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- Police probe birds of prey deaths
- The deaths of three golden eagles and other birds of prey are being investigated by the police.
- Tags in eagle study 'not ideal'
- Radio tags used to track young lambs during a study of sea eagle behaviour were 'not ideal', say researchers.
- Maps charting Scotland's forests
- A national map of all of Scotland's native forests is starting to emerge for the first time as surveyors chart the country.
- Eagles 'minimum impact' on lambs
- Sea eagles have a "minimum" effect on young lambs' chances of survival, a Scottish Natural Heritage study suggests.
- Mink 'threaten' Highlands voles
- Water voles in the parts of the west Highlands are being preyed on by non-native mink, a council says.
- Seaweed use to aid island meadows
- A project aimed at protecting and promoting wild meadowlands on the Western Isles is to make greater use of seaweed as a fertiliser.
- Examination offer on dead lambs
- A fresh round of post-mortem examinations are to be offered on young lambs crofters suspect have been attacked and killed by sea eagles.
- RSPB buys site for nature reserve
- RSPB Scotland is buying a slice of coastal land in southern Scotland in a bid to create a new nature reserve.
- 'Gigantic scorpion' fossil found
- A cast is to be made of tracks left by a two-metre long prehistoric "sea scorpion" in north east Fife.
- 'Poisoning' threat to red kites
- Red kites in Scotland are being severely threatened by suspected poisoning, a new RSPB Scotland study suggests.
- Owl nest box gets live video link
- A nest box used by tawny owls at Inverewe Garden in the north west Highlands is fitted with video cameras.
- Officer to protect rare flowers
- An officer is appointed to a project aimed at giving great protection to rare plants in the Cairngorms National Park.
- Rum deal on agency land concludes
- Houses and about 160 acres of land in the village of Kinloch on Rum are now in the ownership of the island's residents.
- Predator returns to 'safe' area
- Mink are found in area of the Western Isles where they were previously thought to have been eradicated.
- Cash to protect Lomond shoreline
- A £400,000 fund to improve tourist sites on the east bank of Loch Lomond is announced by the Scottish government.
- The curious case of the Kiwi hedgehog
- The history behind alien species in New Zealand, along with its ecology, means that the case for an organised cull is a tricky one.
- Peat restored after movie shoot
- An area of peatland in the Highlands is restored following the filming of scenes for new movie The Eagle of the Ninth.
- Restore peatland says nature body
- A conservation group is calling for the restoration of damaged peatlands to help combat climate change.
- New life for brown trout fishery
- Loch Leven's world-renowned brown trout, which once supported Scotland's top trout fishery, make a comeback.
- Scotland's soil a 'carbon threat'
- Soils in Scotland store more than 3,000 megatonnes of carbon posing a potential threat to the environment, an agency says.
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