Is this the start of better protection for Scotland’s seals?
A new study shows that Scotland is home to 90% of the UK’s grey seals.Research that will ultimately provide greater protection for one of Scotland’s most iconic marine animals is now underway.It comes...
View ArticleReport shows Sea Eagles have minimum impact on lamb mortality
Scottish Natural Heritage has today (10th May 2010) published the Gairloch Lamb Survival report. This has demonstrated that white tailed sea eagles are no more than minimally responsible for lamb...
View ArticleShetland announcement on new school closures raises queries on agreed...
Shetland Islands Council has announced a programme of specific new rural school closures which appears to boot into touch the Scottish local authorities’ agreement to a moratorium on such closures...
View ArticleMuscular christianity from Archbishop of Canterbury in War on Wonga
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby today showed up the directionless UK Government in what is an irrefutably moral war against rabid moneylenders preying on the...
View ArticleArgyll Salmon Fishery Board sets out evidenced objection to Dawnfresh Loch...
The Argyll District Salmon Fishery Board [ADSFB] has said no additional rainbow trout farms in Loch Etive should be permitted until Dawnfresh can show definitively that it is capable of containing its...
View ArticleSeabird conservation in Argyll: BBC 2 Landward – tonight
The BBC 2 programme Landward at 6pm tonight – Sunday 29th September – has a short item in it about the innovative tern rafts set up by Clive Craik in Argyll (with some funding support from Argyll Bird...
View ArticleKey battle for rural schools is on
Tuesday 21st January’s session of the Scottish Parliament’s Education Committee was fascinating as much for what was below the surface as for what was said.The event was the committee stage of the...
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SNH and NFUS sign accord on sea eagle management to protect young lambs
A new joint statement of intent on balancing the needs of sheep farmers and crofters with the conservation of sea eagles has been announced by Scottish Natural Heritage [SNH] and NFU Scotland.The...
View ArticleClegg dreams of threesome coalition for Westminster in the face of the...
Sky pilot Lib Dem Leader, Nick Clegg, is likely to break up on re-entry to earth’s atmosphere following the May 2015 General Election. With the party’s abject performance in the recent by election at...
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