June flew by as fast as the Orchids shot up! With all the flowers, it was no surprise Castlemilk Park was buzzing.

Read about the Orange tip butterfly, the main butterfly in Castlemilk park this May.

May was all about the miniature; tiny shrews were running around, beautiful beasties shone in the sun, and the wildflowers burst into life.

April’s nature highlights from the wee ancient woodland in Castlemilk. Lots of birds, bluebells and a handsome roe buck!

Butterflies are back, and we have started recording! Check out what flutters in Castlemilk.

The end of March brought the mild smell of wild garlic to Castlemilk park, waves of daffodils, carpets of Golden Saxifrage & the buzz of...

It is a little bit Spring(ish) in Glasgow at the moment, and in Castlemilk Park, the wildflowers are most definitely indicating spring is...

Our John Muir award activities have now come to an end. The last activity on the agenda is to summarise everything before we go!

Re-use old tins to make mini plant pots

See the Christmas decorations we made with pinecones Jared collected throughout the year.

Highlighting some of our fungi finds - and we might have found a very rare waxcap!

Summary of our butterfly transect finds, and a sneak peak at the new Castlemilk park butterfly information.

Come and read a wee bit about the Butterfly transect around Castlemilk Park - Glasgow.

An update of all that’s been happening in June and do you know your ringlets from peacocks? Try my Quiz!

Our caterpillars got ready to pupate the day AFTER our last blog post. When they were ready to do this they started to wander - and...

Fred & Shaggy the Orange-tips are thriving!

We have two new additions to the family- Fred & Shaggy the Orange tips! So last weekend, we found an Orange tip egg on some locally...

This activity far exceeded my expectations. We found this activity from Learning Through Landscapes - an amazing charity who strive to...

While we are waiting to get plants for pollinators, we made a really simple butterfly feeder.

Yesterday we got artsy with pinecones and other bits and pieces from our ‘nature collection’.