News Releases
Visitors asked to avoid water sports at Loch Kinord to protect birds
31 March, 2022
NatureScot is asking people visiting the Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve – which receives about 80,000 visitors a year – to stay off Loch Kinord at this sensitive time of year for breeding birds.
Thousands of pupils benefit from outdoor learning
23 March, 2022
More than 6,000 young people in some of the most disadvantaged areas of Scotland have benefitted from a project to encourage learning outdoors.
Scotland’s rivers in recovery after £3.7m investment
21 March, 2022
Scotland’s rivers, lochs and wetlands are being restored back to good health, thanks to support from NatureScot’s Biodiversity Challenge Fund.
Re-build of destroyed Loch Leven bird hide begins
09 March, 2022
A year after the popular bird hide on the shores of Loch Leven was destroyed by fire, construction will begin on a replacement.
£600,000 for green health in Dundee, North Ayrshire and Highland
08 March, 2022
Funding of £600,000 has been announced to support the roll out of green health projects across Scotland.
Mixed fortunes for wintering waterbirds
04 March, 2022
New research reveals that the number of wintering waterbirds in Scotland has continued to decline overall, with mixed fortunes for different species.
Measures to save capercaillie outlined
25 February, 2022
A new scientific review has advised on measures which could help reverse the fortunes of the iconic capercaillie in Scotland.
Progress for pollinators
22 February, 2022
Projects across Scotland provided crucial help for bees, hoverflies and other pollinators in 2021.
Nature boost in Perthshire as second group of beavers moved to Argaty
14 February, 2022
JOINT NEWS RELEASE from NatureScot, the Beaver Trust, and Argaty Farms
General licence restricted on Cairngorms estate
09 February, 2022
NatureScot has restricted the use of general licences on part of the Invercauld Estate in the Cairngorms National Park.