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Hen charity asks Scots to help offer retirement homes to 2,700 ex-commercial birds

News | Wildlife & Conservation
A leading hen welfare charity is calling on kind-hearted Scots to help save 2,700 ex-commercial hens this autumn – by offering them loving retirement homes...
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Sir David Attenborough names golden eagle chick born in Scotland

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Sir David Attenborough has named the first young golden eagle to fledge as part of a conservation project in southern Scotland. The TV broadcaster named...
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St Kilda overtakes Bass Rock as home of the world’s largest gannet colony

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St Kilda is now home to the world’s largest gannet colony, the first drone census of the remote archipelago has revealed.  Gannets are the UK’s...
Chick slumped over unhatched egg with Mum Dorcha. Pic by WTML

First osprey chick of the season hatches at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest in Lochaber

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The first osprey chick of the season has hatched at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest in Lochaber. Osprey Dad Louis has been in residence every summer...
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Breeding ospreys lay egg at Loch of the Lowes for the first time this year

Wildlife & Conservation
A pair of breeding ospreys have laid an egg at Loch of the Lowes wildlife reserve for the first time this year after a competitive mating...
Scientist Bob Kindness releasing late fry into the River Carron. Credit Elliot Roberts

Conservation stocking may be the only option to stop complete loss of wild salmon populations new study finds

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Wild salmon numbers in Scotland have declined to such an extent that conservation stocking may be the only option to stop the complete loss of...
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