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'Five days to save Rum': Island community calls for support ahead of castle sale to Tory donor

AN island resident group has called for the sale of a castle in the heart of their community to be halted over fears their village will be “split…

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Farmers call on Scottish Government to urgently develop feral pig policy

FARMERS are calling on the Scottish Government to urgently formulate a policy to deal with Scotland’s population of feral pigs.

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Campaigners for Galloway National Park welcome launch of public consultation

Government agency NatureScot is inviting contributions on what the role of the park should be, with the Galloway National Park Association keen to make its case

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Gamekeepers blame conservationists for capercaillie decline and call for lethal control of foxes

THE Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) has blamed conservationists for the decline of the capercaillie population in Scotland, claiming that the…

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Consultation launched on Scottish Government's commitment to open new national park

THE next stage of the Scottish Government’s commitment to establish at least one new national park in the lifetime of the current parliament –…

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National 'route map' strategy to boost beaver numbers in Perth and Kinross and beyond is published

The development of ‘Scotland’s Beaver Strategy 2022-45’ has involved more than 50 stakeholder organisations and is designed to steer wider efforts to identify and actively expand the population of the animals

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Scots urged to help ‘iconic’ species by being squirrel spotters

The Great Scottish Squirrel Survey is taking place next week.

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Capercaillie at risk of extinction as numbers plummet by 50 per cent

THE capercaillie is at real risk of extinction in the UK, with only 542 of the birds estimated to be left in Scotland, according to new data.

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Emergency plan to save the capercaillie bird launched as numbers plummet

Cairngorms national park drawing up plans as RSPB says latest survey shows population at critical level of 540

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Capercaillie numbers are declining, increasing fears of possible extinction

There are now only 542 of the birds estimated to be left in Scotland following a recent survey

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Beaver relocation plans spark concerns for Gartocharn residents

Earlier this year, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), who run the site near High Wards Farm, began a consultation for a licence to translocate beavers from Angus and Perthshire to Loch Lomond.

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National strategy set out to boost Scotland's beaver population

A NEW national strategy has been developed to expand Scotland’s beaver population for decades

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Perth-based national gamekeeping group warns mass cull could leave young deer to starve

Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) began its out-of-season national cull on August 31 - and it is feared small fawn could escape being shot and left to survive without their mother

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Experts deny deer will be left to starve during cull as gamekeepers voice concerns

GAMEKEEPERS have claimed that an upcoming cull of female deer in Scotland could leave orphaned fawns to starve if their mothers are killed.

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This Treasure-Island inspiring Scottish spaceport island is already otherworldly

HAVING been to Unst in the Shetland Islands, I didn’t blink at the news that rockets will soon start blasting off from the UK’s first vertical…

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Fears for Scotland's largest bird of prey as dead eagle chick tests positive for avian flu

CONCERNS are growing for Scotland’s largest bird of prey after a white-tailed eagle chick tested positive for avian flu.

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Council calls for Scottish Outdoor Access Code to be updated

Perth and Kinross Council's leader has been instructed to write to the Scottish Government requesting NatureScot carry out a "long overdue" review of the code

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Scotland’s butterflies flourishing in hotter summers

Several species including red admiral show marked increase but climate crisis poses long-term threat

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Shetland community helps return washed up minke whale to sea

A MINKE whale has made its way back out to sea after washing up on a beach in Shetland thanks to the efforts of the community in Levenwick.

Daily Record

Climate change could force Loch Ness Monster to go in search of food leading to discovery

As extreme weather events become more common - such as the last heatwave - there will be a "much more unstable" climate for the monster, if it exists.

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Loch Ness Monster could soon be discovered as climate change 'impacting depth of water'

As extreme weather events become more common - such as the last heatwave - there will be a "much more unstable" climate for the monster, if it exists

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Scottish island to be reopened to public as risk of avian flu lessens

THE Isle of May is to be reopened to the public following a quarantine imposed five weeks ago to lessen the risk of avian flu transmission.

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Scottish hillwalkers urged not to disturb deer stalking

SCOTTISH hillwalkers have been urged to make sure they do not disturb deer stalking before setting out as the country enters the busiest part of the…

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Plans to re-introduce beavers into Scottish Highlands underway

A COMMUNITY consultation has been launched in the Scottish Highlands which could see beavers return to the north-west Highlands for the first time…

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