Tag: Scottish Wildlife Trust

Scottish beaver trial not pointless – officials claim

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - March 23, 2012

OFFICIALS have defended their £2m beaver trial currently underway in Scotland from claims it is pointless. The Scottish Wildlife Trist (SWT) is monitoring a group...

Government spending 50K on twitchers’ island toilet

Scottish News

Peter Laing - March 11, 2012

THE government is spending £50,000 to build a toilet on a Scottish island where nobody lives. The toilet is being constructed on tiny Handa to...

Scotland plays host to rare visitor

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - January 25, 2012

A GROUP of rare wetland birds has been spotted on the isle of Eigg. Six glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) have been seen. The glossy ibis...

Beavers reintroduced to Scotland – at a price?

Deadline News Journalist - May 29, 2009

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE SCOTTISH conservationists fear the reintroduction of beavers to the country’s rivers will lead to plummeting fish stocks. The Salmon and Trout Association (STA),...

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