Items Tagged 'Scotland'

• Groundbreaking bid to save Scotland’s disappearing mountaintop forests
• Nature fund’s £156k award to protect threatened waders
• Spectacular year of ‘firsts’ on Scotland’s nature reserves
• Progress for pollinators hailed
• New research shows overall benefits for birds from restoring native woodland
• New report reveals Scotland has more native woodland than was thought
• World Frog Day 2020: Spawn to be Wild
• Public urged to follow Covid-19 outdoor access guidance
• Scottish Small Blue Week: big boost for small blue
• Highland osprey family welcome their first 2020 chick live online
• FLS trials new technique to restore sand dune habitats
• RSPB Scotland supports Crofters and Farmers to protect corncrakes
• Scottish Parliament fails to declare a Nature Emergency
• Survey reveals alarming cuts to outdoor access jobs in Scotland
• Buglife launch B-Lines across Scotland
• Woodland bird recovery
• MSPs urged to back Rewilding Nation motion
• Majority of natural features in good condition
• Golden eagles breeding again in Orkney after almost 40 years
• Harbour seal census confirms east-west divide
• Zero Waste Scotland reveals the true size of Scotland’s raw material consumption footprint and calls for action to reduce it
• Rare white puffin spotted on Handa Island
• Action plan for nature-based jobs
• Programme for Government: commitments must deliver a transformation for nature
• Varied fortunes for Scotland's wintering waterbirds
• Beavers benefit fish by building dams in Scottish rivers
• NatureScot announces first new site for release of beavers in Scotland since Knapdale
• Winners announced at Scottish Nature Awards
• Nature fund awards £5m to tackle biodiversity loss and climate change
• Tree planting at Beinn Eighe increases woodland by 41%
• South of Scotland golden eagle population reaches new heights thanks to novel research technique
• Climate change is affecting Scotland’s lochs and reservoirs
• Lynx to Scotland – broad support for further discussions, says study
• Ambitious green finance initiative launched
• First wildcat kittens born at Saving Wildcats conservation breeding for release centre
• Promising results from mountain hare survey
• Huge concern for Scotland’s seabirds as number dying from Avian Influenza continues to increase
• UK Government Minister for Scotland backs UNESCO bid for The Flow Country
• New approaches for NatureScot to improve designated sites
• Ten more wildcat kittens born at Saving Wildcats conservation breeding for release centre
• £4.2m lifeline for Scotland's most vulnerable species
• Fungi new to the UK discovered in the Cairngorms
• Almost £5 million awarded to projects to fight climate change in Scotland
• Call for protection for important wildlife haven
• A lifeline for Scotland’s ‘species on the edge’
• The extinction clock approaches midnight for Scotland’s capercaillie
• New beaver strategy for Scotland
• Hugely successful first breeding season at Saving Wildcats conservation breeding for release centre
• Northwoods Rewilding Network grows to 50 sites
• Waders bucking the trend in Cairngorms National Park
• More than £500K announced for natural capital projects
• Corncrake number declines continue - Only 824 calling males recorded in 2022
• Green fund distributes £3m to enhance Scotland’s coasts and seas
• 8 in 10 Scots want National Parks to have stronger focus on environment
• Increase in Skye’s corncrake numbers bucks Scotland-wide trend
• Birds increase in urban areas
• Scotland's wildlife struggling to recover from Climate Change and Biodiversity loss
• Almost 100 new Scottish sites identified to safeguard trees from climate change
• Scotland’s ‘ice age’ pinewoods on knife-edge, says first major study in 60 years
• 100,000 trees and £1m economic boost in Northwoods Rewilding Network’s early years
• Wildlife management legislation introduced to Parliament
• First-ever Scottish wildcat release approved
• Report highlights need for school children to be more connected to nature
• Three-quarters of Scots want wilder national parks, poll finds
• Significant Scottish report on avian flu released today
• Scotland’s wildcats one step closer to releases in the Cairngorms National Park later this year
• Lynx reintroduction discussed in Scottish Parliament for first time
• Critically endangered Scottish wildcat kittens born at Highland Wildlife Park
• Million pound grant to 'roll out rainforest' around Scottish mountain
• ‘You’ve got to start somewhere’
• Over 75% of Scotland’s protected site natural features in good condition
• FLS ranger assaulted over fire warning
• Green marine environment fund distributes £3.2m
• Carbon Neutral Islands project reaches major milestone
• New report shows natural capital in Scotland holds steady
• 3D-printed birds welcome migrating terns to Scottish breeding sites
• Avian flu impacts breeding success of Scottish birds of prey
• New report urges action on deer management in Scotland’s rainforest
• Environmental experts urge the Scottish Government to ‘be bold’ as it prepares to incorporate the right to a healthy environment into Scots Law
• Multi-species conservation programme arrives in the Inner Hebrides and Argyll
• New FLS CivTech challenge has deer management in its sights
• Saving Scotland’s Wildcats
• Bringing beavers back to the Cairngorms National Park
• New legal targets proposed for nature recovery
• Developing Nature Networks
• Next steps for beavers in the Cairngorms National Park
• Summit to sea nature restoration continues at Ben Wyvis
• Bass Rock Gannet Count
• Call to enlist gamekeeping students to save Curlew
• Scotland’s butterflies increase by 35 percent, but some species at risk
• Ministers urged to step in and save Coul Links
• Beavers arrive in their new Cairngorms National Park home
• Rare dragonflies discovered at Mar Lodge Estate
• Scotland's terrestrial breeding bird numbers show effects of climate change
• Saving Wildcats project prepare for third breeding season ahead of Valentine’s Day
• Swarm of support for Scotland’s pollinators
