Latest press releases
Help Forvie seal pups this season
04 November, 2025
Visitors are being asked to help the much-loved seals at NatureScot’s Forvie National Nature Reserve (NNR) by following guidance to avoid disturbing vulnerable pups at this time of year.
Iomairt sàbhailteachd rathaid a thaobh tubaistean le fèidh ga leudachadh
30 October, 2025
Thathar a’ leudachadh iomairt sabhailteachd rathaid airson a’ chunnart bho thubaistean eadar fèidh is carbadan a lùghdachadh ann an ceàrn chunnartach air an A9 às dèidh fiosrachadh bhon choimhearsnachd is rannsachadh ùr fhaighinn.
Deer collision road safety campaign expanded
30 October, 2025
A road safety campaign to reduce deer-vehicle collisions at a high-risk location on the A9 has been expanded thanks to community feedback and new research.
Cuir uisge ris: uisge trom ag ath-bheòthachadh beathach àrsaidh air Costa Shalmhaigh
16 October, 2025
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.
Just add water: heavy rainfall revives ancient species on the Scottish Solway Coast
16 October, 2025
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.
Scotland leads the way with Nature30 sites
13 October, 2025
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.