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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 of 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

NHS Scotland Protect Scotland App

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

Help us celebrate the 70th anniversary of the UK's first NNR this autumn.

Our NatureScot student placement scheme provides great opportunities for recent graduates to get invaluable work experience.

White-tailed eagles have appeared on Loch Lomond for the first time in over a hundred years.

Grow 73, a charity based in Rutherglen, works to encourage local growing, increase biodiversity, and improve the local environment.

A new census confirms east-west divide for Scotland's harbour seals.

We are proud to be one of the founding signatories to the Power of Youth Charter.