Category: SCWG article
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Delve into the World of Hoverflies….
…with this new ID guide by Rebecca Nason A local naturalist and wildlife photographer, Rebecca has a passion for hoverflies and has recently created a leaflet to help people identify and record these garden visitors….. “We are only just beginning to scratch the surface of species, populations and distribution of hoverflies on Shetland, with only…
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Why Record?
Paul Harvey- Shetland Biological Records Centre Kate Allan- UHI Shetland This is a question that we often get asked – why are you bothering to record that? What’s the point? Put simply recording the wildlife around us helps build up our knowledge of the environment – what is where and how might this be changing.…
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Gardening for Bumblebees and Butterflies
It is National Gardening Week this week (27th April- 3rd May) so we thought we would share some ideas of plants that grow wel lin Shetland gardens which are a hit with the bumblebees and butterflies. Willows are great early in the season, especially woolly willow as they have catkins in early spring which are…
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