by Peggy Semler From 9 - 11 May, a successful collaborative effort took place to remove marine litter and debris from seven beaches around Loch Bracadale. Volunteers, along with partner...
Bracadale Beach Blitz
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SCA News: Blog
A new butterfly species for Skye
Members of Skye Naturalists' Network have found a new butterfly species for Skye – the Chequered Skipper – at Dalavil in Sleat, with the nearest known colonies at Morar on the mainland. (Photo by...
Let it bloom June!
After No-Mow May comes Let it bloom June! Some tips on how to manage your lawn for nature all year round from Plant Life's Let it Bloom June campaign. Things don’t have to get messy and you can...
Want to work in Wildlife and Conservation Management?
SRUC (Scotland's Rural College) is offering a distance learning course in MSc Wildlife and Conservation Management. The flexible, online, three-year programme includes conservation management, rural...
Does Skye need a Plastic Action group?
by Anne MacLennan Plastic is a problem and there is a lot of it about. Invented (as Bakelite) in 1907, production had reached 2.3m tons annually by 1950, 448 tons in 2015, and is set to at least...
Reflecting on the Polycrisis
by Anne MacLennan In his new book, A Climate of Truth Mike Berners-Lee (author of There is no Planet B) points out that we are in a polycrisis, faced with interactive crises in climate,...