21 December 2022 by Chris Cathrine | Comments: 0
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As we come to the end of the year, Caledonian Conservation would like to thank all our clients for their custom. A good year, and much improved on the previous Covid-strewn years for which we can all be thankful.
We’re also thankful for our office dogs, Rufus and Rocket, who have joined the team with their owner Claire (our new administrator as of June).
They’re great therapy and company for everyone, even if they do have a rather vaporous presence at times . . .🤨 But they take Health & Safety very seriously, as you can see!
Talking of H&S, the year has been rounded off with a very well-run and much-enjoyed Outdoor First Aid course with First Aid Cooperative
, so you can rest assured that the CalCon team are clued up on emergencies of all kinds, from a splinter to mountain rescue.
Wishing all our clients and network a warm and relaxing Christmas season!
01 October 2022 by Chris Cathrine | Comments: 0
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Stop the press! New paper by Director Chris Cathrine and Ecologist Tony Monir about turtles at Glasgow Botanic Gardens. It first came to Chris’s attention on 19th January 2022 that there were several terrapins (a polyphyletic group of freshwater turtles belonging to Order Testudines) present in a greenhouse to the north of The Main Range at GBG. These terrapins seem not to have been recorded previously, although this is likely to be due to the fact the greenhouse in which they are located is not accessible to the general public. It was evident that at least three types were present!
Of the three types found, there were two subspecies of Trachemys scripta and a new species for Scotland - Mauremys reevesii
Read more here in the Glasgow Natural History online publication
