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Spring in your step in Ayr

02 April, 2015

As spring and Easter break arrive, there are plenty of places in Ayr for people to enjoy nature and get fit and healthy at the same time, says Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).

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Spring in your step in Dundee

02 April, 2015

As spring arrives, there are plenty of places in Dundee for people to enjoy nature and get fit and healthy at the same time, says Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).

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New-look Beinn Eighe visitor centre set to open doors

01 April, 2015

The new-look visitor centre at Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve (NNR) is set to open later this week in time for the Easter break.

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Looking for Loch Leven nature detectives

25 March, 2015

Budding nature detectives will have the chance to search for beasties great and small on Saturday, 4 April, at Loch Leven.

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Path network to boost health, economy, tourism and environment

19 March, 2015

Thirty new long distance routes are to be added to Scotland’s network of trails, cycleways and canal towpaths, as part of a national project to give people more opportunities to enjoy the outdoors and travel sustainably.

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Gannet numbers increase in northwest Scotland

18 March, 2015

A study of gannets off the northwest coast of Scotland has found the birds’ numbers have increased rapidly over the last decade.

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Learning outdoors more engaging, says report

17 March, 2015

Teachers who bring their pupils into the outdoors find it makes their learning more enjoyable, challenging, active and collaborative according to a report published today by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).

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Locals invited to SNH reception in Inverness

16 March, 2015

Local people in and around Inverness are being invited along to an informal evening reception at Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) headquarters, Great Glen House, on Wednesday 25 March.

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SNH to move to shared office in Dunoon

10 March, 2015

The Cowal team of Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) are set to move to a new office on the seafront in Dunoon on 16 March. They will join VisitScotland staff in the Information Centre on Alexandra Parade, after almost 12 years at Ballochyle Estate, Sandbank.

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People invited to have say on Britain’s first national nature reserve

09 March, 2015

People are being invited to have their say on the future running of Beinn Eighe in Wester Ross, the first National Nature Reserve in Britain.

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