Category Archives: Nature Section

Wednesday, 8th January 2025,

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“Landscape Scale Nature Recovery”

David Tollick, Conservation Officer, Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust

David is mainly focussed on Highland Perthshire, co-ordinating nature restoration parnerships.

After graduating in Ecological Studies from Edinburgh University, he worked as a countryside ranger developing and delivering environmental awareness activities for community and educational groups. He led a ground breaking course for a rural skills award for environmental vocations in Barony College, near Dumfries.

A spell in local government followed in Dumfries, then Falkirk supporting project development and delivery. This was followed by a move to Angus to develope, co-ordinate and deliver a £2,000,000 grants programme of the European Rural Development Programme, before coming to Perth.

Nature Section Winter Talk Series 2024-25

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2nd Oct. Ian Baird. The Woodland Trust. Standing up for Trees. Ian is a volunteer with the Woodland Trust in Perth. He is a former warden at Moncreiff Hill and he will tell us about his current role as a woodland creation champion.  

30th Oct. Chris de Feu will tell us all about the secret lives of garden slugs. You are welcome to bring some examples to the talk!

13th Nov Anthony Wetherhill, BTO. Goosanders are relatively common waterfowl that have recently spread from Scotland to most of the UK. How do we track their locations?

4th Dec Dr Richard Milne is an evolutionary botanist from Edinburgh – and he is on a mission to photograph every plant species in Britain

8th Jan David Tollick is the Conservation Officer for Perth and Kinross Conservation Trust. He will talk about landscape-scale ecosystem recovery.

29th Jan. Kate Holl. Kate is the woodland advisor at NatureScot. What does the abundance and variety of wildflowers tell us about the health of our woodlands?

19th Feb Dierdre Stewart and Sam Buckland. Dalnacardoch Estate lies between Blair Atholl and Dalwhinnie. The Durrell Trust has recently embarked on a 100-year rewilding project. 

5th Mar Steve Willis, BTO. The Avian flu outbreak of 2023 wrought havoc to our seabird populations. What’s the status now?