Hello again blogland! A good week here at the Loch which began with the Iceland Gull which was still here on Monday morning but even though it’s not been seen since then doesn’t mean that it’s not here somewhere! Today though, we...

While the rest of the coutry seems to be under a layer of snow, Strathbeg seems to have missed out on the worst of the weather with just a couple of heavy frosts overnight. Unfortunately one of the cold nights was enough to crack one of our outside pipes...

On the whole a good week with the Short-eared Owl giving very nice views around Starnafin Farm and the white ermine Stoat under the Visitor Centre windows. Today the elusive Water Rail made appearances either flushed by us walking to Tower Pool Hide or...

Hello blog land! My name is Tom Simon and I am the current residential intern at the Loch of Strathbeg and this is my first attempt at blogging so we’ll see what happens! I wasn’t here for the Stargazing event at the weekend but I have...

Now that Christmas is over and we've almost got a full team back on site we've been able to get started on some of the bigger winter projects around the reserve. Now that the old Sitka spruce has been felled, that means that the volunteers can...