Publications and documents

This document reports on a contract to carry out invertebrate at Struan Wood SSSI in 2013. A total of 18 species of saproxylic beetle were identified, including three species of British Red Data Book status and two of Nationally Scarce status. Standing dead stems with bracket fungi are plentiful at the site, but there is a large age-gap between stands. The current condition assessment is 'favourable-maintained'.

This document reports on a contract to carry out invertebrate at Strath SSSI in 2013. Wetland mollusc species richness and abundance have declined along the southern and western shores of Loch Cill Chriosd since the 2003 SCM.

This document reports on a contract to carry out invertebrate at Loch Moidart SSSI in 2013. An interesting range of invertebrates characteristic of ancient woodland and wood pasture were found; condition assessment was favourable - maintained.

This document reports on a contract to carry out invertebrate at Glen Tanar SSSI in 2013. The features were the assemblages of Coleoptera and Diptera.

This document reports on a contract to carry out invertebrate at Rickle Craig-Scurdie Ness SSSI on 2013. Fifteen species of terrestrial mollusc were found during a morning’s exploration, which collectively characterize the site’s unimproved rocky coastal grasslands with lime influences.

Explore the extent of marine habitats around Scotland and how well they can trap and store ‘blue carbon’ in the short, medium and long term.

This report presents new information on seabed habitats and species in Scotland. Around Arran we confirmed widespread burrowed mud in

New Zealand pygmyweed (Crassula helmsii) (NZP) is an invasive, non-native, aquatic plant species. Once introduced, it may colonise water bodies rapidly and dominate the flora, to the detriment of native species. NZP is present in Mochrum Loch, which is part of the interest of the Mochrum Lochs SSSI in Dumfries and Galloway.

The purpose of this report is to provide a review of the bird and marine mammal observation data for the EMEC Fall of Warness tidal test site from 2005 to 2011.

This report describes newly-developed techniques to analyse white-beaked dolphin and Risso’s dolphin acoustic data collected from Silurian and from other survey platforms around the UK.