Category Archives: mammals

The Great Scottish Squirrel Survey returns!

Posted on October 10, 2022 by NatureScot

The Great Scottish Squirrel Survey returns back in-person for its fourth year this autumn. Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels is calling on people all over Scotland to explore outdoors and look out for tufted ears and bushy tails between 10-16 October … Continue reading →

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Otter spotting in Tiree

Posted on February 16, 2021 by NatureScot

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 →

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Beavers on the move – Part One

Posted on January 27, 2021 by NatureScot

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 →

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Sharing our views: the Scottish Beaver Forum

Posted on November 2, 2020 by NatureScot

Today’s blog is written by the Chair of the Scottish Beaver Forum and NatureScot’s Tayside & Grampian Area Manager, Denise Reed. In Scotland, beavers became a European Protected Species in May 2019. Their numbers have expanded across Tayside and beyond … Continue reading →

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The Great Scottish Squirrel Survey is back!

Posted on September 21, 2020 by NatureScot

The Great Scottish Squirrel Survey returns for its second year this autumn. Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels (SSRS) are calling on people all over Scotland to explore outdoors on the lookout for tufted ears and bushy tails between 21-27 September, during … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Scotland’s Badgers

Posted on May 13, 2020 by NatureScot

Scottish Badgers is an independent charity, founded in 1999 to promote the study, conservation and protection of badgers, their setts and their natural habitat in Scotland.  In today’s post, Scottish Badgers’ Operations Co-ordinator,  Emily Platt, tells us how they’ve made … Continue reading →

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Uilebheistean a’ Chuain / Gaelic Sea Monsters

Posted on April 2, 2020 by NatureScot

An e fìor chreutairean a bh’ anns a’ chionaran-crò agus cìrean-cròin? / Are the great Gaelic sea-monsters merely creatures of myth? Uilebheistean Iongantach a’ Chuain Tha creutairean car annasach nar dualchas a tha a’ fuireach fon mhuir, leithid mhaighdeannan-mara agus … Continue reading →

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Badgering away in Scotland

Posted on March 21, 2019 by NatureScot

Our guest blogger today, Eddie Palmer, is the chairman of Scottish Badgers. Eddie tells us all about these charismatic animals — and what we can do to help protect them. Our Scottish badger is the same animal that is found right … Continue reading →

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