Scottish Beavers community event
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The Scottish Wildlife Trust and Royal Zoological Society of Scotland are hosting a public event at 6pm on Monday 28 October in the Cairnbaan Hotel mid-Argyll to give an update …
New film explores Scotland’s conservation funding gap
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A film highlighting that just 5% of available UK charitable grants go to protect Scotland’s nature has been launched in Edinburgh. Scottish Environment LINK worked with award-winning filmmakers Maramedia to …
Sir David Attenborough and the Scottish Wildlife Trust call for nature’s recovery
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Sir David Attenborough has joined forces with the Scottish Wildlife Trust to demand action to help nature recover. ? In a short film released today in response to the continued …
State of Nature report reveals worrying decline in Scotland’s wildlife
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The most comprehensive State of Nature report ever produced has confirmed that Scotland’s wildlife continues to decline. The latest findings in the report, published by more than 70 wildlife organisations …
Trust welcomes ambitious targets to combat climate change
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Responding to the Scottish Parliament’s vote to pass a Climate Change Bill which sets ambitious new targets to tackle emissions, Jo Pike, Chief Executive of the Scottish Wildlife Trust said: …
Geese are gathering at Montrose Basin
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Pink-footed geese are gathering in their tens of thousands at Montrose Basin Wildlife Reserve in Angus. Scottish Wildlife Trust and ANGUSalive Rangers estimated more than 50,000 geese were present on …
Take part in the Great Scottish Squirrel Survey
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People all over Scotland are being asked to take part in the Great Scottish Squirrel Survey between 23 – 29 September. This survey is led by Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels, …
Scottish Wildlife Trust responds to Programme for Government 2019/20
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Responding to today’s publication of the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2019-20, our Chief Executive Jo Pike said: “Urgent action is needed to tackle the closely intertwined climate and ecological …
Renewed call for ban on mountain hare culling
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The Scottish Wildlife Trust is repeating a call for a temporary ban on mass culls of mountain hares following a new assessment which has downgraded the status of the species …
Funding helps volunteers clear invasive species at Spey Bay Wildlife Reserve
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Work by Trust volunteers to eradicate non-native invasive plants from Spey Bay Wildlife Reserve in Moray has received a funding boost from The Gordon & Ena Baxter Foundation. Alder woodland …