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Category Archives: Birds
A club where birdies are par for the course
In our guest blog today Billy McLachlin, course manager at Royal Troon Golf Club, tells us how they are working for wildlife on one of the world’s finest links courses. Royal Troon Golf Club is a site of international renown … Continue reading
Posted in bees, biodiversity, Birds, citizen science, coastal, Community engagement, conservation, Flowers, plants, SSSI, Uncategorized, wildlife management
Tagged golf, nature, ringlet, Royal Troon Golf Club, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, stonechat, Troon, Wildlife
Isle of May welcomes record visitor numbers – again!
It’s been a fabulous year on the SNH-owned Isle of May National Nature Reserve in the Firth of Forth. Famed for its large puffin colonies, the island welcomed a record number of visitors again this year – the fourth consecutive season … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, coastal, Marine, National Nature Reserves, sea life, seals, SNH, Uncategorized
Tagged David Steel, Isle of May, marine birds, National Nature Reserve, NNR, puffins, Scottish Naural Heritage, sea birds, seals, SNH, terns
Eun-mara le tòrr ainmean / The seabird with many aliases
’S iomadh duine a tha measail air a’ bhuthaid, ach abair uiread de dh’ainmean Gàidhlig a th’ oirre / The puffin is many people’s favourite seabird – but when it comes to its Gaelic name, there are lots to choose … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged bird names, Gaelic, nature, puffins, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
Pollinating Edinburgh’s Living Landscape
There has been lots happening to benefit pollinators across Edinburgh, especially since the launch of the Edinburgh Living Landscape, as Hebe Carus of the Scottish Wildlife Trust revealed in a recent catch up with Jim Jeffrey, SNH Pollinator Strategy Manager. Edinburgh’s Living … Continue reading
Posted in bees, Birds, conservation, Flowers, meadow, Projects, urban nature, wild flowers
Tagged bees, butterflies, greenspaces, pollinators, RBG Edinburgh, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
#CycleForNature – half way there
Our blog today catches SNH Chief Exec, Francesca Osowska, with three and half legs behind her and at the half way point in her epic active travel challenge. To celebrate she went on a duck survey, met a delegation of … Continue reading
Great skua behaviour and Fair Isle’s lifeline
Fair Isle is Britain’s most remote inhabited island, 38 km from the next nearest island and 125 km from the northernmost tip of the UK mainland. A boat runs from the island but most visitors and most of the 60 … Continue reading
Posted in Access, biodiversity, Birds, coastal, conservation, graduate placement, gulls, Marine Protected Areas, MPA, MPAs, Protected Areas, SNH, survey, sustainable travel, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged bonxies, Fair Isle, Great Skua, island life, MPA, Scottish Natural Heritage, skuas, SNH, SPA
Our dear green spaces – let’s celebrate the Glasgow Wildlife Garden Festival
This year, RSPB Scotland is teaming up with partners and community gardens to celebrate Glasgow Garden Festival’s 30th Anniversary. Scottish Natural Heritage are delighted to co-sponsor these celebrations. Fiona Weir, RSPB Giving Nature a Home project manager, tells us why … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Birds, Festival, gardens, SNH, Uncategorized, Volunteering
Tagged Glasgow, RSPB Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage
Following little terns
Little terns are the second rarest seabird in the UK and Ireland and possibly the best indicator of Climate Change that there is. David Woodfall is a photographer who has been following the fortunes of this very special bird since 1978. … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Birds
Tagged climate change, Community engagement, little tern, machair, sand eel, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
Half a century down the road
Fifty years ago Scottish Natural Heritage hadn’t come into being and Scotland’s leading environmental agency was The Nature Conservancy. Bodies like Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) and Scottish Ornithologists’ Club (SOC) were in their infancy. SNH’s Jim Jeffrey explores the Spring … Continue reading
Posted in Birds
Tagged Scottish Natural Heritage, Scottish Ornithologists' Club, SNH, The Nature Conservancy
A sensory onslaught in the Shiant Isles
SNH’s Chris Leakey and Glen Tyler spend time marvelling at the Shiant Isles’ seabird spectacular. Every so often, when the swell meets the cliff at the required height and direction, a deep rumble resonates from a cave and the rock … Continue reading
Posted in Birds
Tagged guillemots, puffin, razorbill, Scottish Natural Heritage, Shiant Isles
