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Month of the stags
The roar of rutting red deer across a Highland glen or hillside is one of the most evocative sounds of autumn as stags battle for dominance of territory and hinds. For many people it represents the quintessential Scottish wildlife experience. … Continue reading
Posted in wildlife management
Tagged deer, deer management, deer rut, NatureScot, October, Red deer, stags, wildlife management
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Enhanced Shepherding: Working together to find solutions to a complex issue
Lambing season on Scotland’s hills can be a challenging time for farmers and crofters. In this guest blog we hear from Freya King from Skye who has been delivering enhanced shepherding supported by the Sea Eagle Management Scheme, a measure … Continue reading
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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Wading birds and a shared approach to wildlife management
At the end of last month, NatureScot launched the Shared Approach to Wildlife Management, which sets out how different interest groups can work together to help ensure healthy and valued populations of wildlife across Scotland. In the third of a series of … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, wildlife management
Tagged birds, NatureScot, waders, wildlife management, Working for Waders
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Sea eagles and a shared approach to wildlife management
Two weeks ago, NatureScot launched the Shared Approach to Wildlife Management which sets out how different interest groups can work together to help ensure healthy and valued populations of wildlife across Scotland. In the second of a series of blogs, we look … Continue reading
Beavers and a shared approach to wildlife management
Last week, NatureScot launched the Shared Approach to Wildlife Management which sets out how different interest groups can work together to help ensure healthy and valued populations of wildlife across Scotland. In the first of a series of blogs, we … Continue reading
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Tagged beavers, NatureScot, shared approach, Tayside, wildlife management
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Partnership working on beavers
A few months on from the publication of the 2019 beaver licencing statistics, we take a closer look at the ongoing work with partners to reduce levels of beaver control measures in future. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has supported efforts … Continue reading
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Tagged beavers, Scottish Beaver Forum, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
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Ardnamurchan’s unique day-flying moth
Each year in early summer, volunteers from various parts of Scotland travel west to survey a rare, striking and elusive day-flying moth – the New Forest burnet, at the only site it occurs in the UK. Since becoming extinct in … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, citizen science, climate change, conservation, Ecology, Flowers, Insects, Land management, moth, Projects, Protected Areas, Research, Scotland's Protected Places, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, Species Action Framework, SSSI, Uncategorized, wildlife management, woodlands
Tagged Ardnamurchan, biodiversity, endemic, endenism, moths, NatureScot, New Forest burnet moth, Protected Areas, ScotNature, Scottish Natural Heritage, scottish nature, SNH, SSSI
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Working together to help nature tackle climate change
A message that seems loud and clear in the current climate discussions is that to tackle the emergency we all need to work together to address the common goal – and this is on the national and international scales as … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, climate change, Community engagement, conservation, Ecology, meadow, peatland restoration, Projects, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, Uncategorized, Volunteering, wildlife management
Tagged climate change, climate emergency, EcoCoLife, nature, nature based solutions, nature.scot, Scotclimateweek, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
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Why we welcome beavers – but also need to support farmers
It has been one month since beavers were added to the list of European Protected Species of Animals and protected under Scottish law. We look at the benefits beavers can bring, and work being done to tackle the problems they … Continue reading
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