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Nature’s Bounty in a Brùchd
Piles of seaweed thrown up by winter storms can add new elements to the forager’s basket Continue reading
Posted in autumn, beach, beaches, biodiversity, coastal, Folklore, foraging, Gaelic, History, Marine, NatureScot, sea life, Uncategorized, winter
Tagged Gaelic, Gàidhlig, nature, NatureScot, NàdarAlba, seaweed
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Mathas na Mara à Brùchdan
Faodaidh brùchdan a’ gheamhraidh air a’ chladach feamainn bhlasta a chur ri daithead an rùrachair Continue reading
Posted in autumn, beach, beaches, biodiversity, coastal, Folklore, foraging, Gaelic, History, Marine, NatureScot, sea life, Uncategorized, winter
Tagged feamainn, Gaelic, Gàidhlig, nature, NatureScot, NàdarAlba, seaweed
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Caerlaverock litter-clearing
Our NatureScot student placement scheme provides great opportunities for recent graduates to get invaluable work experience that puts their new skills into practice. In his second post about the work of a National Nature Reserve assistant, Countryside Management graduate Fraser … Continue reading
Posted in beaches, coastal, graduate placement, marine pollution, National Nature Reserves, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged Caerlaverock, countryside management, Fraser Wilson, graduates, litter, marine litter, National Nature Reserve, NatureScot, NNR, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, student placement
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Cnò Mhoire agus ar n-Eadar-cheangaltas / ‘Mary’s Nut’ and our Interconnectedness
Tha cnò iongantach, air a bheil fèill, a’ cur nar cuimhne mar a tha an cuan mòr gar ceangal ri chèile thar na cruinne / A celebrated West Indian bean found on Scottish strands reminds us of how ocean currents … Continue reading
Posted in beach, beaches, coastal, Folklore, Gaelic, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea life, SNH, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
Tagged #YCW2020, beachcombing, beaches, Folklore, Gaelic, History, Molucca bean, NatureScot, ocean currents, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea bean, SNH, Western Isles.
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Forvie’s wintering twite
Today we welcome back guest blogger and ace photographer Ron Macdonald, who takes us on a virtual tour through the dunes of South Forvie, where we encounter one of the reserve’s lesser-known inhabitants.… Come with me today, as we take … Continue reading
Posted in beach, beaches, Birds, coastal, Forvie NNR, National Nature Reserves, photography, SNH, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
Tagged birds, Coast, coastal birds, Forvie, NatureSot, NNR, Ron Macdonald, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, twite, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
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Highlights from our Year of Coasts & Waters poetry competition
Our Coast Lines of Tentsmuir poetry project has just had its wonderful finale at StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, at St Andrews’ Byre Theatre. Molly Aldam has been with SNH on a graduate placement since September, working to connect a … Continue reading
Posted in art, beach, beaches, coastal, Community engagement, Competition, graduate placement, Marine, Nature in art, poetry, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea life, seals, SNH, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts and Waters, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020, Young people
Tagged art, beach, Coast, culture, marine, nature, NatureScot, NNR, poetry, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea, SNH, Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
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#YCW2020 – Take a dose of nature’s medicine at Tentsmuir
Tentsmuir NNR is a magical coastal reserve, with dynamic dunes and a vast foreshore that looks different at every visit. The reserve includes Morton Lochs – inland lochs which provide great habitat for a range of birds, butterflies and red … Continue reading
Posted in beach, beaches, coastal, coastal erosion, Community engagement, National Nature Reserves, Natural Health Service, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea life, SNH, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts and Waters, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020, Young people
Tagged #YCW2020, dunes, marine litter, National Nature Reserve, NatureScot, NNRs, sand dunes, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, student placement, Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
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Find autumn gold in Scotland’s National Nature Reserves
Autumn, with its depth of colour and light, is a fantastic season to get out and explore our mountains, forests and coasts, especially if you’re looking for ideas to get the kids active during the school break. Scotland’s wonderful National … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll National Nature Reserves, beaches, Beinn Eighe NNR, Birds, coastal, deer, Flanders Moss NNR, Glasdrum NNR, green health, Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve, mushrooms, National Nature Reserves, Natural Health Service, Noss National Nature Reserve, photography, Rum NNR, Scotland's Protected Places, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, Taynish NNR, The Flow Country, trees, Uncategorized, woodlands
Tagged autumn, berries, birds, butterflies, coastline, deer, Fungi, geese, mushrooms, National Nature Reserve, NNRs, red squirrels, Scottish Natural Heritage, Shetland, SNH, stag, VisitScotland, waders, wildfowl, winter
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Turning the tide on marine plastic at NNRs
This weekend was the Great British Beach Clean, an initiative of the Marine Conservation Society. We held clean-up events at Forvie and St Cyrus National Nature Reserves (NNRs) and encouraged members of the community to join us. Our NNR Reserve … Continue reading
Ainmean Gàidhlig air na Maoraich / Gaelic Names for Marine Molluscs
Tha liosta de dh’ainmean Gàidhlig airson 85 maoraich a ghabhas lorg timcheall costa na h-Alba air a dhol a-mach gu co-chomhairleachadh poblach / A list of proposed standard Gaelic names for 85 marine mollusc species in Scottish waters has gone … Continue reading
Posted in beach, beaches, coastal, cowries, Gaelic, Marine, sea life, Uncategorized
Tagged bivalves, consultation, flame shells, Gaelic, hermit crab, horsemussels, marine, molluscs, mussels, seashells, shells
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