PXL_20231025_135414326 Photography Tips & Techniques – Trees By Harvey Smart The theme of our next photography competition is ‘Trees & Leaves’. These beautiful, important and often ancient organisms are all around us, and make fantastic and varied subjects for photography. Here are a few simple tips to get the best shots possible! Think about light Golden hour Clydesider Editor • Issue 33
group all standing in a line behind a bio diversity sign Hidden Heritage Spotlight: Havoc Meadows Words by Kayleigh Hirst Photos courtesy of Friends of Havoc Meadows If you say the word ʻheritageʼ, most people might think of a building or a famous person, perhaps even folk tales and traditions. But thereʼs another aspect of our collective heritage thatʼs just as important. Heritage can be defined Clydesider Editor • Heritage
Cycling For All Words by Jenny Watson, Photos by Caroline Finn Around 13 years ago, I was involved in a creative arts group based in Levengrove Park. Through this group I met a wonderful man named Andy Binnie. During our meetings Andy would often share snippets of information he had learned about the Clydesider Editor • Accessibility
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
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
