Photography Tips & Techniques – Frosty Photos By Harvey Smart For this issue’s photo competition, we have chosen the theme ‘Frozen in Time’. Winter’s frosty embrace provides a great opportunity to get some truly stunning and otherworldly pictures if you’re brave enough to venture out into the cold. Here are some tips to help Clydesider Editor • Issue 30
VeteranAshTree Stories of our Native Trees Words & Photos by Breeze Clydesider contributor Breeze shares where and why we can all enjoy some of West Dunbartonshire's native trees in this series of short articles. The Magnificent Ash Balloch Castle Country Park is a place of great beauty and natural wonders. I believe it hosts Clydesider Editor • Environment
Biodiversity Where Are All the Butterflies? Words & Photos by Jim Duncan Last year we had a cool and wet start to Spring, and you may have noticed the lack of insects throughout the area. Most noticeable was the near absence of butterflies. Species usually a common sight, such as large and small whites, small tortoiseshell, Clydesider Editor • Environment
default 10 Year Celebrations for Bellsmyre! Words & Pictures by Harvey Smart This summer saw 10th anniversary celebrations for Bellsmyre community garden. Since taking over the derelict plot of land on Whiteford Avenue a decade ago, the gardens have expanded dramatically, growing from a small community garden to a highly successful model for similar projects across Clydesider Editor • Gardening
History of the Vale Photography Project A Community Photo Story by Eddie Barclay, Fiona Jamieson, John Jamieson, Kacho Naseem Haider Khan, Lorraine Kerr, Catherine MacDonald, Natalie MacDonald, Francis Reilly & Adrian Wyer The Vale of Leven has a fascinating heritage and, if you know where to look, there is evidence of its proud past all around Clydesider Editor • Creative Storytelling
The Rare Pine Marten in Balloch Castle Country Park Words & Photos by Jim Duncan The shy and elusive pine marten, one of Britain’s rarest mammals has been seen and photographed in Balloch Castle Country Park. This woodland creature, almost hunted to extinction was given full legal protection in 1988. They are similar in size to a domestic Clydesider Editor • Issue 29
