Scottish Wildlife Trust - Scotland's leading nature conservation charity

Discover our wildlife reserves this summer

Explore your nearest wildlife reserve and sign up to your local group to get more involved with conserving Scotland’s wildlife and wild places.

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We champion

the ecological, moral, social and economic reasons to protect and restore nature

We demonstrate

best practice in practical conservation and the creation of Living Landscapes and Living Seas

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We inspire

people to experience, learn about and care for wildlife and wild places

Tern around

Common terns are gathering on the refurbished tern raft at Montrose Basin

Climate emergency

Why Scotland needs a strong response to a growing crisis

Watch wildlife online

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News

The latest updates, developments and articles from our press office

Terns gather on Montrose Basin

17 June 2019
common tern, Montrose Basin, Scottish Communities Landfill Fund

New proposals to protect minke whales and basking sharks in Scottish seas

07 June 2019
basking shark, Living Seas, Marine Protected Area, minke whale, Risso’s dolphin

Trust urges action on biodiversity loss and climate change

30 May 2019
biodiversity loss, climate change, Scottish Natural Heritage

Blogs

Our staff, volunteers and guest contributors share their thoughts and stories

Living Cities: creating flower rich urban meadows

19 June 2019
Living Cities, wildflower meadow

Work experience at Jupiter

18 June 2019
Education, Jupiter Urban Wildlife Centre, volunteer, wildlife

Why do wagtails wag?

18 June 2019
Birds, clyde valley woodlands national nature reserve, Falls of Clyde, Wildlife watching

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Visit our clothing store

Our new online store features stylish and sustainable clothing and tote bags. Best of all, every purchase helps to further our work to protect Scotland’s wildlife for the future.

How you can help

Whether you choose to volunteer, donate, raise funds or leave a legacy to the Trust, your help will make a real difference to our work protecting Scotland’s wildlife.

A big thank you

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