New Deer Hide

The next time you visit the Galloway Forest Park check out our new Red Deer Range hide. It's not brand new we have recycled it from an old storage shed we had at Glentrool that wasn't needed for storage anymore. We couldn't bring ourselves to demolish the shed because although it's been a storage shed for years it was still a really good shed.

So we moved it up to the deer range, put windows in it, some chairs and now we have a hide that can be used to watch the deer whilst sheltering from the rain! Recycling at its best!

We are currently busy writing up some information about the stags that will be displayed in the hide to help you spot the different characters we have in the Deer Range.

So next time you're in the area pop in and say hello, we would love to know what you think of our new hide.

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Going Wild this Autumn!

Dumfries and Galloway is a great place to enjoy wildlife at any time of the year, better still there are heaps of events planned to help you get closer to some of the amazing wildlife that lives here.

Want a taster of what wildlife to expect to see this Autumn in Dumfries and Galloway? Check out the Wild Autumn video featuring some of the highlights!

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Solar Day and Fete coming soon...

Forest operations at Kirroughtree

From Friday 15th July there will be some forest operations taking place at Kirroughtree visitor centre. All trails are open but timber lorries will be using some of the forest roads in this area so please take care on these routes.

For more information visit our updates page or follow us on Twitter

Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

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10 at Kirroughtree

The 10 hour mountain bike event took place on Saturday at Kirroughtree visitor centre in the Galloway Forest Park and the weather couldn't have been better.

Here are a couple of pictures I got at the start of the race. Well done to all of the riders!

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Our Swallow chicks have now fledged! Four wee cuties, I was at the Glentrool visitor centre on Sunday and was fortunate to see them taking their first flying lessons!

This one (pictured above) started with a short flight from it's nest to a near by silver birch tree where it sat for ages. It was eventually persuaded to give flying another go by mum and dad who came flying passed with chirps of encouragement. It took to the air, did a couple of very small laps outside the centre and landed back in it's cosy nest.

I'm sure they will still be around the centre for a while so look out for them when you're next there.

Just leaves one question........ will the parent swallows try for another brood before they head back to Africa? We will just have to wait and see.

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Poplar Hawk Moth

This moth visited our moth trap the other night. My school group the following morning at kirroughtree visitor centre really enjoyed seeing all of the different types of moths but I think it's safe to say this one was their favourite!

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