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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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Otter spotting in Tiree
Today’s guest blog is from the Tiree Ranger, Hayley Douglas. Hayley works for Tiree Community Development Trust and took up the ranger post in November 2019 after working at Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park as a ranger and project officer from … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, mammals, Marine, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts and Waters
Tagged otters, Tiree, Tiree Ranger Service
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Celebrating International Day of Girls & Women in Science
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science – a day declared by the UN to bring attention to the fact that less than 30 percent of researchers worldwide are women. Biases and gender stereotypes are still steering … Continue reading
Mapping the Birds of South East Scotland – A Celebration of Citizen Science in Action
This week’s blog is written by Mike Thornton, a NatureScot operations officer in the Lothians, and a keen volunteer citizen scientist. Mike has worked on a range of citizen science projects, including the Birds in South-east Scotland 2007-13, a Scottish … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Birds, citizen science, conservation, Volunteering
Tagged biodiversity, birds, citizen science, Lothians, Scottish Borders, South-east Scotland
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Land at the heart of nature-based-solutions
Transforming how we use land is an essential part of our response to the climate emergency. Great progress could be made rapidly in agriculture, forestry and other land uses by using existing technologies. But we will need to go further … Continue reading
Posted in Agri-Environment Climate Scheme, biodiversity, climate change, Farming, Land management, Uncategorized
Tagged #green recovery, climate change, climate emergency, Climate summit, Francesca Osowska, Land-use, managing land, nature-based solutions, nature-rich, NatureScot, Royal Scottish Geographical Society, Scotland
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Beavers on the move – Part Two
This is the second of a two-part blog written by Dr Roisin Campbell-Palmer, who was just awarded the Nature of Scotland Conservation Science Award for her long-term work with beavers in Scotland. Roisin previously worked for RZSS overseeing the Scottish … Continue reading
Beavers on the move – Part One
This is the first of a two-part blog written by Dr Roisin Campbell-Palmer, who was just awarded the Nature of Scotland Conservation Science Award for her long-term work with beavers in Scotland. Roisin previously worked for RZSS overseeing the Scottish … Continue reading
Frozen lochs – what lies beneath?
In recent weeks as we experienced wintery conditions, many people will have noticed their local ponds and lochs froze over for a period. In today’s blog our freshwater advisory officer Ewan Lawrie takes a closer look at what’s happening below … Continue reading
Soilleireachadh ‘dubhair’ air mapaichean / Shedding light on toponymic ‘darkness’
Airson ainmean-àite le ‘dubh’ a thuigsinn, ʼs dòcha gum feumar coimhead air slighe na grèine / To interpret place-names with the descriptor ‘dubh’ you may need to look at the path of the sun … Soilleireachadh ‘dubhair’ air mapaichean Is … Continue reading
YCW2020 A Day in the Life – Freshwater and Wetlands Advice Manager Iain Sime
During the Year of Coasts and Waters 2020, we’ve been featuring NatureScot staff working along our shorelines and waterways to gain an insight into the varied work they do. In our final blog of the series, we join Freshwater and … Continue reading
