• Stoat Snippet 46

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the forty-sixth stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native Wildlife Project

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  • Meet Macca the famous stoat detector

    Kirsty Nutt

    Kirsty Nutt describes meeting the UK’s first stoat detection dog and the important role he and his handler Ange have in safeguarding Orkney’s native wildlife.

    I have been part of the Orkney Native Wildlife Project team since 2016. For those of you that don't know, the Orkney Native Wildlife Project, which is a partnership between Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), RSPB Scotland and Orkney Islands Council, aims…

  • Stoat Snippet 45

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the forty-fifth stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

    Orkney Native Wildlife Proj…

  • Stoat Snippet 44

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the forty-fourth stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native Wildlife Project

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  • Stoat Snippet 43

    Kirsty Nutt

    These snippets are a short update on the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native Wildlife Project

    Our top priority currently is identifying landowners…

  • Stoat Snippet 42

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the forty-second stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native Wildlife Project

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  • White-tailed eagle twins on Hoy!

    Becky Austin

    2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the extinction of white-tailed eagles in the UK, with the last British bird killed in Shetland in 1918. So it is a particularly poignant year to celebrate the return of these magnificent birds to our shores, with the first white-tailed eagle chicks to hatch in Orkney for 145 years!

    White-tailed eagle - Martin Lever

    We have even more exciting news this week – we can confirm there…

  • Stoat Snippet 41

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the forty-first stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native Wildlife Project

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  • Stoat Snippet 40

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the fourtieth stoat snippet! Wow - how time flies!

    These snippets are a short update on the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

    Orkney Native…

  • Stoat Snippet 39

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the thirty-ninth stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native Wildlife Project

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  • Stoat Snippet 38

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the thirty-eighth stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on progress with both the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native…

  • Stoat Snippet 37

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the thirty-seven stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on progress with both the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native…

  • Stoat Snippet 36

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the thirty-sixth stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on progress with both the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native…

  • Curlew on Orkney

    Becky Austin

    The long billed large wader with its distinctive bubbling call is a sure sign of spring for many across the UK. However, as many of you will already be aware, curlew in the UK are struggling and its distinctive sound has been lost in many areas. The population has nearly halved since the mid-1990s. This has been driven by a decline in the quality and quantity of breeding habitat and predation of nests and young. As the…

  • Stoat Snippet 35

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the thirty-fifth stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on progress with both the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native…

  • Stoat Snippet 34

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the thirty-fourth stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on progress with both the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native…

  • Stoat Snippet 33

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the thirty-third stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on progress with both the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native…

  • Stoat Snippet 32

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the thirty-second stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on progress with both the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with SNH and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native Wildlife Project

    We have…

  • Stoat Snippet 31

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the thirty-first stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on progress with both the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with SNH and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

    Orkney Native Wildlife Project

    We have…

  • Stoat Snippet 30

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the thirtieth stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on progress with both the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with SNH and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native Wildlife Project

    We were out…

  • Overwhelming support for ground-breaking Orkney nature project

    Kirsty Nutt

    Kirsty Nutt outlines the results of the Orkney Native Wildlife Project community consultation which were announced today.

    The results of the Orkney Native Wildlife Project community consultation revealed overwhelming support for its proposal to protect Orkney’s internationally important wildlife and the team want to say a HUGE thanks to everyone who has so far contributed support and feedback.

    For those of you…

  • Stoat Snippet 29

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the twenty-ninth stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on progress with both the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with SNH and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Invasive Species Week

    The self-guided nature…

  • Stoat Snippet 28

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the twenty-eighth stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on progress with both the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with SNH and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Invasive Species Week

    Last week was Invasive…

  • Stoat Snippet 27

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the twenty-seventh stoat snippet!

    These snippets are a short update on progress with both the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with SNH and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native Wildlife Project

    As you…

  • Stoat Snippet 26

    Kirsty Nutt

    Welcome to the twenty-sixth weekly stoat snippet!

    These snippets will be a short update on progress with both the Orkney Native Wildlife Project and the Orkney Mainland Predator Invasion Biosecurity Project, as well as addressing any concerns that folk have raised with SNH and RSPB Scotland.

    If you are new to these snippets and want to know more about the project, check out this blog.

     

    Orkney Native Wildlife Proje…