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Search for Scotland’s lost ice age pinewoods begins

Wildlife & Conservation
They are home to wild Scots pines with an ancestry that can be traced back to the end of the last ice age.  But now...
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Scotland’s chough population could be lost forever experts warn

Wildlife & Conservation
The red-billed chough is clinging on in its last Scottish stronghold on the islands of Islay and Colonsay, with barely 50 pairs remaining. And now...
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Watch: Crown actors Dominic West and Jim Murray explore salmon fishing on the River Deveron

Outdoors | Wildlife & Conservation
Watch as The Crown actors Dominic West and Jim Murray discover what is being done to help wild Atlantic salmon numbers in the River Deveron....
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Bear that survived war in Ukraine arrives in Scotland to start new life

Wildlife & Conservation
He survived the war and was saved from an abandoned zoo in Ukraine, and now Yampil - an Asiatic Black Bear - has arrived at...
Minishal and her foal Shellesder in the foreground, with Fhuarain lying down behind. The other pony standing to the left is his sister Shuna. Credit: Lesley Watt/NatureScot

Rum welcomes two rare Highland pony foals

Wildlife & Conservation
Rum National Nature Reserve has welcomed some new residents with the arrival of two rare Highland pony foals. The foals, named Fhuarain and Shellesder, are...
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Visitors to Balmoral Estate now able to see rare Capercaillie mating ritual

Wildlife & Conservation
The elusive mating ritual of one of our most endangered birds can now be seen without any risk of disturbance thanks to a new visitor...
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