{"id":15412,"date":"2016-09-12T11:28:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T11:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/?p=15412"},"modified":"2016-09-12T11:36:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T11:36:17","slug":"giant-badger-spotted-on-the-clyde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/giant-badger-spotted-on-the-clyde\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant badger spotted on the Clyde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A giant mural  of a badger has been created on the side of the substation at Bonnington power station at the Scottish Wildlife Trust\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/glasgow\/falls-of-clyde.shtml\">Falls of Clyde<\/a> reserve.<\/p>\n<p>The mural of Clyde the Badger was painted over two days by artist ATMstreetart and can be seen on the <a href=\"\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/glasgow\/clyde-walkway.shtml\">Clyde Walkway<\/a>, which leads visitors past several stunning waterfalls including the Corra Linn.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/is-F1R5Bv1Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lyndsay Mark, Visitor Experience Manager, Scottish Wildlife Trust said: \u201cFalls of Clyde reserve is a great place to see badgers and our summer badger watching events are incredibly popular every year. Thanks to ATMstreetart\u2019s fantastic mural we can remind the thousands of visitors who come here how important the reserve is for wildlife all year round.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Artist ATMstreetart said: \u201cI started painting street art of endangered species in 2013. My aim is to show the beauty and significance of these creatures, to make people think about their value and hopefully inspire a change in some of our more thoughtless and damaging practices. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBadgers have rich and complex social lives, and they deserve our respect. As the brutal and misguided badger cull continues in England, I hope this painting will make more people realise their importance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time I&#8217;ve worked in Scotland but I hope it will be the first of many. A capercaillie in Aberdeen, a crested tit in Aviemore, a Scottish crossbill in Inverness come to mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Falls of Clyde Wildlife Reserve is part of the Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve. It is famous for its spectacular waterfalls including the Corra Linn, and scenic woodland walks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A giant mural of a badger has been created on the side of the substation at Bonnington power station at the Scottish Wildlife Trust\u2019s Falls of Clyde reserve. The mural of Clyde the Badger was painted over two days by artist ATMstreetart and can be seen on the Clyde Walkway, which leads visitors past several stunning waterfalls including the Corra Linn. Lyndsay Mark, Visitor Experience Manager, Scottish Wildlife Trust said: \u201cFalls of Clyde reserve is a great place to see badgers and our summer badger watching events are incredibly popular every year. Thanks to ATMstreetart\u2019s fantastic mural we can remind<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/giant-badger-spotted-on-the-clyde\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\">Read more &#8250;<\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-walking-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15412"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15417,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15412\/revisions\/15417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}