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Red, the hen harrier who fledged from Tarras Valley Nature Reserve last year

Raptor disappears under 'suspicious circumstances'

Sand dunes of Coul Links by Bea Ayling

Conservation organisations prepare evidence to save Coul Links

According to the British Trust for Ornithology, golden eagles are on the green list due to their conservation status improving, but ongoing persecution is still a threat to the bird across the UK

Reducing raptor crime is improving - so should communication about it Katharine Hay

A Goshawk trapped in Aberdeenshire in 2012

RSPB report shows raptor crime cases as research shows signs of change

EICC shows you can make money and make a better world too

Arctic Tern with a sandeel

Scotland’s seabirds face a bleak future without urgent action

The Black Grouse or Blackgame is a large bird in the grouse family. Picture: Getty Images

How the black grouse is making a comeback in the Scottish Highlands

The government is seeking to achieve 95% 4G mobile phone coverage

March of the mobile masts: Demands for halt to protect wild Scotland

A Red Squirrel on a tree trunk.

Have a wild adventure this summer with RSPB Scotland

Get out: Where to see wildlife and natural beauty this summer

Scotland's rainforests are home to a host of rare species

Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest celebrates World Rainforest Day, 22 June

Flames ripped through 11 square kilometres of land, according to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Wildfire site that devastated RSPB nature reserve sees recovery signs

Exclusive Hen harrier disappears 'in suspicious circumstances' in Angus glens

Juvenille beaver being released at RSPB Insh Marshes NNR (Pic: Beaver Trust)

Beavers settle into their new home in the Cairngorms National Park

A Capercaillie, which is at real risk of extinction in the UK, with only 542 of the birds estimated to be left in Scotland. Picture: Dave Braddock/RSPB/PA Wire

Capercaillie numbers fall to critically low numbers in Scotland

Sea eagle Shona brooding on her eggs while mate Finn watches. Pic: Jess Tomes

Stick-camera gives intimate glimpse of nesting Scottish sea eagles

The iconic native red squirrel was once widespread across the UK, but the species is now at risk of vanishing from its stronghold in Scotland. Picture: Sandra Graham

How can species declines be reversed?

Loch Carron, Wester Ross ... picture by Donald MacLeod 19.12.06

So what are you doing for Scottish nature? – Nicola Bell

A report has found culling deer would cut tick numbers and reduce environmental damage and improve the animals health. Picture: Getty

Scots ‘should be encouraged’ to hunt deer and eat them to help the planet

The moor at Langhom was the site of a long-term study

Moor biodiversity benefits from balancing birds of prey and grouse – Adam Smith

Fair Isle, Shetland. Picture: Dirk Funhoff/imageBROKER/REX/Shutterstock

Pledge to rebuild Fair Isle’s bird observatory after devastating fire

Sisters Emma left, and Joanne Russell, get some pancake-tossing practice in for Shrove Tuesday next week. Picture: Toby Williams

Why pancakes should give us food for thought – Anna Brand

Picture: Destination Orkney

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Swift to decline, slow to recover: A conservation charity is seeking good homes for the threatened birds as their nest sites vanish

Appeal for householders to help save Scotland’s fastest bird

Dr Adam Watson in 2012 near his home in Crathes, Abderdeenshire. PIC: Robert Perry for The Scotsman

Scotland is poorer for the passing of Dr Adam Watson, but his wonderful writing ...

Research into seabird behaviour will be carried out at the 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, which was opposed by Donald Trump due to its location near his Aberdeenshire golf resort

Seabird collision study at Trump course windfarm

Sporting businesses claim crimes against birds of prey are at a record low. Picture: Getty

Raptor crime report sparks fresh calls for grouse moor licensing

The parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus), also known as the Arctic skua or parasitic skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae.

Scotland's '˜pirate' seabirds vanishing due to lack of food

Controversial plans to develop a golf course on a site of scientific interest have been called in by the Scottish Government. Picture: TSPL

Golf course plans called in by ministers over issues of '˜national importance'

Nestcam footage shows the two blue tit chicks being fed in the great tits nest. Picture: contributed

Ain't life tweet: unwitting birds filmed raising adopted chicks

Kirsty Chalmers, Projects & Events Officer, RSPB Scotland

Kirsty Chalmers: Time to reward our young nature champions '“ do you know of any...

RSPB Scotland has warned of the threat to corncrakes. Picture: Claire Pegrum/Geograph

RSPB Scotland warn of threat to nation's corncrakes

A survey has found the majority of Scots polled want payments to farmers to be linked to their efforts to protect nature

Poll: Most Scots want farmer payments tied to nature protection

A sea eagle, which went off the radar four years ago, has been found successfully raising a family in the Highlands. Picture: SWNS

Sea eagle lost for 4 years discovered with family in Sutherland

A project to restore peat bogs at Forsinard, in Sutherland's Flow Country, is among six international initiatives to win funding from the European Outdoor Conservation Association

Scottish peatland restoration wins Â£26,000 funding boost

Kirsty Chalmers, Projects and Events Officer, RSPB Scotland.

Kirsty Chalmers: It's time to unearth our conservation heroes

The golden eagle was found dead after what is though to be a territorial dispute with a rival. Picture: PA

UK’s oldest golden eagle dies in dispute with rival

UK’s oldest ever golden eagle found dead aged 18

An eagle owl similar to the one roaming the skies above Blair Atholl. Picture: Walter Baxter

Owl capable of eating pets roaming Blair Atholl

The sea eagle chick, like the one pictured, was apparently 'pushed' from its nest by a young male eagle. Picture: PA

Footage reveals rescued eagle chick was ‘pushed’

Jewel in crown

The golden eagle is still illegally poisoned and wildlife protection laws have had little impact. Picture: Charles Knight

Killing native birds mars landscape
Scotland needs to develop a sustainable future in the way our wildlife and landscapes are managed, says Duncan Orr-Ewing

A male Dotterel. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Scottish climate change could wipe out rare birds

Birds of prey

Climate change has halved Scottish seabird population in last 25 years, report r...

Lottery funding for project to uncover wealth of Forth

Golden eagle found poisoned in Lochaber

Ospreys’ nest sets bird watchers a’flutter – but who is the father?

Landowners face jail threat over bird deaths

‘Don’t kill with kindness’ wild bird charity warns

Leftovers fear for winter birds

Coal-fired power station plans ‘riddled with errors’

Toast for rambling red kite bird

Anger as pesticides are used to deliberately kill Scottish wildlife

Landowners unite to call for prosecutions over bird poisoning

Sea eagles 'not taking lambs to slaughter'

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