Biodiversity
Embedding sustainability and resilience in the Scottish agricultural sector – COP26 and beyond
The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), which is the biggest international climate conference globally, was being held in Glasgow earlier this month. It was the first…
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Practical Guide: Managing Peatlands and Upland Habitats
Practical Guide: Managing Peatlands and Upland Habitats Scotland’s peatlands store 1.7 billion tonnes of carbon – more than 30 times the amount of carbon in our forests and other vegetation.…
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How well do you know your upland habitats?
We often talk about ‘Heather Moorlands’ when referring to the uplands, but there are three distinct upland habitats in which ling heather plays a prominent part. In this video, filmed…
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Using Trail Cams & how they can benefit your business
Trail Cams are very useful tools for learning more about the nature on your farm or croft. Find out the myriad ways they can be used to…
Read More >Podcast: Thrill of The Hill – Working for Waders
In this episode of the Thrill of The Hill podcast, host Alex Pirie chats to Patrick Laurie from Working For Waders. They discuss the decline of waders in Scotland, the…
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Boosting Biodiversity to Build Business: The Flower Field – N J McWilliam & Co
This short video of N J McWilliam’s The Flower Field showcases how innovative farm diversification has worked for both the farm and biodiversity. In the video you’ll hear Kym McWilliam…
Read More >Thrill of The Hill – Heather Management
Scotland is host to the largest concentration of heather moorland in the world with huge biodiversity interest and carbon holding potential. In this sixteenth episode of the Thrill of the…
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Buzzing About Bees (webinar)
In this webinar, Claire Gill, helped by Luis Molero, gave us an informative beginners guide to keeping bees. Claire is the Deputy Lead Bee Inspector for the Scottish Government and…
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The Surprising Life of Freshwater Pearl Mussels
In this podcast Janette Sutherland chats to Mary McAndrew who is a project officer with the Pearl Mussel Project in Ireland. Ireland and Scotland have rivers in their High Nature…
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Information Note: Land Management for the Chequered Skipper Butterfly
Information Note: Land Management for the Chequered Skipper Butterfly Chequered Skipper butterflies became extinct in England in 1976. where there are on going trials trying to re-establish it’s presence. In…
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