Corncrakes Rising
Between May and July this year, the survey recorded 1,289 calling males – its highest population since records began.
Articles Tagged with “scotland”
8 Articles found tagged with “scotland”.
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Conservation Success for Rare UK Bird
Conservationists revealed that an innovative project has increased numbers of black-throated divers from a low of 180 pairs in the late 1980s, when the project first started, to 240 pairs in 2012. The project aimed to recreate ideal breeding habitat for the birds to nest and raise their chicks.
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The Tay Beavers
The majority of the population have been born in the wild and, as beavers can travel great distances by water, are now widespread throughout the River Tay catchment area.
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Does a New Wildcat Population Bring Hope for their Survival?
Three year project that aimed to learn more about the lives of wildcats, reached its conclusion last week and announced that a new population had been discovered in Highland Perthshire.
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Scottish National Heritage: Funding Cuts and Conserving Conservation
There are so many organisations that rely on SNH funding to carry out the important conservation work that they do. For many of these charities, funding from SNH allows them to hire employees to carry out this work.
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Squirrel Pox Could Threaten Scotland’s Red Squirrels
The squirrel parapoxvirus is mostly asymptomatic in its grey host; it has little or no effect. However, once the virus is transmitted to their red cousin it causes the fatal disease known as “squirrel pox”.
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Will Killing Pine Martens Save Capercaillies?
Pine martens are gradually recovering in Scotland but there are new accusations facing this animal from the Scottish Game Keepers Association (SGA).
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The Infamous Scottish Wildcat
Wolves, lynx and bears have not been able to survive the persecution of man, but the Scottish wildcat still remains after nearly 500 years of the same pressures.