Blogs

It's bizarre that anyone should feel ploughing up our heather moorlands is great idea (Grouse shooting is ‘least effective’ use of Scotland's land, December 10).

Researchers and practitioners involved in the LIFE-funded LaserFence project from Scotland, England, Spain and The Netherlands will converge on the small Aberdeenshire village of Tarland for the start of the seventh partner meeting.

The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust has undertaken 50 years of analysis and interpretation of mountain hare data here, and our research underpins much of what we know about mountain hare management. 

It’s that time of year again when Auchnerran starts to come alive with the sounds of various species of wading birds, all proclaiming their territorial rights and starting to breed. 

Ahead of World Curlew Day, Dave Parish asks what can be done to help the species?

Along with the rest of the country, Auchnerran has had a fair dusting of snow. We took the opportunity to take photos of some of the beautiful winter wildlife on display.