Loch Lomond National Nature Reserve

07/02/2023

Loch Lomond NNR- Glorious day out on the reserve, although it can't be all fun in the sun! We brought home some unwanted ticks!

13/07/2020

Loch Lomond NNR Outdoor work has been on hold for the past few months which means we have missed out on some of the seasonal monitoring we would usually carry out in summer. Normally we would have …

11/05/2020

Loch Lomond NNR Once a rare visitor, the Great White Egret is now a fairly common sight in many UK wetlands, including on Loch Lomond NNR. They have been seen on the reserve a number of times of th…

24/04/2020

Caught on camera! Loch Lomond NNR is the first nature reserve to host beavers in Scotland. We've been finding out more about these fascinating animals on the reserve - read more on the blog!

If you’ve been following the blog you will have seen us getting excited about a few nibbled sticks on Loch Lomond NNR last summer. In early August our summer placement Blyth spotted a suspiciously …

21/01/2020

The islands of Loch Lomond NNR looking fine on a lunchtime sprint up Conic hill. Creinch, Torrinch, Clairinch, Inchcailloch. The names come off the tongue with a touch of mystery. What a place!

19/11/2019

An update from Loch Lomond NNR !

Loch Lomond, NNR For all you car commuters, I’m sure you can all relate to the experience of huffing and puffing in the icy mornings and having to factor getting up 10- 15 minutes early to de…

11/11/2019

Read our latest blog about "The last boat ride of 2019" at Loch Lomond NNR

Loch Lomond, NNR Since Stephen’s return back to the NNRs, the boat has been well used this summer in tackling INNS (Invasive non-native species) hosting many thrilling volunteer events. But t…

17/10/2019

Yesterday a couple of red squirrels were putting on a show as we pulled up into Balmaha visitor centre carpark. They were grabbing hazelnuts from a tree by the entrance of the visitor centre and running off to cache them nearby. We spoke to a LLTNP member of staff who said that red squirrels were often seen around the visitor centre and that they appeared to be increasing in numbers in this area. Here are a couple of photos of them in action!

11/09/2019

Who knows what will happen when you volunteer on our National Nature Reserves 2 Bogs, a swamp and some island! You too could have the same experience :)

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31/08/2019

Its official, Beavers have been found on the River Endrick :)

A couple of weeks ago; on another endless quest to control Himalayan balsam from Loch Lomond; Blyth Walker; our summer placement student; spotted (what I thought) was just another broken Willow bra…

24/07/2019

Fantastic work Sam, what a discovery 🙌

One of our volunteers at RSPB Scotland Loch Lomond has found a wasp that has never been recorded in Scotland before! Sam Buckton, a recent zoology graduate from the University of Cambridge, set himself the challenge of finding and recording 250 new species for the reserve this summer, but he has now found 315 (and counting). Some of the species he’s discovered are scarce in Scotland, at least one is a first for the area, and many have never been recorded on any of the RSPB’s 200 nature reserves before. Many species, particularly invertebrates, are under-recorded across the UK, but even common wildlife is regularly overlooked. This means that dramatic declines, such as those seen in recent years with house sparrows and bumblebees, can take time to come to light. Thanks for all your hard work, Sam, and here's to 500 new species!! The Herald have more on this story here: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17786822.move-midge-39-s-new-beastie-scotland/

05/07/2019

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Flanders Moss & Loch Lomond NNR The National Nature Reserves we manage at Stirling are some of the best examples of Scotland’s wildlife and habitats, so when we were approached from the D…