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COVID-19

National Nature Reserves - car parks and facilities are open.

Please follow the rules on travel, physical distancing, meeting and hygiene. Be kind and respectful to others, including local communities.

In this section

Going outdoors

Advice and information for getting outdoors plus update on our National Nature Reserves.
Partner projects, grant recipients and suppliers

Advice and information on the current situation for partner projects, grant recipients and suppliers.
Land managers

Support and guidance for Land Managers on wildlife issues and who to contact.
Nature at home

Advice and information how to help nature plus ideas and activities for all the family.
Volunteers

Restarting volunteering.
Planning for Development Services

Advice and information for planners and developers to maintain business continuity.

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NHS Scotland Test and Protect

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Access to the outdoors during the coronavirus outbreak

Scotland's National Nature Reserves - visiting and volunteering for each of our reserves

NatureScot Business Plan 2020/21

News

An innovative method developed in Scotland to help conserve genetic diversity in wild species is being trialled in Libya.

News - 17 September

Find out how Tentsmiuir NNR is actively engaging with Net Zero utilising electric vehicles on the reserve.

Blog - 15 September

Divers have documented the hidden life of many of Fair Isle’s remote sea caves for the first time.

News - 10 September

If you want to know more about black slugs, especially their mucus, read on.

Blog - 13 September

NatureScot has published its latest biodiversity indicator tracking 41 species of wintering waterbirds.

News - 09 September

Temperatures breaking 27°C and 96% humidity brought an unusual stillness and hush to the national nature reserve this week.

Blog - 10 September