Why save the red squirrel?
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This week is both Red Squirrel Awareness Week and the week of Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels’ Great Scottish Squirrel Survey! What better week to remind ourselves of why, as the …
The Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill – The dawn of a new era of upland management in Scotland?
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The Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill is a landmark piece of legislation currently making its way through the Scottish Parliament. The Bill proposes to make it a requirement for …
A month to never ever forget!
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What did I do this summer, you ask? I volunteered on Handa Island, an a-ma-zing wildlife reserve on the west coast of Scotland! For those not familiar with this small …
Young Leader Libby’s volunteering journey
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Libby Smith joined the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Young Leader programme in January 2021 after graduating in earth and marine sciences at university. She wanted to continue learning about wildlife and …
Osprey Shortened Migration
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With the breeding season all but over and ospreys embarking once again on their epic migration south, it’s a good time to look a little bit deeper at some of …
Journeys on Eigg
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Marco Dobson is a 19-year-old ecology student from North-West England who was one of our volunteer rangers on the Isle of Eigg during May to June 2023. He shares the …
National Marine Week 2023 – celebrating GenSea
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From the 22 July to the 6 August, The Wildlife Trusts (a federation of 46 independent wildlife conservation charities covering the whole of the UK) celebrated #NationalMarineWeek. The theme for …
Transparent burnets on Isle of Eigg
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Maya Saunders, a volunteer on the Isle of Eigg shares her butterfly and moth survey work to save some of our species who live on our western coasts. The transparent …
Osprey Diary at Loch of the Lowes – So Long and Fly High
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It has without doubt been a strange season with many twists and turns, from the very early arrival of our breeding pair female NC0 and male LM12 on the 17th …
Ranger Round Up: Moths, Flowers, Beavers and More!
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It’s been another busy but exciting few weeks as we continue our work with the Scottish Wildlife Trust. We have been preparing for the upcoming moth night in August and …