Tag Archives: mapping

Mapping the way forward for Scotland’s pollinators

Posted on April 21, 2021 by NatureScot

Our blog today looks at one of the many projects NatureScot is working on to improve the future for our vital pollinating insects. Cameron, one of this year’s NatureScot graduate placements who is mapping Scotland’s pollinator-friendly habitats, tells us more … Continue reading →

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Weaving a tapes-tree – The Loch Lomond Woodlands Project

Posted on March 21, 2021 by NatureScot

To celebrate the International Day of Forests, our graduate placement Heather Reilly is highlighting some of our most important wooded areas, and the data mapping project which aims to better understand and illustrate them, in today’s blog. On the bonny … Continue reading →

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Sea-searchers recognised for 31-year contribution to marine conservation.

Posted on January 10, 2020 by NatureScot

SNH has supported Seasearch in Scotland for many years now. The skills and enthusiasm of their union of marine life investigators has in turn supported our own research. Some of our marine team are Seasearch volunteers in their free time. … Continue reading →

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Mapping our species-rich grasslands

Posted on November 5, 2019 by NatureScot

According to UK charity Plantlife, Britain has lost 97% of its species-rich grassland in less than a century. Hundreds of plants, fungi and invertebrate species rely on these important habitats – which in turn support healthy populations of birds and … Continue reading →

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Scotland’s saltmarshes are mapped for the first time

Posted on June 22, 2017 by NatureScot

The Habitat Map of Scotland Project has now completed the next step in mapping our coast with the publication of a map of Scotland’s saltmarshes – the data is now available to download here. Between 2010 and 2012 all saltmarshes … Continue reading →

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Earth Observation Project

Posted on February 16, 2017 by NatureScot

Paul Wheelhouse (Minister of Business Innovation and Energy) spoke recently at the Data.Space Conference in Glasgow. He mentioned the exciting work that Scottish Government, SEPA and SNH are carrying out using Earth Observation data. Here’s a brief summary of what … Continue reading →

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Do you know how to read a map?

Posted on October 19, 2016 by NatureScot

Did you know that 86% of British people can’t place Edinburgh correctly on a map? London is better known, although a full 40 percent couldn’t pinpoint it on a map either, according to new research by Ordnance Survey. With almost … Continue reading →

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William Roy

Posted on December 2, 2014 by NatureScot

Following the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, Major General William Roy mapped Scotland in detail. His maps remain valuable in the present day as they form the basis of our Ancient Woodland Inventory of Scotland. Roy was a superb cartographer and his … Continue reading →

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