Protected peregrine chicks take to the sky
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The two chicks are both male and hatched a day apart. There was a clutch of three eggs in total but one of them failed to hatch. Both chicks …
Time for Government leadership on nature’s recovery
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Responding to the publication of the UK National Ecosystem Assessment and DEFRA’s Natural Environment White Paper Simon Milne MBE, Chief Executive of the Scottish Wildlife Trust, said: “A week which …
Oldest osprey’s eggs fail to hatch
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Today (07/06/2011), staff at the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve and Visitor Centre have announced that the three eggs laid in April by the UK’s oldest …
Video cameras focus in on wildlife at Montrose Basin
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Newly installed video cameras are now up-and-running at the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Montrose Basin Wildlife Reserve and Visitor Centre, it was announced today (Monday 16 May). The advancements have been …
Scottish Wildlife Trust to create eco-garden for this year’s Ideal Home Show Scotland
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The Scottish Wildlife Trust have officially partnered with this year’s Ideal Home Show Scotland, to create a unique, natural wildlife garden outside the ‘Prince’s House’, designed to inspire visitors …
Experts report growing confidence in bid to save Scotland’s red squirrels
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Red squirrel conservationists have reported a growing confidence in their bid to protect Scotland’s remaining red squirrel populations, it was announced today (16 May 2011). The announcement comes as Saving …
New initiative begins to remove mink in north Scotland
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The largest ever initiative to remove breeding American mink from north Scotland is now underway, it was announced today (12 May 2011). Covering 20,000 km², from rural Tayside across Aberdeenshire, …
Two years on, Scottish Beaver Trial is first focus for Springwatch
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Springwatch, the BBC’s prime time nature TV show, will kick off its series this year with a visit to the Scottish Beaver Trial, a trial reintroduction of beavers run by …
Two peregrine chicks hatch at Falls of Clyde
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Two peregrine chicks have now hatched at the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Falls of Clyde Visitor Centre and Wildlife Reserve in New Lanark. Hatching on Friday 30 and Saturday 1 May, the …
West Highland landowners unite to fight devastating wild fires
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As wild fires continue to smoulder across the open ground and woodlands of the western Highlands, a group of landowners in Coigach and Assynt have joined forces in a bid …