About Scotland's landscapes Discover how our species, habitats and land management combine with an astounding complexity of geology, landforms and soils.
Habitat types Scotland has a wide array of habitats – from hedgerows and field margins to coastal cliffs – and each supports a particular range of plants and animals.
Habitat Map of Scotland The Habitat Map of Scotland will publish all available habitat data for Scotland and manage a programme to survey those areas for which we need new information.
Loch Carron possible MPA Consultation 20 March - 13 June 2018 Find out more about Loch Carron's marine life and be part of the public consultation. Consultation
Invereshie and Inshriach NNR consultation - 16 April 2018 Local people are being asked to share their thoughts on plans for the future management of a National Nature Reserve (NNR) in the Cairngorms. News update - 16/04/2018
Scottish nature at greatest potential to benefit people and economy this century, study shows Scotland's plants, wildlife, air, water and land - known as natural capital - are delivering stronger benefits to people and business across Scotland than in the previous two decades, according to the first study of its kind. News update - 03/04/18
Bottlenose dolphin numbers stable in Moray Firth, with increase on east coast, says new report. The number of bottlenose dolphins using the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation (SAC) remains stable. News update - 27/03/18
SNH publishes Loch Carron MPA evidence Evidence in support of the consultation announced today by the Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Roseanna Cunningham, on Loch Carron becoming a Marine Protected Area (MPA), has been published by Scottish Natural Heritage News update - 20/03/18
Isle of May opens for the season Puffins - the Isle of May’s most popular annual visitor - are set to make a welcome annual return at the end of this month, when the national nature reserve opens again to the public. News update - 19/03/18
