Johnston Terrace is SWT’s smallest wildlife reserve at only 0.07 hectares, yet includes a wildlife pond, small meadow and a rockery. Situated in the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town and overlooked by the magnifient Edinburgh Castle, the reserve was recently transformed thanks to a grant of over £7,000 from Big Lottery Fund’s Breathing Places grants scheme that aims to improve spaces and places for wildlife and people as part of the BBC Breathing Places campaign.

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On 22 June 2007, 15 eagle chicks were flown in from Norway to RAF Kinloss, Moray, to start a new phase of reintroduction of (white-tailed) sea eagles to Scotland. East Scotland Sea Eagles, a partnership between RSPB Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage and Forestry Commission Scotland, is the third phase of a successful reintroduction programme which began on the island of Rum in 1975. Read the rest of this entry »

Birds are high energy creatures that require diverse diets. They like to eat a wide variety of foods including fruits, nuts, insects and flowers. As much as they love supplemental feeding, this forms a small part of their diet so you don’t need to worry that the birds will become dependant on your feeder for their survival. However, if you feed the birds during the summer months don’t suddenly stop in the winter. They will have become used to finding a food supply in your garden and they will appreciate your feeder much more through the cold, fruitless winter months.

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The Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) added a new site to its portfolio of over 120 reserves in Scotland today (Monday 2 October 2006) when Brock Wood, a 17-hectare woodland near Dunbar in East Lothian was presented to the Trust by David Jamieson. To commemorate this gift, a tree was jointly planted on the site by past and present owners. Read the rest of this entry »