Tha an t-sìde fhluich o chionn ghoirid air badan ùr den Charrachan-Sgèithe (Tadpole Shrimp) a thoirt beò aig RSPB Mhersehead ann an Dùn Phris, an treas badan dhiubh san Rìoghachd Aontaichte. ’S e beathach tearc is àrsaidh a th’ ann is e am measg nam beathaichean as sine san t-saoghal.

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Recent wet weather has hatched a new population of the rare and ancient Tadpole Shrimp – one of the world’s oldest living animal species – at RSPB Scotland Mersehead in Dumfries, only the third population of the species in the UK.

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Scotland is leading the way in the UK and Europe by recognising its first Nature30 sites as part of a global initiative to help halt and reverse nature loss. The four sites in Argyll, Lanark, Lochaber and Moray are the first to be named under the country’s commitment to safeguard at least 30 percent of land and sea by the year 2030 – agreed at COP15 and known as 30 by 30.

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Crofters across Shetland, Ulva and the Outer Hebrides are adopting GPS technology to revolutionise how they manage their livestock, delivering benefits for themselves, their livestock, and local wildlife.  

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Tha croitearan air feadh Shealtainn, Ulbha is nan Eilean Siar a’ gabhail ri teicneolas ùr nan coilearan GPS airson crodh a chumail, agus tha e na bhuannachd dhaibh fhèin, dhan chrodh is do dh’fhiadh-bheatha an àite. 

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An extremely rare moss which has only been found in one place in the UK in the last 30 years has now been moved to two new sites in a bid to revive the critically endangered species.

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