News at NatureScot

NatureScot has approved a licence application from the Cairngorms National Park Authority to release an initial six beaver families at agreed sites in the upper River Spey catchment.

Representatives for a groundbreaking conservation initiative, which attributes its success to overwhelming support from the public, raptor workers and land managers, have today expressed their shock, sadness and disappointment at the disappearance of Merrick, a female golden eagle translocated by the project in 2022.

The conservation community gathered in Edinburgh to crown this year’s Scottish nature champions.

Visitors to NatureScot’s Forvie National Nature Reserve (NNR) are being asked to help protect vulnerable seal pups by following guidance to avoid disturbance.

There has been a 35 percent increase in the number of butterflies in Scotland over the last four decades - but some species, such as the small copper, are now in significant decline, according to a new report from NatureScot.

A pioneering new initiative is offering local residents the chance to stalk deer at NatureScot’s Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve (NNR).

A remote fragment of Scotland’s ancient Caledonian pinewood in Sutherland has been restored thanks to two decades of effort, NatureScot has confirmed.

Drivers in Sutherland are being warned to take extra care at a high-risk location for collisions between deer and vehicles.

Over £30 million invested in restoration projects.