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Three Artic terns, one with a fish in its beak

Vacancy: Species on the Edge Trainee, East Coast

Join RSPB as a Species on the Edge trainee at Loch of Strathbeg nature reserve....

Read More 10 December 2024
A young woman wearing a blue jacket and blue hat stands with a group of fire fighters, all dressed in their protective clothing, before a scorched hillside - the site of a blaze in Stonehaven

Wildlife charities and firefighters on education drive after fire destroys rare butterfly habitat

Wildlife conservationists & firefighters are launching an education campaign after a fire destroyed ...

Read More 3 November 2024
A baby leech latched onto a paint brush

Great suck-cess! Scottish breeding programme sees first baby leeches born

The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is taking steps to help save another of Scotland’s threaten...

Read More 1 November 2024
An image of two hands pressing a flower onto a sheet of a herbarium

Community herbarium to launch at Strathnaver Museum

Tongue Gardening Group, artist Joanne B Kaar and Species on the Edge produce a community herbarium t...

Read More 29 July 2024
A panel from a tapestry of the east coast's most endangered species

Local artists raise awareness of Sutherland’s rarest species through embroidery project

A tapestry depicting some of Sutherland’s rarest species was unveiled at Sutherland Agricultural sho...

Read More 24 July 2024
Little tern chicks and parent

Tha Port-adhair Ìle a’ cruthachadh raon-laighe sàbhailte do steàrnagan-beaga

Tha luchd-obrach Puirt-adhair na Gàidhealtachd is nan Eilean a’ dol a dh’obair còmhla ri prògram glè...

Read More 2 July 2024
Little tern chicks and parent

Islay Airport creates safe landing zone for Little Terns

Highlands and Islands Airports and Species on the Edge create safe nesting habitat for the rare Litt...

Read More 2 July 2024
A woman stands in front of a GP surgery in Orkney. She holds a Nature Presciprion Calendar. The calendar has a bright sunset over the Ring of Brodgar on the front.

NHS Orkney roll out ‘Nature Prescriptions’ following success in Shetland and Edinburgh

Nature Prescriptions rolled out in Orkney to increase patients’ physical and mental health through c...

Read More 20 June 2024
Short-necked Oil Beetle

Buglife launches Scottish Oil Beetle Hunt for 2024 as part of the Species on the Edge programme

Members of the public are asked to look out for oil beetles and record any sightings....

Read More 4 April 2024
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