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The objectives of the Badenoch and Strathspey Conservation Group are to stimulate public interest in, and care for, the beauty, history and character of Badenoch & Strathspey; to encourage active conservation of the area through wise use; to encourage high standards of planning and architecture in harmony with the environment.

Registered as a Scottish Charity SC003846.

Cairngorms NP IUCN Category

IUCN Protected Area Management Categories classify protected areas according to their management objectives. The Cairngorms National Park was designated in 2003 the IUCN Protected Areas Category: 5 - Protected landscape (sustainable development area).

Illustrated Talk: A history of recording local tooth fungi

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Written by Gus Jones
Category: Meetings
Published: 17 September 2011

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Tooth fungus at Boat of Garten. 

Illustrated talk by Stewart Taylor

Church Hall, Nethybridge

28th September 7.30PM

All welcome. Admission Free

Please download, print and display event poster.

Illustrated Talk: Mink and Other Invasive Species in the Cairngorms

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Written by Tessa Jones
Category: Meetings
Published: 22 June 2011
ILLUSTRATED TALK
Mink and Other Invasive Species in the Cairngorms
by Cat Robinson, Scottish Mink Initiative
Wednesday 29th June 2011
at the Active Cafaidh, Grampian Road, Aviemore
6.30 for 7.00
Wholesome food and refreshments will be available
 
BSCG’s next meeting will be an illustrated talk about invasive species in the Cairngorms with Cat Robinson who is working on mink in the Cairngorms area.
 
We are particularly grateful to the Active Cafaidh who have made their premises available free of charge. We are starting the meeting early to take advantage of the refreshments the café has to offer.

Illustrated Talk by Cat Robinson, Scottish Mink Initiative & Andy Holtby, Highland Council, non-native plants and current action in the Spey.

Wednesday 29th June 2011 at the Active Cafaidh, Grampian Road, Aviemore. PH22 1PT, 6.30pm for 7.00pm

Wholesome food and refreshments will be available.

BSCG’s next meeting will be an illustrated talk about invasive species in the Cairngorms with Cat Robinson who is working on mink in the Cairngorms area and Andy Holtby of  Highland Council  who will talk about non-native plants and current action in the Spey.

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We are particularly grateful to the Active Cafaidh who have made their premises available free of charge. We are starting the meeting early to take advantage of the refreshments the café has to offer.

The Scottish Mink Initiative which is a community based initiative covering the whole of north east Scotland and the western Highlands.  Cat Robinson covers the Cairngorms and Moray area.

The Scottish Mink Initiative is working to eradicate breeding mink from north east Scotland to protect nationally important populations of declining wildlife including the water vole and ground nesting birds such as lapwing and curlew.  They are recruiting local volunteers to monitor mink rafts which involves taking ownership of a raft and visiting it once a fortnight to check for mink footprints.  It is a great opportunity to see what wildlife there is on local lochs, burns and rivers as footprints often found include otters, and where they are still found, water voles.  They are also going to be running water vole surveys and non-native plant surveys in the Badenoch and Strathspey area so that their distribution can be monitored, and are looking for volunteers to help with this.

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Scottish Mink Initiative continues mink monitoring and removal

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Written by Gus Jones
Category: Meetings
Published: 21 June 2011
Scottish Mink Initiative continues mink monitoring and removal
 
The Scottish Mink Initiative (SMI) is looking for people to join over 200 volunteers in the monitoring and removal of breeding American mink.  The SMI covers over 20,000 hectares of north Scotland and the Highlands, and incorporates the previous water vole conservation projects.
 
As the new work area is much larger than before, new volunteers are being sought to monitor mink rafts every fortnight and report on any footprints found.  Equipment, training and support are provided by the Initiative through local Officers.
 
The Initiative is being carried out in partnership by the Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS), Scottish Wildlife Trust, the University of Aberdeen, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Cairngorms National Park Authority and more than 16 other organisations.
 
The £920,000 funding has been awarded in recognition of the huge impact American mink have on native wildlife.  Species which are particularly at risk are those which mink find easiest to catch; populations of water voles have been found be disappear from areas which mink have colonised and birds such as curlew and oyster catchers are vulnerable as mink catch adults as they sit on the nest and raid nests to eat the eggs.
 
If you would like to find out more about the Initiative and how you can get involved, please contact Cat Robinson at either This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or on 07825 185178.

The Scottish Mink Initiative (SMI) is looking for people to join over 200 volunteers in the monitoring and removal of breeding American mink.  The SMI covers over 20,000 hectares of north Scotland and the Highlands, and incorporates the previous water vole conservation projects.

