A major international artistic competition centred at Grytviken Whaling Station on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia has been launched to reimagine the centrepiece of its cultural heritage and in doing so, highlight powerful conservation messages for the future of our planet. Continue reading International arts competition launched to tell the story of whales on South Georgia
A new study has shown that Britain’s puffins may struggle to adapt to changes in their North Sea feeding grounds and researchers are calling for better use of marine protection areas (MPAs) to help protect the country’s best known seabirds.
Britain’s coasts support globally important populations of many species of seabird, but they face many challenges as their established habitats change. Continue reading Puffins making poor diet choices when the chips are down
Our successful environmentally themed creative writing competition, open to all P4-P7 aged children in Edinburgh and, once again, to young people in S1-3, is running again this year.
A lot of attention has been given recently to climate change and its effects on the natural environment, so this year our theme is, ‘Going, Going, Gone -Scottish Wildlife in Danger?’ Continue reading Green Pencil Award – Going, going, gone: Scotland’s wildlife in danger?
Chris Packham is urging wildlife lovers to take part in the world’s largest insect citizen science survey to help reveal if the UK is experiencing a once in a decade butterfly phenomenon.
Unusually high numbers of Painted Lady butterflies have been reported across Europe over the spring and early summer with large numbers now spotted crossing over into the UK. Continue reading Go outdoors and join the Big Butterfly Count
Police are appealing for the public’s assistance as part of ongoing enquiries into an attempted theft of sparrowhawk chicks near Newbridge. Continue reading Police appeal following attempted theft of sparrowhawk chicks
Dear Editor
Great dangers exist for all life on this planet, caused in the main by human activity. This activity is increasingly being moer understood worldwide.
All species of life depend on each other for survival, but it would appear that some authorities – like those in Botswana, Namibia, Zambua and Zimbabwe – have a different view, stating that they intend to allow the shooting of elephants.
Why is such a dreadful thing thought about, let alone acted on? They are also lifting the ban on sales of ivory: it takes very little skill to add two and two together!
These backward steps must be opposed and stopped. NOW!
A. Delahoy
Silverknowes Gardens
Wednesday 22 May at 9pm
King George V Park
In 2015, wildlife charity People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) launched the first ever National Water Vole Monitoring Programme (NWVMP) to help save water voles – the UK’s fastest declining mammal. Now, four years on, PTES is calling for volunteers to take part in its annual survey of these riverside residents, in order to find out where water voles are living and where they are most in need of conservation action. Continue reading Survey water voles to help save Scotland’s riverside residents
A message from the Swan Sanctuary:
With winter arriving we have noticed an unusual increase in underweight birds this year arriving at the hospital Continue reading Save our young water birds from starvation this winter
If you were planning on pruning your hedges this weekend, the latest advice from the RSPB is to wait just a few more days until September as many breeds of British birds are still nesting. Continue reading Hold off hedge cutting!
