The much-loved Curlew is thriving on Scottish moorlands thanks to careful conservation work and moorland management. Named as this year’s ‘Bird of Focus’ for the RSPB Scotland’s Big Nature Festival, taking place this weekend, the Curlew is in serious decline across much of Scotland, particularly in the lowlands, where numbers more than halved between 1995

A pioneering project to restore one of the country’s most vital natural resources is set to provide a valuable environmental legacy.Landowners and land managers in the north east of Scotland are working with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) to restore peatland areas as part of wider collaboration on moorland

The Highlands are celebrating a special conservation bonus following two very good grouse seasons.Scottish moorland managers are reporting large numbers of the much loved and easily recognised mountain hare, linked to last year’s ‘best in a generation’ grouse season. The Scottish population of hares is thought to be around 350,000 and in some areas they