the severe climate allows them only about two months of good weather in which to raise a family. By September, they are leaving their breeding grounds, and heading for their wintering areas where they spend the winter feeding on eelgrass in estuaries and on crops in adjoining fields.
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Shiskine SWI resume meetings
Shiskine Women’s Institute members enjoyed a welcome return to regular meetings last week when 21 ladies attended their first meeting since March last year.
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Gardens are full of young birds during breeding season
June was noticeably warmer than May. The mean temperature was four degrees higher, and the rainfall was more than 40 per cent less. The light winds of May continued into June giving a prolonged settled spell.
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More than 110 species recorded during May’s breeding season
After the very dry April, May was much wetter and in comparison to last May, it was not only wetter, with double the amount of rain, but colder.