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As the new work area is much larger than before, new volunteers are being sought to monitor mink rafts every fortnight and report on any footprints found.  Equipment, training and support are provided by the Initiative through local Officers.

The Initiative is being carried out in partnership by the Rivers and Fisheries Trusts of Scotland (RAFTS), Scottish Wildlife Trust, the University of Aberdeen, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Cairngorms National Park Authority and more than 16 other organisations.  

The £920,000 funding has been awarded in recognition of the huge impact American mink have on native wildlife.  Species which are particularly at risk are those which mink find easiest to catch; populations of water voles have been found be disappear from areas which mink have colonised and birds such as curlew and oyster catchers are vulnerable as mink catch adults as they sit on the nest and raid nests to eat the eggs.

If you would like to find out more about the Initiative and how you can get involved, please contact Cat Robinson at either This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or on 07825 185178.

Illustrated talk: Discovering Lichens in the Highlands - 31 March

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Written by Tessa Jones
Category: Meetings
Published: 20 March 2011
Illustrated talk  by Dave Genney, 7.30pm on 31 March, Nethybridge Church Hall.  Everyone Welcome.
 
The next meeting of the Badenoch & Strathspey Conservation Group is an illustrated talk on ‘Discovering Lichens of the Highlands’ by Dr Dave Genney. This will take place on Thursday March 31 at 7.30 in Nethy Bridge Church Hall. Scotland has a remarkable 1,500 species of lichen and their abundance and variety makes them internationally important. They grow in an enormous range of habitats from the seashore to the high tops, including in extreme environments hostile to many other forms of life.
 
Dave Genney is Scottish Natural Heritage’s lichen specialist. He made the exciting find of a new lichen for Scotland when he came across the black beaded lichen in the west highlands.
 
Lichens are sensitive indicators of pollution, food for reindeer and nesting material for  birds. They were once commercially important for traditional dyeing in Scotland, giving rise to the proverb ‘Cattle on the hills, Gold on the rocks’.
 
The meeting is open to everyone and non members are welcome.

Illustrated talk  by Dave Genney, 7.30pm on 31 March, Nethybridge Church Hall.  Everyone Welcome.

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The nationally scarce dog lichen 'Peltigera britannica'. 
Photo: © 2010 Stewart Taylor.

The next meeting of the Badenoch & Strathspey Conservation Group is an illustrated talk on ‘Discovering Lichens of the Highlands’ by Dr Dave Genney. This will take place on Thursday March 31 at 7.30 in Nethy Bridge Church Hall. Scotland has a remarkable 1,500 species of lichen and their abundance and variety makes them internationally important. They grow in an enormous range of habitats from the seashore to the high tops, including in extreme environments hostile to many other forms of life.

Dave Genney is Scottish Natural Heritage’s lichen specialist. He made the exciting find of a new lichen for Scotland when he came across the black beaded lichen in the west highlands.

Lichens are sensitive indicators of pollution, food for reindeer and nesting material for  birds. They were once commercially important for traditional dyeing in Scotland, giving rise to the proverb ‘Cattle on the hills, Gold on the rocks’.

The meeting is open to everyone and non members are welcome.

Please print and display Event Poster.

Illustrated Talks: Guassa Geladas & Bwindi Gorillas

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Written by Administrator
Category: Meetings
Published: 21 February 2011
Open Public Meeting
Illustrated Talks
By Claire Dunn and Roy Brown
 
‘Guassa  Geladas & Bwindi Gorillas

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Open Public Meeting, Illustrated Talks By Claire Dunn: Guassa Geladas and Roy Brown: Bwindi Mountin Gorillas.

Wednesday 23rd February 7.30 pm, Nethybridge Church Hall.

Admission Free.  All Welcome.

Open Public Meeting
Illustrated Talks
By Claire Dunn and Roy Brown
 
‘Guassa  Geladas & Bwindi Goril

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In 2015 The Badenoch & Strathspey Conservation Group celebrated 40 years of speaking up for nature in the Cairngorms. Our efforts have helped ensure that this world class landscape still provides a refuge for Scotland’s rarest and most iconic wildlife, like Scottish wildcat, capercaillie, red squirrel and freshwater pearl mussel. Unfortunately both the outstanding scenery and wildlife that make the Cairngorms so special are increasingly threatened and are costly to defend.  Please make a donation to our work today and help protect these treasured landscapes and their wildlife.

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