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- How do adders hibernate? April 8, 2021
- Gulls: a balancing act April 1, 2021
- The Robin ‘Redbreast’ – but which ‘red’? March 30, 2021
- Dè an dath – agus ainm ceart – a th’ air a’ Bhrù-dhearg? March 30, 2021
- How many lakes are there in Scotland? March 22, 2021
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How do adders hibernate?
Our blog today is written by Bethia, one of this year’s NatureScot student placements who will be spending a year based across the Stirling NNRs: Flanders Moss, Blawhorn Moss and Loch Lomond. Growing up on the doorstep of the Abernethy … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Flanders Moss NNR, Reptiles, Uncategorized
Tagged adders, Flanders Moss, Flanders Moss NNR, hibernation, snakes
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Gulls: a balancing act
It may not seem like it when gulls are swooping down trying to steal your chips, but the number of many species of gulls has plummeted. In fact, herring gulls and kittiwakes are on the red list of conservation concern … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Birds, gulls
Tagged conservation, gulls, herring gull, herring gulls, licensing, wildlife management
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The Robin ‘Redbreast’ – but which ‘red’?
Which Gaelic word for ‘red’ is more appropriate when naming the robin? Leugh ann an Gàidhlig What sort of ‘red’ colours the breast of one of our favourite birds – the European robin (Erithacus rubecula)? Perhaps the question is redundant … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged #Gaelicpoetry, Gaelic, Gaelic in the landscape, Gaelic language, NatureScot, robin, Scottish Gaelic
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Dè an dath – agus ainm ceart – a th’ air a’ Bhrù-dhearg?
An ann dearg no ruadh a tha broilleach a’ bhrù-dheirg (no an ruadhain mar a chanadh cuid!)? Read in English Dè an dath a th’ air broilleach – no brù – a’ bhrù-dheirg? Tha an fhreagairt follaiseach, nach eil – … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged #Gaelicpoetry, Gaelic, Gaelic language, NatureScot, robin, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic
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How many lakes are there in Scotland?
A trick question perhaps?! On World Water Day, our freshwater advisory officer Ewan Lawrie takes a closer look at the answer. Similar to “how long is a piece of string?”, how you measure and define a body of water can … Continue reading
Weaving a tapes-tree – The Loch Lomond Woodlands Project
To celebrate the International Day of Forests, our graduate placement Heather Reilly is highlighting some of our most important wooded areas, and the data mapping project which aims to better understand and illustrate them, in today’s blog. On the bonny … Continue reading
Mussels left high and dry in drought?
A new report published by NatureScot has found evidence that a drought in 2018 had a detrimental impact on freshwater pearl mussel populations in several Scottish rivers. In today’s blog, river restoration graduate placement Orla Hilton takes a closer look … Continue reading
A blizzard of butterflies – “an incredible day” counting northern brown argus
The northern brown argus, at this time of year, is in its twilight months as a hungry caterpillar. The larvae will begin to pupate in May and emerge as butterflies to brighten up small patches of the Scottish countryside through … Continue reading
Bearing Down on Ursid Toponyms
Wild bears have long gone from Scotland’s landscape but echoes of them remain in our place-names … Read in Gaelic It’s far from clear when European brown bears became extinct in Scotland, but it wasn’t yesterday, and it is therefore … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged bears, Bears in Scotland, Gaelic, Gaelic in the landscape, maps, NatureScot, place names, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic
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Mac-talla a’ Mhathain air Tìr
ʼS fhada on a dh’fhalbh na mathain fhiadhaich mu dheireadh, ach tha na creutairean seo a’ nochdadh – an siud ʼs an seo – nar n-ainmean-àite fhathast … Read in English Chan eil e soilleir cuin a bhàsaich am mathan … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged bears, Bears in Scotland, Gaelic, Gaelic in the landscape, Gaelic language, maps, NatureScot, place names, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic
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