How to build a hedgehog home
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With hedgehog numbers having fallen by a third in just 10 years, they need all the help they can get. Hedgehogs usually hibernate from late October/early November until March or …
A little break while volunteering
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Scotland, what a wonderful country! I always find ways to be amazed by this country, people and landscapes. I’ve been volunteering with the Scottish Wildlife Trust for six months now …
A summer internship in Ayrshire
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Throughout my internship I’ve gradually settled into the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s routine, even though we tend to do different things every week. I have a new found appreciation on the …
Challenges of managing nature
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I have now spent six months as a European Voluntary Service volunteer with the Scottish Wildlife Trust working on different reserves around Scotland. I’ve worked most recently at Rahoy Hills …
Bee-education
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On a crisp and sunny morning, myself Nick and Catherine of the Scottish Wildlife Trust People and Wildlife Team headed out of Edinburgh to Fife to visit Burntisland Primary School …
Wellbeing and walking: finding new routes
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It’s widely accepted that interacting with nature can improve your mental health. In this guest article, Graham Morgan describes his personal experiences of this to mark World Mental Health Day …
Let’s Walk! A Guide to the Montrose Basin Reserve Walks
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Are you longing to see a kingfisher? Would you like to see basking seals? Or, do you like to challenge yourself to identify wading birds? Well, at Montrose Basin there …
Now is the time for a Marine Stewardship Fund
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The 2019 State of Nature report and the IPCC’s : ‘The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate’ add to the growing amount of evidence on the concerning state of our environment, …
State of Nature Report: The silence of the seasons
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There is little ambiguity about the state of nature in Scotland. The State of Nature Report, published by more than 70 leading nature conservation organisations, sets out the grave plight …
Here’s to a bright Brocktober!
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Did you know that the name of the town of Broxburn in West Lothian translates to “brock’s burn”? Broc is the Gaelic word for badger and burn being the Scots …