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Future planning: designing places in a climate emergency
As urban areas grow and the realities of the climate emergency become clearer, there is a need to look at the way we design and build the places where we live and work. Today, Abi Gardner, a graduate placement working with … Continue reading
Posted in Access, active travel, biodiversity, climate change, Community engagement, conference, graduate placement, meadow, Natural Health Service, Planning, SNH, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged communityy, future planning, Green infrastructure, Place-making, placemaking, places, Planning, Scotland, ScotNature, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, well-being, wellbeing
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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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The fruits of Snapberry
Caroline Anderson has been coordinating the Snapberry project since 2009. Snapberry uses photography to connect school pupils with the natural landscape of Argyll. It is a collaboration between local Scottish Natural Heritage staff and Lochgilphead High School. Under the expert guidance … Continue reading
A bheil thu deiseil airson Maoin Dualchais Nàdarra is Chultarail? /Are you ready for the Natural Cultural Heritage Fund?
Tha maoin ùr luach £5 millean air fàire a chumas taic ri daoine is buidhnean is an cuid bheachdan airson seallaidhean, fiadh-bheatha is cultar na Gàidhealtachd is nan Eilean a bhrosnachadh. Bidh Maoin Dualchais Nàdarra is Chultarail fosgailte nas fhaide … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Community engagement, History, National Walking and Cycling Network, Natural Capital, Natural Health Service, Nature and technology, Nature in art, Planning, Projects, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea life, SNH, Trail, Uncategorized, Visitor centre, Volunteering, website
Tagged culture, ERDF, funding, grants, heritage, Highlands, Natural Cultural Heritage Fund, nature, Scotland, SNH, sustatinability, tourism, Wildlife
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Freshspace – Helping #GirlsGetOot in Local Nature Spaces
Last month, Scottish Natural Heritage and Young Scot launched a new campaign inspiring young women to get outside. Freshspace, which was created in Scotland’s Year of Young People, has been co-designed by young women to highlight and address the issues … Continue reading
#CycleForNature leg 6 — west as far as Islay
Leg six of #CycleForNature started at the beautiful Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve, where the dramatic scenery includes Munro summits, an exposed whaleback ridge and ice-carved gullies. It’s been another packed schedule for Francesca, as she describes below. I spent … Continue reading
Posted in Access, active travel, Argyll National Nature Reserves, Creag Meagaidh NNR, Cycle for Nature, cycling, deer, MPA, National Nature Reserves, National Walking and Cycling Network, Natural Health Service, Priority Marine Features, SNH, SSSI, Staff profile, Uncategorized, Volunteering, wildlife management
Tagged CreagMeagaid, cyclefornature, cycling, Fort William, Francesca Osowska, Islay, nature, NNR, Scotland, serpulid reefs, serpulids, SNH, SSSI
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Back up for Ayr – #CycleForNature Leg 3
#CycleForNature Leg 3 was a relatively short journey for Francesca, completed over just three days. However, she still managed to cycle 150 miles, visit three SNH offices, take in two National Nature Reserves and catch up with a range of … Continue reading
Posted in Access, active travel, Community engagement, country park, Cycle for Nature, cycling, National Nature Reserves, National Walking and Cycling Network, Natural Health Service, SNH, Staff profile, Uncategorized, World Wildlife Day
Tagged Ayrshire, bike, Cycle, cyclefornature, dumfries & galloway, newton stewart, otters, SNH SEPA
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Nature for future Generations – where next?
Cath Denholm, our Deputy Chair, shares reflections on this week’s British Ecological Society/UK Government Conservation Agencies’ Conference on nature for future generations. I wasn’t sure what to expect when I was invited to attend the Nature for Future Generations conference … Continue reading
#CycleForNature – The final stretch: Ullapool to Kinlochewe
Blessed mostly with fantastic weather, Francesca cycled 252 miles last week, sailed on six Ferries and visited five SNH offices (with a wave to Portree). The final part of #CycleForNature leg two took Francesca from Ullapool to Kinlochewe. Let’s hear how … Continue reading
Posted in Access, active travel, biodiversity, citizen science, Community engagement, Cycle for Nature, cycling, Land management, machair, National Nature Reserves, National Scenic Areas, Natural Health Service, Protected Areas, Scotland's Great Trails, Scotland's Protected Places, SNH, Staff profile, sustainable travel, Uncategorized
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#CycleForNature – A journey through a changing landscape
Days seven, eight and nine of #CycleForNature saw me journey from Mallaig, through Skye to North Uist, down to South Uist, back North and then through Harris and Lewis, and finally the ferry from Stornoway to Ullapool. The most notable … Continue reading
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