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Nature Heroes

https://www.nature.scot/scotlands-biodiversity/scottish-biodiversity-strategy-and-cop15/scotlands-biodiversity-strategy-2022-2045/nature-heroes-1

Nature Heroes is a celebration of the people and groups taking positive action to protect and restore nature while tackling climate change.

Recently germinated Wych Elm seedlings - copyright Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

13 December 2023 - Nature Heroes - Scottish Plant Recovery - Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Tractor harvesting in a field

6 December 2023 - Nature Heroes - Jock McFarlane - Easter Rattray Farm.

Minke whale jumping out of water. copyright Michael J Tetley

30 November 2023 - Nature Heroes - Scottish Entanglement Alliance.

Valley of heather and trees. copyright Norman Strachan

22 November 2023 - Nature Heroes - Alladale Wilderness Reserve - Caledonian pinewood restoration.

Wildlife croft

15 November 2023 - Nature Heroes - Wildlife Croft Skye, Phil Knott and Laura Cunningham.

Newt swimming in water

8 November 2023 - Nature Heroes - Fred Swift and the West Loch Ness Farm Cluster.

Birds nest with 4 eggs sitting on rocky area - copyright RSPB/CVWG

2 November 2023. Nature Heroes - Clyde Valley Waders.

Brown and white cow and calf in field - copyright Ian Finlay

25 October 2023. Nature Heroes - Rainton Farm - The Ethical Dairy.

Birds mouth butterfly painting

19 October 2023. Nature Heroes - From the Bird's Mouth

Birds mouth butterfly painting

19 Dàmhair 2023. Gaisgich Nàdair - Bho Bheul an Eòin

News and Blogs

News release

Strengthening the link between nature and sustainable farming in Scotland.

Harris Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve.

Northern National Nature Reserve staff recently visited the island to perform essential conservation and wildlife protection work.

Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

The third round of the Low Ground Venison Supply Chain Project was launched today (18 June) at the Royal Highland Show at Ingliston.

People surveying a beach. A woman at the front holding a pen and clipboard with multiple people standing behind investigating findings discovered on the beach. The background shows an expansive sandy beach.

An announcement that celebrates nature-based volunteering and citizen science

Image taken from above showing a person planting potatoes on a strip of soil in a section of machair.

Crofters in the Outer Hebrides are being sought for a new study exploring island crofting life, nature, and personal wellbeing.

Scot's pine and waterfall at Beinn Eighe NNR ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot

Helping to restore Scotland’s precious rainforests by reducing deer grazing pressures.