The following article was published on 27th September 2023 on the National Biodiversity Network website Landmark report shows UK wildlife’s devastating decline. • World-leading study, State of Nature, finds no let-up in the decline of our wildlife, with one in six species at risk of being lost from Great Britain1. • State of Nature, the …
The Scottish Government opened its consultation on the Biodiversity Framework and Natural Environment Bill last month. Following the COP15 Biodiversity Conference in Montreal last December, the UK is subject to a new set of international targets under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD): the Global Biodiversity Framework. To support the delivery of these, each UK …
When some old copies of The Arran Naturalist came into my hands last month, I thought it would be lovely to share some of the articles in the Voice for Arran over the coming months. Some readers may remember this informative, community based Nature journal, which was printed from 1978 – 2000, as well as …
Our next talk will be a delight for the amateur – or fellow pro – photographers among our members. In ‘Scotland’s Wild West’, marine wildlife photographer Paul Kay will give a brief introduction to some of the diverse locations and undersea inhabitants of the waters around Scotland’s west coasts. Paul has worked as a full-time …
By Sally Campbell From the UN Treaty Collection : 10. Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction New York, 19 June 2023 Note : The Agreement was adopted in New York on 19 June 2023 …
As reported by Arran Birding : Knot. On Saturday 9 September a single Knot was reported on the shore by Drumadoon Point. Last year there was only one Arran report of this regular passage migrant. This autumn there have already been three reports. See featured image. Yellowhammer. On Saturday 9 September two Yellowhammer were reported …
A new collective of writers shares here their campaign. Read on to find out how you can get involved: Welcome aboard paperboats. We are a collective of writers focussed on nature and environment in a time of climate and ecological breakdown. We are Scotland based and global in outlook and write to affirm the astonishing …
The Sound Of It The rain stopped you never hear it stop then the dripping from the trees and then how could anyone hear it not falling not arriving and then not arriving other things must be happening that way unheard all around us you never hear the dog stop barking whether you are …
By Mairéad Nic Craith, published on 23rd August 2023 in Bella Caledonia. Featured image shows illustration of the legend of Oisin’s Mother, by Arthur Rackham. Irish Fairy Tales, by James Stephens. 1920. In the previous piece, I began by exploring the concept of Dùthchas (Scottish-Gaelic) or Dúchas (Irish-Gaelic) and considered one model of multi-species existence …
Tuesday, 10 October Deer Rut Hill Walk Experience one of nature’s great spectacles, the red deer rut, in the atmospheric moorland of Arran’s north-end coastal hills. Join the local NTS rangers in search of rutting red deer stags and other moorland wildlife, and experience the sights, sounds and smells of autumn in the wilds …