Wildlife
Protecting A Pioneer – Jim Crumley
Jim recalls guarding the first osprey nest in Stirlingshire armed only with a torch and loud-hailer – and being rewarded with many magical sights.
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Facts
Five Fascinating Facts – Gannets
Scotland is famous for its gannet population. Gannets can be spotted in colonies across the country, mainly on coastal cliffs and remote islands.
Wildlife
Domain Of Our Winter Wren
Jim Crumley investigates how can the tiny winter wren – social yet territorial – presume to look down upon a golden eagle in the Cairngorms.
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The Riddle Of Gannets – Jim Crumley
Jim Crumley ponders why a trio of sea-going young gannets are on the wing so far from their natural habitat.
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Life At The Water’s Edge
Jim Crumley never tires of visiting the Tay estuary to spot oystercatchers, redshanks, sea eagles and more...
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Fantastic Mr Fox – Jim Crumley
Jim Crumley has an extraordinary and particularly interesting encounter with a fox… “Midwinter and all dulled but the wind and the stars. The dead of the dark winter; stretching […]
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Discover Sea Eagles In The East
Sea Eagles in Fife?! Jim Crumley still finds it hard to get his head around the idea, but after days of searching, he caught a tantalising glimpse of them.
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Wildcat Versus Lynx
Should we save the Scottish wildcat from extinction or reintroduce the Lynx? Nature writer Jim Crumley weighs into the debate.
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By A Cat’s Whisker – Jim Crumley
Jim Crumley discusses the Scottish wildcat extinction risk. Unless something radical is done to save them, they will soon come to the end of their nine lives.
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Greylag Geese: Our Arctic Ambassadors
As the colours of Autumn develop in the woods and fields around us, Jim Crumley looks back at one of his most sacred memories of nature at this time of year… […]
