Scotland's environment blog
Keep up to date with the latest developments and data you can find on Scotland’s environment web and find out more about what our partners are doing to address environmental issues.
Bog Squad Blog
- March 15, 2019
Butterfly Conservation Scotland’s ‘Bog Squad’ team is a volunteer task force, created to carry out rehabilitation works on damaged peatlands across Scotland with funding from NatureScot’s led-Peatland ACTION project. David Hill, Peatland Restoration Project Officer tells us more.
Waste Data Strategy - Practitioners' workshop
- February 20, 2019
A second data practitioners’ event was organised by the Waste Data Strategy Delivery Board and held in Perth on the 30th January 2019.
HabMoS - NWSS and Freshwater data release
- October 01, 2018
The Habitat Map of Scotland is very pleased to be able to make publicly available a substantial amount of new habitat data for woodlands and freshwater.
Rainfall observers – long service awards
- September 12, 2018
In this blog, we’re shining a light on, and celebrating, some of Scotland’s most dedicated volunteer rainfall observers, who have been actively recording rainfall data, every day for decades – some dating as far back as the 1960’s. This is extremely valuable data to record in all weathers – even during the dry spell that we’ve had recently.
Celebrating the world wide web – meet the web team behind Scotland’s environment web (part 2)
- August 23, 2018
The world wide web has revolutionised how we communicate, find and use information and data. In celebration of the launch of the world wide web twenty-seven years ago on 23rd August, this is the second of a two part blog that is shining a light on the web team that brought Scotland’s environment web to life.
Celebrating the world wide web – meet the web team behind Scotland’s environment web (part 1)
- August 23, 2018
The world wide web has revolutionised how we communicate, find and use information and data. In celebration of its launch twenty-seven years ago on 23rd August, this is the first of a two-part blog that is shining a light on the web team that brought Scotland’s environment web to life.