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Funding scheme for youth-led nature projects urges 11-26-year-olds to apply

Young people can apply for funding for projects to help them connect with nature through an environmental programme which also aims to help reduce levels of “eco-anxiety”. NatureScot has launched the next round of the scheme with £20,000 in funding ...

25 Apr 2022 at 11:25

UK capercaillies could be extinct again in 20-30 years, report warns

The “iconic” capercaillie is likely to become extinct again in the UK within two to three decades if the current trend in population decline continues, a report has warned. The study, from a sub-group of the NatureScot Scientific Advisory ...

25 Feb 2022 at 12:55

Endangered adult pine hoverfly spotted in wild for first time in years

A critically endangered adult pine hoverfly has been spotted in the wild in Britain for the first time in nearly a decade following conservation efforts, experts have said. The discovery comes after staggered releases of larvae in ...

10 Jun 2022 at 11:11

Scotland

New national park plan open for public consultation

People are being invited to share their views on Scotland’s national parks as a consultation opens on plans to create the first new one in almost 20 years. The Scottish Government committed to establish at least one new national ...

13 May 2022 at 08:55

Scotland

Bids to sprout ‘wee forests’ in cities receive £500,000

Efforts to plant a network of “wee forests” in towns and cities across Scotland have received £500,000 from the Scottish Government. This winter, 20 densely packed areas of woodland around the size of a tennis court will be ...

04 Jan 2022 at 13:55

Scotland

Nature body objects to latest golf course plan for Highland coastline

Plans to build an 18-hole golf course in the Highlands have drawn an objection from Scotland’s nature agency over the potential impact on one of the last coastal dune habitats of its kind in the country. NatureScot has ...

17 May 2023 at 16:13

Scotland

Fewer beavers destroyed as efforts to expand population continue

Scotland’s natural heritage agency has reported a decrease in the number of beavers being destroyed as efforts to expand their population while controlling negative impacts gain momentum. NatureScot published figures ...

09 Jun 2023 at 11:53

New report shows Scottish wildlife is on the decline

Scotland’s wildlife continues to decline, a new report has found, with one in nine of the species examined at risk of becoming extinct north of the border. The State of Nature Scotland report warned the risk of ...

27 Sept 2023 at 19:00

Scotland

Scotland’s wildcat population at critically low level, new study finds

Scotland’s wildcat population is at a critically low level, posing a severe threat to their long-term survival, according to a new study published by NatureScot. The research, released on Wednesday, highlights ...

03 May 2023 at 14:34

Scotland

Airfield to be transformed into wildflower meadow with share of £5m funding pot

A project to turn a former airfield into a wildflower meadow is among dozens sharing in almost £5 million awarded to initiatives tackling climate change. Cash from the Scottish Government’s annual Nature ...

20 Jul 2022 at 13:12

Project to remove invasive stoats from Orkney boosting native wildlife – RSPB

A project to remove non-native stoats from Orkney has boosted threatened birds and a species of vole found only on the islands, conservationists said. The Orkney Native Wildlife Project, which ...

30 Oct 2024 at 09:53

Camera hidden in stick gives ‘phenomenal’ live view of nesting sea eagles

A hidden camera has been installed near an eagle’s nest to give a live view of Scotland’s largest bird of prey in what is said to be a UK first. White-tailed eagles Shona and Finn, also known ...

01 Apr 2022 at 12:25

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