Join us for an evening with Scottish wildlife photographer Michael Cook of WildScot Photography.

Thursday 20^th August, 7pm arrival for a 7.30pm start, Fintry Museum. Free to attend (donations to Fintry Museum are welcomed).

Michael has spent more than 25 years photographing wildlife and has travelled widely in search of nature, but Scotland remains his favourite place to explore with a camera. He was a finalist in last year’s British Wildlife Photography Award. After a career leading environmental organisations, he now works full time as a wildlife photographer and guide, helping people discover and photograph Scotland’s birds and mammals.

In this illustrated talk, Michael will share some of his favourite images and the stories behind them, along with practical insights into Scotland’s wildlife, where to find it, and the techniques and patience involved in photographing it. Whether you’re interested in wildlife, photography, or simply enjoy Scotland’s natural environment, this promises to be an informative and enjoyable evening.

For more information about Michael and his work, visit www.wild-scot.co.uk

We hope you can join us.

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Here in Fintry, we’d like to invite you to take part in our citizen science ‘Nature Needs You’ nature survey! Your survey will help us monitor the biodiversity of Fintry and guide us to where improvements may be needed.

It’s very simple, all you need to do is:

– Request a survey form from us or pick one up in the Sports Club.

– Pick your favourite outdoor spot in Fintry – it could be the view from your living room window, your garden, the community garden, the banks of the Endrick, the castle drive.

– Wherever it is, we ask you to spend up to an hour in that spot looking for and recording any nature you see. This can be the plants, trees and flowers; birds, butterflies and bees; ants, spiders and woodlice; squirrels, hedgehogs or frogs! Anything from the natural world, jot it down on your FDT survey sheet.

– Once completed, please send back your form to us in our letterbox in the Sports Club, or you can scan and email the form to admin@fintrydt.org.uk.

Everyone who returns a form by Monday 31st August will be automatically entered into our prize draw! We have some great prizes to be won:

– Adult entries: Benview Garden Centre voucher

– Ages 11 – 18: Eco Friendly Ear Buds

– Age under-11: The FDT Explorer Kit

So, what are you waiting for! Request your survey form today or pick one up from the Sports Club foyer.

Fintry’s nature needs you!

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FDT can offer a reimbursement of £40 PER BAG on the purchase of up to TWO BULK BAGS of logs per household. The two bags can be purchased separately, or together, over the winter months.

This discount will be available throughout the winter with the last date logs can be purchased being 31 March 2026.

Fintry residents can choose to order from:

BURN LOGS

CNJ TREE SERVICES

LOMOND LOGS

If for any reason the above suppliers cannot help you, we will accept receipts from other suppliers (as local to Fintry as possible please).

Please visit our grants page for further information and to download an application form, or you can pick up a paper copy in the Sports Club foyer.

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