Top five ways to enjoy nature on the longest day of the year…
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Today (21 June) marks the summer solstice – the longest day of the year. Happily, the forecast for the majority of Scotland is dry and it looks to be staying …
Living Cities: creating flower rich urban meadows
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The Trust’s Living Cities publication outlines practical actions that can be taken to embed nature into the urban environment. In this guest blog, Leonie Alexander from the Royal Botanic Garden …
Work experience at Jupiter
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Jupiter lives up to the urban part of its name. But although the reserve is based in an industrial area, wildlife flourishes. As I entered the reserve for the first …
Why do wagtails wag?
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Grey wagtails, Motacilla cinerea, are a daily sight here at Falls of Clyde. They are more colourful that their name suggests, with distinctive lemon yellow belly and underparts, to contrast …
Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire Local Group photography competition
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Early in 2018 the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire local group was fortunate to find it had a reasonable sum of money available to fund a project. As this …
Combating climate change requires a transformation in how we manage the marine environment
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The dangers posed by climate change have been at the forefront of public discussion recently, and rightly so. Reports from the Climate Change Committee, IPBES and IPCC have all clearly …
Tree felling in Dalkeith
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I came to Scotland from the Netherlands to do an internship with the Scottish Wildlife Trust from February until April and I was placed with Eddie in Dalkeith. We would …
A month on Eigg
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I am currently on a year long placement with the Scottish Wildlife Trust, which has been funded by Erasmus+. I am usually based in Inverness with Michelle but for the …
Watching over ospreys at Loch of the Lowes
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I became involved with Osprey Watch after volunteering at the Loch of the Lowes Visitor Centre during the summer of 2018. I’ve always enjoyed watching wildlife and I was enthusiastic …
Volunteering with the Trust in south west Scotland
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In 2018 I spent five months working with a team of international and local volunteers in south west Scotland. Volunteering with the Scottish Wildlife Trust has so far been one …