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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.

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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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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

Connecting the country’s 13 place-based UNESCO designations to form a dedicated digital trail.

News - 15 October

7000 years a bog, 40 years an NNR. Over this week 5 blog posts will look at the changes of this special place.

Blog - 11 October

A virtual meeting of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15) gets underway today, ahead of the conference in Kunming, China.

News - 11 October

An island home to thousands of grey seals, one of the most significant Grey seal nurseries in the British Isles.

Blog - 6 October

NatureScot has extended the restriction of the use of general licences on Leadhills Estate in South Lanarkshire until 2023.

News - 29 September

Valerian is a plant long utilised by herbalists in the Gàidhealtachd and beyond.

Blog - 05 October