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Rare insect found in Cairngorms Scientists are celebrating the rediscovery of a rare bug not seen in Scotland for over 30 years.  The cow wheat shieldbug was recently spotted in a woodland in Strathspey by a field worker from the Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms partnership project. The bug is an attractive little insect, with a black body featuring two distinctive white spots.  This is only the 8th-ever…

Pony poo for conservation at RSPB headquarters Six Dartmoor ponies are joining the team at RSBP headquarters, The Lodge nature reserve Through their grazing, trampling, and poo, they will be helping to restore the space for invertebrates and birds Dartmoor ponies are a particularly hardy native endangered breed RSPB headquarters have welcomed six new team…

I am Beatrice. I am an artist and writer based in Scotland. Since co-curating the Rewind/Rewild exhibition and forum in 2019, I have been lucky enough to work with the Ramsay family from time to time on the creation of Bamff Wildland, in Perthshire. I have written up the story of our meeting before but…

This blog will downshift after its 10th birthday on Wednesday – but I will still be happy to publish guest blogs at weekends when I will also continue with a few blog posts of my own and book reviews for the next six months, until 21 October, when I’ll decide whether this blog has a…