by Amelia | Friday, September 13, 2019
The RiverLife team had a fantastic tree inspection workshop with Friends of Polkemmet Country Park on Thursday, 5th September. Our 5 workshop attendees learned some things to look out for in spotting healthy (and unhealthy trees) near and around their local rivers....
by Amelia | Tuesday, August 27, 2019
The RiverLife team have delivered 11 guided activities related to riparian habitat near or along the Almond & Avon rivers. From foraging to cycling to going on the hunt for otter signs and clues, our programme offers a variety of family friendly activities and...
by Amy Fergusson | Friday, August 16, 2019
West Lothian Council Ranger Service have a fantastic family engagement initiative that gets pulled out every summer – the “Wild Wednesday”. This initiative is in a different location each week throughout summer and has nature themed activities and stalls for people to...
by Amy Fergusson | Thursday, August 15, 2019
On the 1st of August we had a special guest appearance from our friends over in Buglife! With the creation of the new project, B-Lines, in West Lothian we decided to do a partnership workshop to give some of our volunteers the chance to skill up in a new area. The aim...
by Minty Donald | Monday, August 12, 2019
Despite threatening rain, the sun shone for the crowds who turned up at Polbeth’s annual Gala Day on 29th June. We (public artists, Minty Donald and Nick Millar) were delighted that it stayed dry and that our Polbeth Crazy Croquet game proved so popular. A constant...
by Amelia | Thursday, August 1, 2019
Since 2017, West Lothian College photography students have been producing excellent river themed photography for the RiverLife project. This year was no exception with higher students taking some beautiful shots of their local rivers. Dont worry if you didn’t...
