Time
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Event
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Location
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6 – 8am
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Black grouse lek watch
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Glen Muick (Inchnabobart – Spittal)
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8.15 – 9.45am
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Riverside walk – birds (song) & land invertebrates (pitfall traps & bumblebees)
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Riverside path (start picnic site end)
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9.15 – 10.45am
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Riverside walk – small mammals (live traps), water voles & otters (mink raft)
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Riverside path (start caravan park end)
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10.45am – 12.15pm
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Meadow visit – invertebrates (inc. spiders, woodlice, centipedes, moth trap) & plants
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Glen Muick (Mill of Sterin)
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10.45am –12.15pm
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Wildlife corridor walk – invertebrates (inc. spiders, woodlice, centipedes, bumblebees) & plants
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Deeside Way (to Tullich Kirk & back)
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12.15 – 1.30pm
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River visit – fish (electrofishing) & freshwater invertebrates
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Riverside (Garden Pool)
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12.15 – 2.15pm
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Woodland walk - red squirrels (inc. feeder monitoring box), fungi & plants
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Craigendarroch (around hill)
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2.15 – 5.15pm
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Upland walk - birds & plants etc.
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Sgor Buidhe (to Tullich mast & return)
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2.15 – 4pm
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Pond dipping/woodland walk – freshwater & land invertebrates (inc. spiders, woodlice, centipedes), amphibians & plants
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Pannanich (to ponds & return)
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4 – 5.30pm
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Riverside walk – fungi, plants & freshwater invertebrates
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Riverside path (start picnic site end)
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7.30 – 8.30pm
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Wildcat talk
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V & A Halls
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9pm – 12midnight
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Moths & bats watch
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Riverside path (picnic site) & Ballater Bridge
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