Birds

The European Storm Petrel is one of the UK’s smallest birds

Highland research project will study one of the UK's smallest seabirds

The Isle of Gigha, just west of the Kintyre peninsula

Hay's Way: Gigha's fine milk, fresh hotel rooms and landscape changes

The researchers found that the birds pass on their skills to future generations. Picture: Kazou Okanoya

Birds learn language like babies, Scots researchers say

The wind farm will be visible from the Isle of Iona, the NTS said

NTS opposes giant offshore wind farm amid threat to views from islands

Public discussion of grouse shooting often overlooks the local workers and the businesses supplying food, equipment, vehicles and services (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

From golden eagles to local jobs, these Angus estates do a lot of good Iona McGregor

Tulloch station in 2002

Nesting gulls trigger information blackout at Highland rail station

Tulloch Station, pictured in 2002

Nesting birds behind information blackout may have done us a favour Scotsman comment

Wildlife campaigner Robert Pownall dressed as a gannet outside the Waverley Court polling station in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)

NatureScot rejects licence for centuries-old guga hunt for first time

Wildlife campaigner Robert Pownall dressed as a gannet outside the Waverley Court polling station in Edinburgh (Jane Barlow/PA)

Recommendation made to refuse guga hunt ahead of NatureScot meeting

Birdfy's nestbox camera lets you watch wildlife blossom from your smartphone screen

Birdfy Nest review: Is this bird camera worth it?

A helicopter carrying water tackles the wildfire burning near Nethy Bridge in Cairngorms National Park in north-east Scotland (Jane Barlow/PA)

Cairngorms: 'Unpredictable' blaze creating 'treacherous' conditions

Activist protesting outside NatureScot building

Islanders find anti-guga hunt activists cost the public purse £110,000

Bass Rock, off the coast of North Berwick, has been bought by the RSPB

Bass Rock landowner sells historic gannet colony site to RSPB Scotland

A juvenile St Kilda wren with colour-rings

Tiny songbird found double normal size fuels 'island gigantism'

A gannet among vegetation on the cliffs

Islanders launch bid for summer guga hunt despite backlash

Stoat and Orkney Vole

'Bad news' for Orkney island after stoat discovered for first time

Richard Stein and Sally Lovell who have decided to put their home, Harbour Island, off the coast of Argyll, up for sale.

“We’re selling our magical 9.7 acre Scottish island for £1.25m”

I had the dreamiest cakes at my new favourite Edinburgh cafe Gaby Soutar

James Cochran is coming to Glasgow in May.

Great British Menu winner returns to Glasgow for exclusive event

Goldfinch treehouse at The Treehouses by Leckie

I spent spring equinox off-grid in a Scottish treehouse - it was bliss

Bass Rock.

Bass Rock gannet colony may soon thrive again after avian flu outbreak

Grey partridges are fast declining in the UK

Gamekeeper's DIY plan to save one of UK's high risk birds defies odds

Port of Ness, Ness, Isle of Lewis. PIC: Chmee/CC

Community home to guga hunt faces 'most toxic moment in modern era'

Red admiral butterfly

Exclusive Bird species and plants for pollinators up 250% on rewilded land

Puffin, 34, dies after being washed up in stormy weather on beach

A four-year project to restore the special reedbed habitat at NatureScot’s Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve (NNR) has been hailed a success with the return of marsh harriers to the site.

The return of a scarce breeding raptor to Scotland's wetlands

Sir Keir Starmer says he backs Anas Sarwar '100 per cent'

Bird flu deaths

Exclusive Almost one million hens culled as bird flu sweeps south of Scotland

Bird keepers have been urged to act following an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) near Penicuik.

Scotland's largest egg producer hit with third outbreak of bird flu

Redwing are one of Scotland's visiting migrants during the winter

Scotland set for bumper year for migratory birds after cold weather

Guga Hunters with their haul in a previous year.

Guga Hunt: Decision to ban cull deferred to next parliament

Power of the pine revealed in new study

Power of the pine - study shows 1,500 species depend on Scots conifer

Birds benefit hugely from garden feeders in the winter

How to feed garden birds cheaply ahead of the Big Garden Birdwatch

Undated handout photo issued by RSPB of
Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus, Abernethy

Booming bitterns, habitat restoration and cranes: RSPB's nature wins

The road to Whim Poultry Farm, West Linton, where 76,000 birds have been culled following an outbreak of a “highly pathogenic” strain of avian flu.

Tens of thousands of birds culled as avian flu spreads

Tawny owls are adapting to life in the city by changing their hunting tactics

How city living is persuading owls to change their hunting habits Scotsman comment

Sally the elephant gives children rides at Edinburgh Zoo during the spring break in 1955.

Edinburgh Zoo Heritage in Pictures: 45 photos from the 1950s and 1960s

The dog playing a vital role protecting Bass Rock's gannets

Bonaparte's gulls (top left) and a killdeer were among the rare birds recorded across the UK this week

10 rare birds spotted in the UK this week - and where they were seen

(Clockwise from top left) Yellow-browed warblers, starling murmurations, tawny owls, bramblings, and pink-footed geese are among the things birdwatchers have to look forwards to in November

5 special birds and 'spectacular' aerial displays to spot in November

'Rare' exotic bird spotted on Scottish nature reserve for first time

The eight birds competing this year are all species in need of special conservation support

The RSPB has launched the UK's very own 'Bird of the Year' contest
Eight handpicked species will battle it out for the first-ever ‘Bird of the Year’ title 🐦🆚🦅

(Clockwise from left) Fieldfares, redwings, goldcrests, and bearded tits are among the birds it'll become a little easier to spot in the UK this month

Four elusive and visiting birds you can spot in the UK in October

The problems caused by seagulls have been repeatedly highlighted in the Scottish Parliament

SNP ridiculed for 'googly eyes' and arm waving to deter seagulls

Golden eagles are mainly found in the Scottish Highlands, but several have been translocated to the south of Scotland through the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project

Police search for missing golden eagle who 'may have come to harm'

A reader fears for the future of the Bass Rock's gannet population if the Berwick Bank wind farm is built (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

'Concerning' finding among seabirds that have survived avian flu

(Clockwise from top left) Green woodpeckers, lapwings, great crested grebes and red grouses were all amongst the species trending downwards

3 birds new data shows are declining - and 3 that are bouncing back

Suet comes in pellets, balls or bars, and all of them can give garden birds a boost

The ‘super food’ garden birds will thank you for this September

(Clockwise from top left) A male and female blackcap, a whitethroat, a jay, a nuthatch, and a knot

5 birds you can spot in the UK right now - and where to watch for them

Children from a Busy Bees nursery expanding their curiosity as the UK's leading childcare provider reveals the top 40 most asked questions from pre-schoolers

40 curious questions toddlers ask their parents every day

The oldest flamingos in the flock are estimated to have hatched in 1961.

First Chilean flamingo chick hatched at Scottish zoo in nine years

A view of Cruachan Power Station

Fascinating facts you didn't know about Cruachan Power Station

I've moved to Leith and I'm totally smitten by its maligned residents Gaby Soutar

A guillemot flying past St Abb's Head, with a windfarm in the distance (Picture: Jamie McDermaid)

Why massive Berwick Bank windfarm can and must be stopped Harry Huyton

I stayed at a charming Northumberland cottage

Berwick Bank, an offshore wind farm to be built off the East Lothian coast, has been approved.

Berwick Bank wind farm 'will catapult seabird species to extinction'

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries