274 July 2017 - Gryffe Advertizer

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Welcome to Scotland’s largest Regional Park
Summer Adventure Courses Booking
Fast! Outdoor activity courses are
booking up but there are still spaces
available. Choose from kayaking/
canoeing, sailing and multi-activity. Why
not keep your kids busy! All courses
can be booked using the online booking
system.
Pedal the Park Raises over £2k for CLIC Sargent: Clyde Muirshiel and
Ride 63 handed over a cheque for
£2050 to CLIC Sargent in Scotland.
Thank you to all participants! Missed
out this year? Sunday 22nd April
has just been announced for 2018.
Beith Camera Club Photo Display:
A beautiful selection of images
are currently on display in Castle
Semple Cafe above the lochside
windows for everyone to enjoy. The group meet next on Thursday 14th
September if anyone is interested in joining them. Check out their website
www.beithcameraclub.org.uk for more info.
Clyde Muirshiel Munchkins: This month
this Brand NEW Pre 5’s Nature Club will
meet the Wise Owl. It’s on at the Greenock
Cut Visitor Centre on Wed 16 July, 10.30-
11.30am; full details including booking can
be done online.
Wild on Wednesdays: A summer holiday
wildlife
and survival skills club! Join us every
week for some family fun. Book online,
£5 per person or call 01475 521 458. A
different topic every week.
Pound & Pace 2017: The annual
charity walk attracted 45 walkers and
raised over £200 for the Renfrewshire
Classrooms to Malawi fund.
Enter the BOG Stomp! The 10km off road trail run is back for 2017 on
Sunday 3rd September. The event leaves Greenock Cut Visitor Centre
and takes in a challenging (short but steep) Inverclyde hill, but you are
rewarded with stunning views down the River Clyde. Enter via the Clyde
Muirshiel website, price £20, £5 going to Erskine and includes medal &
technical t-shirt. Look out your running shoes and get training now!
Ride 63 Community Cycle Club: Tuesday evening is the current ride
night, meeting outside RT Cycles in Glengarnock at 6.40pm or at Castle
Semple at 7pm exact route depends on the weather and who shows
up. The 2017 club ride calendar can be seen on the Club noticeboard
at Castle Semple Visitor Centre. Contact the club on the ‘group style
facebook page’ or email the secretary ridesixtythree@gmail.com for a
membership form and ride info.
Tag-n-Track Project update
It’s time for the monthly roundup from Project Officer Hayley Douglas. TnT
is funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, Greater Renfrewshire and Inverclyde
LEADER and Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park.
Project News
What a busy month! We have managed to tag three Lesser Black-backed
Gulls so far and the data has
already started to come in. Two of
our gulls, 10P:C and 9P5C were
caught on the roof of Greenock
Police station and are awaiting to
be named by the local community
the police work with. So far the
data shows that both birds have
completely different foraging habits.
‘10P:C’ likes to go up to the local
primary school to hoover up the
leftovers whereas ‘9P5C’ prefers to
take a tour around the countryside
and feeds in the surrounding fields. After his three chicks hatched his
movements changed again and he has started to head across the Clyde
to feed.
Our third gull, ‘15P:C’, was hand caught at Castle Semple Visitor Centre.
After he was tagged he headed away to Dalry, then to Little Cumbrae
before going to Horse Isle where it looks like he may have a nest. The
tags collect data locations between 10-15 times a day. This means that
our gulls may turn up at a location but we don’t get a data point which is
what happened yesterday when 15P:C was spotted at 6pm feeding at the
quarry pond at Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue along with 100+ other gulls.
It’s amazing what we are discovering at the moment. Three gulls down,
nine more to go.
Do you have a birthday coming up or are you interested in supporting
our gull project? We are offering Gull Adoption Packs where you can
sponsor one of the gulls for £25 and in return you will receive an adoption
certificate, factsheet, monthly email updates and a fluffy gull to call your
own. Look for details on the website or email tnt@clydemuirshiel.co.uk to
find out more.
One of the projects aims is to train volunteers in the use of our camera
traps. The joys of camera trapping are that you never know what you
might capture. We are looking for volunteers to use and monitor our
camera traps for 3 month periods. All training will be provided and it is
something that only requires a couple of hours a week to collect and go
through the footage. If you would like to find out more then please contact
me on tnt@clydemuirshiel.co.uk
Event News
Can you tell the lesser black-backed gull from
the Greater? If not then join us for ‘Gallivanting
with Gulls’. It’s a free guided walk to help
improve your gull and other bird ID skills. They
take place on Saturday the 8th of July at Lunderston Bay and on Sunday
the 9th of July at Castle Semple Visitor Centre, both 1-2.30pm. You can
book your FREE place online at www.clydemuirshiel.co.uk or by phoning
01505 614 791 in office hours.
More Info…
Details can be found on the Park’s website www.clydemuirshiel.co.uk/tag-ntrack
or by emailing tnt@clydemuirshiel.co.uk. The Project has its own Facebook
Page which can be found at www.facebook.com/TagnTrack/. Talks to groups can
be arranged if you are interested in fi nding out more about the project and its
fi ndings as the project progresses.
Keep up to speed with events and activities taking place on the Park’s Facebook: facebook.com/ClydeMuirshielRegionalPark or
Twitter @Clydemuirshiel pages and Instagram pages.