Another busy year at Castle Loch

Some of the 2015 achievements…

• Over 750 hours donated by volunteers (with a value of over £6700).
• Winner of the RSPB’s Nature of Scotland best Community Initiative award.
• Built a new bird hide.
• Created new sections of footpath.
• Improved path access by replacing bridge steps with ramps and removed kissing gates.
• 1400 people walking the loch circuit each month.
• Cleared invasive/unwanted plants such as Himalayan balsam, American skunk cabbage, and rhododendron.
• Surveyed the grassland and discovered 120+ flora species.
• Over 80 bryophytes (mosses) found across the site.
• National coverage on BBC Radio Scotland’s ‘Out of Doors’ program and regular features in the local press.
• Lots of work with local youth groups: Jaybees Nursery, Lochmaben Primary and Nursery, Lochmaben 1^st Girl Guides, Duke of Edinburgh Awards…
• Carried out questionnaires about future use of Lochfield Cottage.
• Cleared old fencing and did lots of litter picking.
• Put in new signage and fingerposts.

Download our 2016 Achievement Summary

Path Repairs

Building the Kindergarten

Clearing Invasive Species