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Free workshops invite Shetlanders to connect with nature through art this summer
20 May, 2026
Nature conservation programme, Species on the Edge, is running a series of free workshops in Shetland this summer, helping attendees connect with their local cultural and natural heritage through art.
An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland: The Proportion of Scotland's Protected Sites in Favourable Condition 2026
20 May, 2026
NatureScot has today released the latest figures tracking the proportion of Scottish natural features in favourable or recovering condition.
New strongholds for wader recovery proposed
19 May, 2026
Work is underway on a new approach to help save Scotland’s threatened wading birds.
Rare Orcadian beastie gets a new name: introducing the Peedie Reid Gablo
14 May, 2026
The rare Plantain Leaf Beetle has gained a new Orcadian name following a schools’ competition held by Dounby Primary. The new name is: the Peedie Reid Gablo.
Rare Shetland beetle gets new name: introducing da Peerie Red Scarred Wan
07 May, 2026
Students at Baltasound Primary School have been working with endangered species conservation programme, Species on the Edge, and Shetland for Wirds to find a local name for one of Shetland’s rarest beasties – the Plantain Leaf Beetle. Its new name is da ‘Peerie Red Scarred Wan’.
Shetlanders asked to get out and count their local drummiebees
24 March, 2026
Conservation programme Species on the Edge is calling on people across Shetland to take part in Britain’s most northerly BeeWalks, a volunteer survey scheme run by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.
Ambitious plan to eradicate invasive non-native species in Scotland
20 March, 2026
An ambitious plan to prevent, detect, eliminate and control new and existing invasive non-native species (INNS) has been published today by NatureScot, with climate change predicted to increase invasive species in Scotland even more in the future.
Leapannan nan creachann-teine air an ath-shlànachadh an dèidh stèidheachadh an Raoin-Mhara Ghlèidhte
27 February, 2026
Chaidh dà aithisg a rinneadh air choimisean NàdarAlba fhoillseachadh an-diugh a tha ag innse gu bheil leapannan nan creachann-teine ann an Loch Carrann air ath-shlànachadh buileach a rèir coltais an dèidh stèidheachadh an Raoin-Mhara Ghlèidhte (MPA) ann an 2017.
Flame shell beds make full recovery after Marine Protected Area designation
27 February, 2026
Two NatureScot commissioned reports published today have found that flame shell beds in Loch Carron appear to have made a full recovery after the area was designated as a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in 2017.
Visitors asked to help birds by staying off the water at Muir of Dinnet
26 February, 2026
Visitors to NatureScot’s Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve (NNR) are being asked to stay off the water during the breeding season to help protect vulnerable birds.