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Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
 
Avielochan Farm supports the following priority habitats identified within the Local Biodiversity Action Plan:
 
Broadleaf woodland
Upland scrub
Riparian woodlands
Species rich grassland
Upland meadows
Rushes and marginal vegetation
Wetland margins
Watercourses
Arable field margins
Acid grasslands
 
Species which may be found on the farm and in the surrounding area are listed below and those birds highlighted with an asterisk * have all been seen from Lochside Caravan:
 
Barn Owl Mallard *
Blackbird * Osprey *
Bullfinch Oystercatcher *
Blue Tit * Pied Wagtail *
Black Grouse Reed Bunting
Blackbacked Gulls * Redshank
Buzzard * Redstart *
Curlew Red Kite
Capercaille Spotted Flycatcher
Crested Tit Skylark
Crow * Snipe
Chaffinch * Slavonian Grebe *
Cole Tit * Swallow *
Common Sandpiper * Short-Eared Owl
Dunnock * Scottish Crossbill
Grey Partridge Sparrow Hawk *
Greenfinch * Starling *
Great Tit * Siskin *
Grey Lag Geese * Sand Martin *
Golden Eye * Sparrow *
Grey Wagtail * Twite
Heron * Thrush *
Jackdaw * Woodpecker *
Linnet Woodcock
Lapwing * Yellowhammer
   
   
Adder Rabbit
Brown Hare Pipistrelle Bat
Brown Long Eared Bat Pine Marten
Badger Red Squirrel
Common Frog Scottish Wood Ant
Daubenton’s Bat Slow Worm
Fox Stoat
Hedgehog Toad
Mole Wild Cat
Otter Weasel
Red Deer Water Vole
Roe Deer  
   
   
Dark Bordered Beauty Moth  
Pearl Bordered Fritillary  
Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary
   
   
Birdsfoot Trefoil Devils Bit Scabious
Blaeberry Ragged Robin
   
   
   
Aspen Hazel
Birch Juniper
Bird Cherry Pine
Damson Rowan
Geen Willow
   
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Red Squirrel Grey Lag Geese Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary
Siskin Crested Tit
Capercaillie Pine Marten
Above photographs courtesy of
Glen J Barnes
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