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Displaying 151 - 160 of 1961 itemsMeeting: Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels
… Dr Stephanie Johnstone, Conservation Officer, South West Scotland, although … from Australia originally, has lived in Dumfries and Galloway for many years. She outlined the differences between the … sexually mature and polygamous. Their babies, ‘kittens’, become independent at 10 weeks. Stephanie discussed ‘why …
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… of the Society in 1862. In the early years and certainly up to about the 1950s they were literally a record of the … research within the areas of Dumfriesshire and Galloway. Over the last thirty years the Transactions have often … Environment Scotland and other official bodies. Since the commencement of the Society the Transactions have been …
… At the meeting of the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society held in Dumfries on 7th … could fail to be impressed by the extent of new information coming to light, even a century after the outbreak of the …
… Garson’s lecture introduced the key aspects of the human history of the wood, and, in part, its natural history, over … been used in the tanning process there. The OS Name Books compiled around 1850 record that the Doon was ‘thickly … which will have the effect of keeping grey squirrels away. This increase follows a reintroduction of the marten in …
TDGNHAS Card: 3088-12
… Probably no short period in modern history has been as intensively studied as the month of July … with little more governmental documentation likely to come to light, historians still find it difficult to reach a … sharply differing political stances, the Dumfries and Galloway Standard and Advertiser and the Dumfries and Galloway …
… On 2 November 2018 the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquities Society welcomed Professor Sir Tom Devine OBE. Tom addressed a very …
TDGNHAS Card: 3085-6
… years, between the tenth and the sixteenth centuries, Galloway was a Gaelic speaking land. Although both the beginning … Galloway at its end in 1455, is indisputable. In addition to the Gaelic personal and place names recorded in medieval … The cumulative effect of this process in the lowlands, combined with afforestation in the uplands, has been the …
… educational uses of music, including in Dumfries and Galloway. This talk drew on a range of sources including local fiddle manuscripts, archives and press reports to explore this ‘hidden history’. One example of a musical … day, a brother catgut gave me a charming Scots air of your composition.’ If you would like to hear more, the CD 'A' the …
Meeting: The Castles of the Glenkens
… Members were treated to an interesting pictorial tour of that part of Galloway known as the Glenkens, conducted by a knowledgeable … from Boreland Motte at Parton, which was named by the Royal Commission as a 'citadel' because it took advantage of a …