• Breeding success for raptors on East Cairngorms Moorland Partnership estates
• Rewilding Nation declaration call for Scotland as Charter launched
• Scotland’s 2030 climate goals are no longer credible
• Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill passed
• Reaction: Scottish Grouse Bill will damage the countryside, says BASC
• A Carbon Emissions Land Tax can change the face of Scotland
• Projects share £7.8m to restore at-risk habitats and species
• Rewilding Network, catalysed by farmers, celebrates results of joined up thinking
• A9 central reservation is in a better state than surrounding hills
• Rare plant thriving on Ochils crags
• Scotland’s Flow Country secures World Heritage status
• Nevis Nature Network scales up restoration
• First beaver kits in 400 years born in the wild in the Cairngorms National Park
• Wildcat kitten caught on camera using thermal imaging technology
• 80% of Scots want more rewilding action from Scottish Government, polling shows
• Plans to Create One of Europe’s Biggest New Woodlands Gets Green Light at Loch Katrine
• Urban Forestry in Scotland: A vision for greener cities
• UK ‘return’ for ancient aurochs 400 years after European extinction
• Fifty Years Old and Still Going Strong
• Enabling communities to lead the way in local nature restoration
• Tree of the Year 2024
• Endangered mountain trees making a comeback in Scotland, study shows
• Corncrake numbers soar on Canna
• Nature charities fight Scottish golf course plan - again
• NatureScot launches consultation for Scotland’s proposed new National Park in Galloway
• New network launched in Cairngorms to restore one of Scotland’s rarest native trees
• New report highlights disastrous cost of inaction on nature restoration
• Campaign launched to support next generation of lone trees
• ‘Vision of hope’ pathway to Rewilding Nation presented to Scottish Government
• Scottish Corncrake project reaches milestone thanks to farmer efforts
• Restoring Scotland’s rainforests
• Glen Affric to home new beavers?
• Action urged over climate change’s impact on hydropower and wildlife
• New report highlights importance of Scotland's urban greenspaces
• Long-term increase in how Scottish nature benefits people
• Working for a future where people and nature thrive together
• Scotland-wide search for one of country's rarest species
• Restoring Scotland’s natural environment
• Q&A: What it’s like to work for Orkney’s ambitious eradication project
• From rapids to rewilding: nature champions join forces for Scotland’s rivers
• Investing in Scotland’s natural resources
• Seven decades for Scotland to reach 30% nature recovery target at current rates, new figures show
• £1.3m cash boost for nature projects
• Sinking rope trial aims to reduce whale entanglements off Scotland
• Seabird numbers in Scotland continue to fall
• Study raises concerns for adders in Scotland
• Nature charities call for proposed mega offshore windfarm to be refused
• Citizen science project receives reports of mosquitoes from all across Scotland
• Scotland’s wild revival: latest survey shows nature recovery driving jobs and investment
• £1.6m funds a resilient future for Scotland’s globally important seabirds
• Lynx – major report on cross-sector discussions outlines key issues and recommendations for Scotland
• Record levels of peatland restored
• Small Blue butterfly numbers explode in Scotland with 523 at a single site
• Habitat recovery project aids restoration of Glencoe’s biodiversity
• Scotland’s Solway Firth is our first Landscape Connections project
• £1.87m in funding to drive nature investment
• TCV secures long-term investment to boost nature and community in Cumbernauld
• Growing offshore wind
• Will offshore wind power have an impact on the productivity of the oceans?
• Released wildcats thriving in the Scottish Highlands
• New research shows Northerners and people of Scottish borders support reintroducing lynx to the region
• Survey reveals most Scots unaware Scotland has rainforest
• Building climate resilience
• Scotland’s peatlands to get £20m health boost
• Research helps secure status of flapper skate habitats
• Call for interest in beaver release to new catchments
• Conservationists boost survival chances of Scotland’s rarest moss
• Transforming Scotland’s Rivers: 11 Riverwoods Development Grants Awarded
• Protecting and restoring rainforests
• Teens discover green jobs at Fife’s first nature-based careers fair
• Three years on - a renewed call to protect a wildlife haven
• Just add water: heavy rainfall revives ancient species on the Scottish Solway Coast
• Campaign win: Protections for Scotland’s offshore MPAs
• Deer training proposals risk leaving Scotland short of vital deer managers
• 18 more wildcats released into the Cairngorms as new population takes hold
• World’s deadliest windfarm? Help save our seabirds from Bewick Bank
• Unbe-leech-ably successful breeding season at Highland Wildlife Park
• New law says large landowners need to set out biodiversity plans
• Scotland urged to act now to restore its rivers and lochs: new report sets agenda for next River Basin Plan
• Scotland’s agriculture skills and funding ‘not fit for purpose’
• Rewilding Affric Highlands wins at RSPB Scotland’s Nature of Scotland Awards 2025
• Second year of Urban Forestry Programme opens across Scotland
• Concerns for decrease in Scotland’s farmland birds
• Environment groups furious as marine protections delayed again
• Sandwich tern success at Forvie National Nature Reserve
• Over 100,000 whales, dolphins, porpoises and other marine megafauna recorded in Scotland’s seas
• Human-made materials could make up as much as half of some Scottish beaches
• Over £1.76 million for Scotland’s internationally important rainforest
• Removing Scottish sporting rates relief risks rural jobs and conservation
• Berwick Bank windfarm, which is predicted to kill tens of thousands of seabirds, has been awarded public subsidy
• Strengthening Responsible Access: 20 Years of the Scottish Outdoor Access Code
• A quarter of a million squirrel records in Scotland