Wildife and Bird Watching in Dumfries and Galloway
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Recent Dumfries and Galloway news
- Red squirrel project success in Scotland
- 15th Dumfries Red kite poisoned
- Red squirrel strongholds to be launched in Scotland
- 2009 – Excellent year for wildlife tourism in Scotland
- Unusual fly found in Scotland for the first time
- Scotland Red kites number reach highest level for 150 years
- Osprey update - Final 2009.
- Watch the wildlife at Turnberry
- First osprey chick in living memory for Dumfriesshire - Caerlaverock
- 200 near-extinct tadpole shrimps hatch out at WWT Caerlaverock
- 100,000 hectares to be designated as red squirrel refuges
More Dumfries and Galloway news
- Sea eagle in Dumfriesshire
- Grouse and Hen harriers living in harmony on Langholm Moor
- Amazing week long crossing of Greenland icecap by lone white-fronted goose
- New bird hide at Carlingwark Loch
- Spoonbills breed in Scotland for the first time
- World’s oldest species resurfaces in Scotland
- Four buzzards poisoned in Dumfries and Galloway
- Work begins on massive planting scheme to double ancient woodland
- Red Kite Found Poisoned in Dumfries and Galloway
- Rare White-tailed Plover at Caerlaverock
- Whooper swan arrives back at Caerlaverock for Autumnwatch
Spoonbills breed in Scotland for the first timeA pair of spoonbills have successfully bred for the first time in Scotland and only the second time in the UK. An adult pair have raised and fledged three chicks on Kirkcudbright Bay in Dumfries and Galloway.
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