News Archive 2009

DGERC have a vacancy for a project officer to cover the maternity period of our existing officer Fiona Moran. Details and application forms are available from www.dgerc.org.uk/?q=wgvacancy

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) are looking for help in monitoring the butterflies on one of the Dumfries and galloway's key nature reserves.

The warm weather over the Easter period has seen the emergence of several butterflies across the region and most species so far have seen an earlier emergence than last year.

An observant local wildlife recorder has just recorded a new species of moth for Scotland. And she didn't have far to go to find it as it was trapped in her own back garden!

A new orchid species for Dumfries and Galloway has just been discovered on a roadside verge in Kirkcudbrightshire.

Autumn 2009 has seen the discovery of a new species of ladybird in the region. With records from two locations on the Kirkcudbrightshire coast the Water Ladybird it seems to be colonising Dumfries and Galloway.