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Illegal killing major cause of hen harrier deaths, study finds

Illegal killing is the main cause of death for older hen harriers, one of the UK’s most at-risk birds, according to new research. The study, led by the RSPB, also found that mortality due to illegal killing was highest in areas managed for red ...

11 May 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Need to protect marine areas has ‘never been greater’, ministers told

The introduction of measures to prevent “damaging” activities in many of Scotland’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) has “stalled”, environmental campaigners claimed. While green groups celebrated when the Scottish Government designated 32 MPAs ...

12 Aug 2024 at 00:01

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 extinction among some groups, ...

27 Sept 2023 at 19:00

Scotland

Nature charities demand increased urgency from politicians on climate crisis

The leaders of Scotland’s political parties are not responding to the combined climate and nature crises with the “urgency required” a coalition of nature charities has insisted. Twenty-six groups have joined to write an open letter aimed ...

14 Aug 2023 at 00:01

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 organisers say is the largest stoat removal ...

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 as sea eagles, are incubating two eggs at ...

01 Apr 2022 at 12:25

Golden eagle numbers soar to new heights in conservation project

Six more golden eagle chicks have been relocated to southern Scotland as part of a conservation project, bringing their numbers to the highest level in the area for three centuries. The new additions bring the total population of ...

08 Sept 2022 at 11:20

UK’s oldest white-tailed eagle dies aged 32

The UK’s oldest wild white-tailed eagle has died in Scotland at the age of 32, RSPB Scotland has announced. The eagle, a female named Frisa, hatched on Mull in 1992 and paired up with her long-term mate Skye in 1997. The pair ...

02 Jun 2025 at 22:11

Capercaillie numbers fall to critically low numbers, survey finds

The capercaillie is at real risk of extinction in the UK, with only 542 of the birds estimated to be left in Scotland, according to new data. The population has dropped around 50% since the last survey six years ago and is ...

30 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Coalition calls for urgent review of mobile mast rollout

A coalition of rural, wildlife and conservation bodies has called for an urgent review of the rollout of mobile network infrastructure across Scotland amid concerns about the impact of masts on the country’s most remote ...

26 Aug 2024 at 00:01

UK first as hidden camera captures wild white-tailed eagle egg hatching

A hidden camera has captured the first live UK footage of a wild white-tailed eagle hatching. Staff at RSPB Scotland’s Abernethy nature reserve in Perthshire, where the eaglet hatched, described it as being “such a ...

09 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Scotland

Proposed hydro scheme could threaten habitat of endangered birds, says RSPB

RSPB Scotland has objected to a “damaging” proposal for a pumped storage hydro scheme claiming it would lead to habitat loss for threatened birds. The charity also warned that construction of the Balliemeanoch ...

18 Mar 2025 at 13:26

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