Category Archives: Flowers

Connecting people and plants

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Scottish Natural Heritage

SNH’s Iain Macdonald was just one of around 175 people with a passion for wild plants at an unofficially record-breaking meeting in Edinburgh recently… Not long ago I was sitting in a room surrounded by botanists, probably the single largest … Continue reading →

Posted in biodiversity, conference, Flowers, plants, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, science, SNH, Uncategorized, wild flowers | Tagged botanists, botany, flowers, plants, RGBE, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH

A club where birdies are par for the course

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Scottish Natural Heritage

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

A trip to a wooded rock off the west of Scotland where the herbivores don’t go!

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Scottish Natural Heritage

Kate Holl, SNH Woodland Adviser, recently visited a tiny island off the west coast of Scotland. The island has no herbivores such as deer, allowing the plantlife to grow wilder than anywhere else in Scotland! On a perfect summer’s morning … Continue reading →

Posted in biodiversity, Flowers, plants, trees, wild flowers, wild land, woodlands | Tagged Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, woodlands

Pollinating Edinburgh’s Living Landscape

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Scottish Natural Heritage

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

How should you manage giant rhubarb in your garden?

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Scottish Natural Heritage

Have you got giant rhubarb in your garden? A European-wide ban on the sale of this invasive non-native plant comes into force today. If you already have the plant, also known as Gunnera tinctoria, in your garden you can keep … Continue reading →

Posted in biodiversity, citizen science, Community engagement, conservation, Flowers, gardens, invasive non-native species, Land management, plants, Projects, Uncategorized, wild flowers, wildlife crime, wildlife management | Tagged giant rhubarb, Gunnera, invasive non-native species

Achlasan Chaluim Chille / Columba’s Armpit Package

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Scottish Natural Heritage

Tha lus a tha ceangailte ri meadhan an t-samhraidh cuideachd a’ cuimhneachadh Naomh Ceilteach ainmeil / A plant connected to midsummer also recalls a famous Celtic saint … Tha Lus Chaluim Chille co-cheangailte ri Naomh Eòin ann am Beurla (‘St. … Continue reading →

Posted in Beinn Eighe NNR, Flowers, Folklore, Gaelic, National Nature Reserves, SNH, Uncategorized, wild flowers | Tagged flowers, Gaelic, St John's Wort

St Cyrus’ most wild and rare

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Scottish Natural Heritage

Simon Ritchie is the newly appointed Seasonal Reserve Assistant based at the SNH St Cyrus National Nature Reserve (NNR), north of Montrose. Growing up in the area, Simon has developed a wealth of experience, and knowledge of the reserve. As … Continue reading →

Posted in beach, beaches, biodiversity, coastal, Flowers, Marine, National Nature Reserves, plants, SNH, St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, Staff profile, Uncategorized, Volunteering, wild flowers, Year of Young People, Young people | Tagged Coast, flowers, St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, Volunteering

Wild about crop relatives

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Scottish Natural Heritage

Crop wild relatives (CWRs) are wild plant species that are genetically related to our cultivated crops. Farmers have used them since the beginning of agriculture to improve their crops and get better harvests. Growing in the wild, they contain higher … Continue reading →

Posted in biodiversity, Flowers, Protected Areas, Uncategorized, wildlife management | Tagged barley, biodiversity, conservation, nature, oats, rapeseed oil, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, WCR, wild crop relatives, wild strawberries, Wildlife

An urban life aquatic

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Scottish Natural Heritage

Newts, diving beetles, shrimp – a project in Inverness has found that the city’s drainage systems are home to a surprising array of aquatic wildlife. The year-long study, funded by SNH and the Highland Council, builds on previous work which … Continue reading →

Posted in biodiversity, climate change, Flowers, Projects, Uncategorized | Tagged amphibians, biodiversity, common frog, common toad, Highland, Inverness, nature, newts, northern marsh orchid, palmate newt, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, SuDS, Sustainable urban drainage systems, Wildlife

The changing nature of our climate

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Scottish Natural Heritage

Imagine if you could no longer find your favourite bird on the wetland in winter, or if trees were dying in your local wood for lack of water in summer. What if the fish in our rivers changed, and salmon … Continue reading →

Posted in biodiversity, Birds, climate change, Flowers, Insects, National Nature Reserves | Tagged adaptation, Argyll, biodiversity, birds, black grouse, butterflies, capercaillie, climate change, conservation, Loch Leven, Report Card