Severe declines in mountain hares
News
A new study by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the RSPB shows that mountain hare numbers on moorlands in the eastern Highlands have declined severely in recent years. Counts …
Support for threatened juniper in Perthshire
News
The Scottish Wildlife Trust has received a £36,604 grant from Viridor Credits Environmental Company through the Scottish Landfill Communities Fund to save threatened juniper woodland in Highland Perthshire. Eighteen hectares …
Jonny Hughes: Investment is needed to get Scots outside
Blogs
As a nation it seems we are getting out in the countryside more often than was the case a decade ago. Visits to the outdoors is one of the Scottish …
Reflecting on moorland management
Blogs
The ‘Glorious Twelfth’ is here – which gives us a chance to reflect on the impacts of two management activities that accompany the driven grouse business in Scotland, burning heather …
Licencing of gamebird shooting in Scotland
Blogs
Last week a very interesting article was published on the Scottish Wildlife Trust website as part of our 50 for the Future series of guest blogs which outline 50 things that we …