Biodiversity: Last News

A windfarm in Upper Nithsdale is set to be expanded in a move billed as providing power to around 13,500 households in Scotland every year.

Controversial proposals to tear down trees and expand a van and sales centre in Paisley have been met with backlash from outraged residents.

In a nod to the flourishing urban gardening trend sweeping the city, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has announced its first-ever Urban Show.

Chester Zoo is letting schoolchildren visit for free as part of its aim to inspire a generation of conservationists.

A new Biodiversity Action Plan sets out the actions North Lanarkshire Council will take to protect and develop local habitats and species and help address climate change.

North Lanarkshire Council has launched a consultation on the new Biodiversity Action Plan which aims to further conserve and enhance local habitats and species.

There was a real buzz about Rutherglen’s first biodiversity festival.

Rutherglen's first ever biodiversity themed festival is on its way. Buzzfest, has been organised by Grow 73 and various community groups to tackle loneliness and encourage biodiversity within the area.

Big Butterfly Count. It was one of three photographs taken by the Duchess in Norfolk, and shows Princess Charlotte, six, cradling a Red Admiral butterfly gently in cupped hands.

Ayr, harnessed the talents of young people to create Scotland’s image, a Scottish wildcat, using hundreds of pieces of textiles, which will all be recycled or donated to charity.

Chris Packham took to Twitter last night after a social media user got in touch to draw attention to a local wildlife issue.The Springwatch host retweeted the post and blasted the council involved, telling them people don’t want their “green spaces destroyed and their biodiversity ravaged”.The original tweet included a picture of the freshly mowed meadow and explained the consequences for the plants and wildlife.“@SouthamptonCC‘s contribution to Earth Day was to mow the meadow area next to the golf course driving range.“There was a huge patch of ladies smock [Cuckoo Flower] & now less resilient to drought, the orange tip butterflies that were there are gone & any eggs they've laid won't hatch,” it sadly read.“It beggars belief,” Chris

Stirling looks set to reduce grass cutting in public spaces.Council officers are to develop a strategy which could lead to less maintenance of grass areas to encourage biodiversity, and reducing or eliminating pesticide use.The move is being made after members of Stirling Council’s environment and housing committee heard from local group On The Verge.The group launched an online petition, attracting more than 1,500 signatures, and sent a letter backed by 16 local and national environmental organisations calling for the council to drastically reduce the number of annual cuts and time the rest carefully to allow flowers to bloom and feed pollinators such as bees emerging from hibernation.The group argued that over time savings made by

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A councillor has called for assurances that biodiversity areas in Paisley will be managed properly as some areas have been left “neglected”.Labour councillor Carolann Davidson says more work needs to be done to ensure areas earmarked for the environmental project are properly maintained.Councillors agreed to begin consultation on more than 86 new biodiversity plots at last week’s Infrastructure, Land and Environment Policy board meeting.According to the report, areas marked for biodiversity have been “sought to exclude those impacting sight lines, to take account of known ground conditions, to link or add to the more natural environment and wherever