Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser

1 month ago | alloaadvertiser.com | Keith Broomfield

5 1/1 Over the last fortnight or so, toads have been congregating throughout Clackmannanshire on favoured ancestral breeding ponds for their annual spawning season. It can be a spectacular sight and is often enough to put even the most depraved Roman orgy to shame, given the incredible intensity of the mating that for many of its participants will be their final act.

1 month ago | alloaadvertiser.com | Keith Broomfield

7 1/1 It is always a joy to spot otters on the River Devon, and recently it was a real treat to have a close encounter with two on the stretch of river between Dollar and Tillicoultry. I had spent the previous couple of hours wandering the haugh of the river, but it had been turning out to be one of those days when not much wildlife was about. I was hoping to spot at least one kingfisher, but alas there was nary a glimpse.

1 month ago | alloaadvertiser.com | Clare Buchanan

A special stained glass window has been created in Kincardine to mark the 40th anniversary of the Miners' Strike. (Image: Contributed) A HUGE stained-glass window created by local people to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike is set to be unveiled in Kincardine. The work of art will be unveiled at a special ceremony at the village's library on Friday at 4pm.

1 month ago | alloaadvertiser.com | Keith Broomfield

6 1/1 Yellow comes in all shades and tints, but there is surely no colour yellow that compares in brightness and vibrancy as that found on the wild primroses shortly coming into bloom by our waysides and woodland edges in the Wee County. The primrose delivers such dazzling freshness; little orbs of joyous sunshine signalling that spring is well and truly here and warm balmy days lie ahead.

1 month ago | alloaadvertiser.com | Ross Hart

3 1/1 An Alloa judoka has spoken of her pride at being one of the first batonbearers ahead of next year's Commonwealth Games. Gabriella Wood, who also coaches at the town's Judo Club Esprit, helped launch the Commonwealth Sport King's Baton Relay at Buckingham Palace on March 10. Taking place on Commonwealth Day, the event marked 500 days until the opening ceremony for the 2026 Games in Glasgow.