New questions raised over missing golden eagle Fred

By Kenny Smith | March 27, 2018

The mystery of a missing golden eagle in Scotland continues. On 21 January, a GPS satellite tag fitted to a young golden eagle called Fred suddenly and inexplicably stopped sending data close to a grouse moor in the Pentland Hills on the outskirts of Edinburgh. The researchers who had been tracking Fred’s movements, Dr Ruth…

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No need to get in a flap over resolutions with the RSPB

By Reporter | January 4, 2018

RSPB Scotland is calling on people who still haven’t made a New Year’s resolution. Many people are fed up with the same old resolutions, to exercise more, lose weight, save more money and drink less alcohol, but the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is looking for people who want to make a more…

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Prize guy is at one with nature after winning Cairngorms competition

By Reporter | December 12, 2017

An Edinburgh teenager is the winner of the Cairngorms Nature Young Presenter 2018 competition. After a nail biting two weeks of waiting, it has been announced that after thousands of online votes,  13-year-old Aiden Curlewis is the esteemed 2018 winner, writes Olivia Dobson.  The competition was launched in June and is in partnership with the Royal…

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New study will examine Brexit’s impact on Highlands and Islands

By Reporter | November 27, 2017

A study into the impact of Brexit on agriculture, crofting and land use in the Highlands and Islands is to be carried out. The Highland Council, Argyll and Bute, Shetland, Orkney and Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, in partnership with RSPB Scotland, have commissioned Andrew Moxey (Pareto Consulting) and Steven Thomson (SRUC) to investigate the implications…

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