Tag Archives: Covid-19

The Lockdown Sessions – NatureScot’s virtual house band

Posted on August 28, 2020 by NatureScot

During the early days of lockdown when most of us were just getting acquainted with Zoom, the NatureScot Virtual House Band was formed. Each in their own little corner of Scotland the musicians merged to entertain the troops with some … Continue reading →

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I’ll Walk 500 Miles

Posted on July 17, 2020 by NatureScot

It’s 5am and time for Yvonne Ferguson to rise and take her Border collie, Jess, out for a walk before she sets out from Collieston, 15 miles north of Aberdeen to Newburgh, walking four miles across the wide expanse of … Continue reading →

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Lockdown Nostalgia

Posted on June 12, 2020 by NatureScot

Nature has helped many of us through the various challenges of the past few months. We’ve watched nature thrive through our screens and spent time observing life with fresh eyes and ears in our gardens and from windows. We’ve really … Continue reading →

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Tadpole Tails and Water Dragons

Posted on June 8, 2020 by NatureScot

An overheard conversation between mother and child during a local stroll made Biodiversity Opportunities Adviser, Zeshan Akhter, wonder if lockdown is providing many people the time to look deeper into the nature that surrounds them… To convince myself the wider … Continue reading →

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Noticing change in times of uncertainty.

Posted on May 27, 2020 by NatureScot

Chris Mackie is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh’s Moray House School of Education and Sport. His research is funded by Scottish Natural Heritage’s Magnus Magnusson studentship. In this post, he reflects on how the current situation can … Continue reading →

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The Space Between Us

Posted on May 18, 2020 by NatureScot

Markus Stitz is an Edinburgh-based filmmaker, photographer, writer and founder of Bikepacking Scotland. While used to going solo on his cycling adventures, Markus values the community around backpacking greatly and in his latest film explores the difference between social and … Continue reading →

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Meet the cows of Taynish National Nature Reserve

Posted on April 27, 2020 by NatureScot

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected much of the normal day-to-day activity at SNH but, as featured in yesterday’s Scotland on Sunday newspaper, a few staff are still out and about to carry out essential work. Here Gordon Campbell, one … Continue reading →

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Lockdown on nature? Not really

Posted on April 15, 2020 by NatureScot

In our post today Biodiversity Officer, Iain Macdonald, shares his thoughts on Covid-19 and nature, following a pensive lockdown stroll around town… Where have the cars, the planes, the trains and the people all gone? I don’t know about you, … Continue reading →

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