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Bird photography – do I need a licence?
In our latest blog, we take a look at bird photography and the issues that people need to consider to ensure they stay within the law and don’t disturb wildlife. The explosion in digital photography and associated technology in the … Continue reading
Posted in Birds
Tagged best practice, bird photography, birds, disturbance, nature, NatureScot, photography
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Gulls: do you love them or loathe them?
The urban gull. People either love them or loathe them. Perhaps you like feeding them. Or maybe you get annoyed when they swoop down and steal your chips. If you’re woken up by noisy gulls, it may seem like they … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, gulls, NatureScot, wildlife management
Tagged birds, gulls, herring gulls, NatureScot
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Birds of Premonition
The Gaels traditionally viewed some bird behaviours as predictors of future events… Leugh ann an Gàidhlig Birds are active creatures whose lives intertwine regularly with our own. Some of our avian friends even make their homes in and around our … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Folklore, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged birds, Gaelic, nature, NatureScot, omens, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, superstitions
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Eòin nam Manaidhean
ʼS iomadh eun a dh’innseas dhuinn dè tha romhainn … Read in English Tha na ceanglaichean eadar eòin agus daoine gu math làidir. Nach tuirt ar sinnsearan gum b’ e Linn an Àigh nuair a bha Gàidhlig aig na h-eòin?! … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Folklore, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged birds, Folklore, Gaelic, nature, NatureScot, omens, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, superstitions
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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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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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Mentoring the next generation of conservationists
In February 2020, Murray Borthwick was staring down a telescope at Morton Lochs, undertaking fieldwork for his honours thesis and simultaneously realising that studying birds was what he wanted to do for a living. Fast forward to the summer and … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, conservation, NatureScot, SNH, Young people
Tagged #mentor, #mentoring, #ornithology
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Spectacular autumn in Scotland
Today we’re highlighting some of amazing wildlife spectacles you can see in Scotland in autumn, including the fierce deer rut, thousands of migrating geese and much more. Of course, many of us aren’t able to get out and about to … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Birds, deer, mushrooms, National Nature Reserves
Tagged #Autumn, #Geese, #redsquirrels, #salmonrun, Fungi
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