Tickets are going fast, but there are still plenty of fantastic events available. Almost all are free. Visit sleatnaturegroup.org/ssnf to reserve places. Deep-dive talks with our expert speakers - 25 years of Skye Birds, the mysterious corncrake of north Skye,...
Tickets for the Nature Festival are now available at sleatnaturegroup.org/ssnf. There are dozens of events, including guided walks, demonstrations, workshops, talks, films and an exhibition. Most events are free, but with limited places, so reserve your tickets...
Climavore is a social enterprise that collaborates with local residents, schools, restaurants, and international researchers and activists, to develop new approaches to regenerative sea-farming and food waste. Closing date 8 June.
Scottish Environment LINK, a coalition of 50 environmental groups, has tracked the Scottish government’s 2024 Biodiversity Strategy, analysing all 136 actions in the plan. It finds that around one in seven (18 actions) are complete, about half (69) are in progress,...
At Ardmore Bay, Waternish, SSEN plans to lay a cable across a centuries-old maerl bed, a vital blue carbon sink and a declining and threatened habitat. This is despite NatureScot recommendations that Ardmore Bay and the adjacent Loch Bay be designated as a Proposed...
More than 15,000 people have signed the Our Seas petition to protect at least 30% of inshore waters from bottom-trawling and dredging. If you want to know more about where each party stands on protection of the marine environment, check out this blogby Open...
The Waternish Wildlife Alliance is a community group based on Waternish trying to sustain and restore Waternish's unique biodiversity. We are extremely lucky to have a centuries-old, 6-hectare maerl bed, a vital blue carbon sink and sadly a 'declining and threatened'...
... one rhododendron at a time Raasay has made huge progress with controlling the invasive purple-flowered Rhododendron ponticum, which destroys biodiversity by shading out almost all other plants beneath its canopy. In just over a year, over 160 hectares have been...
Farmed salmon mortalityCalls for an overhaul of the regulatory system have followed the revelation that Scottish salmon farmers recorded more than 35 million unexpected salmon deaths in just under three years, but there were only two unannounced inspections...