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Hamiltonhill Claypits Local Nature Reserve. ©Scottish Canals

Hamiltonhill Claypits Local Nature Reserve. ©Scottish Canals

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Conservation volunteer planting wildflowers ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot

Conservation volunteer planting wildflowers ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot

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Seals photographed from the south side of the River Ythan from the Beach Road car park in Newburgh (c) Alan Monk/NatureScot

Seals photographed from the south side of the River Ythan from the Beach Road car park in Newburgh (c) Alan Monk/NatureScot

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Pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly

Pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly: Pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot.

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Red admiral butterfly

Red admiral butterfly: Red Admiral butterfly. ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot.

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Peacock buttefly

Peacock buttefly: A peacock butterfly (Aglais io) feeding on a thistle. ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot

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Common blue butterfly

Common blue butterfly: A common blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) resting on a clustered bellflower. ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot.

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Small Copper butterfly

Small Copper butterfly: A small copper butterfly (Lycaena phlaeas) feeding on a thistle. ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot

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Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot

Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot

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Peter Hutchinson, NatureScot Peatland ACTION Programme Strategy Manager, and Barry Dunne, NatureScot Peatland ACTION Head of Operations, receiving the Holyrood Climate Action Award for Nature and the Environment at the awards ceremony in Edinburgh. ©Andrew Perry.

Peter Hutchinson, NatureScot Peatland ACTION Programme Strategy Manager, and Barry Dunne, NatureScot Peatland ACTION Head of Operations, receiving the Holyrood Climate Action Award for Nature and the Environment at the awards ceremony in Edinburgh. ©Andrew Perry.

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