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The Scottish Wildlife Trust is a leading voluntary conservation organisation, working to protect Scotland's natural environment. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is a learned society and registered charity that maintains Edinburgh Zoo and the Highland Wildlife Park (a safari park and zoo near Kingussie , which specialises in native fauna).
The Scottish Wildlife Trust was involved in a trial reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver to Scotland. Begun in 2009, the trial ran at Knapdale until 2014. [2] [3] The beaver was given native species status in 2016. [4] Another of the Scottish Wildlife Trust's major projects is the protection of the red squirrel in Scotland.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Scotland.The avifauna of Scotland include a total of 535 species, of which 9 have been introduced by humans.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of British Ornithologists' Union (BOU).
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The fauna of Scotland is generally typical of the north-west European part of the Palearctic realm, although several of the country's larger mammals were hunted to extinction in historic times. Scotland 's diverse temperate environments support 62 species of wild mammals, including a population of wild cats and important numbers of grey and ...
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland is a learned society and registered charity based in Edinburgh, Scotland. [1] It was founded by Thomas Haining Gillespie in 1909. In 1913, Edinburgh Town Council bought a large plot of land on Corstorphine Hill for the society - this later opened to the public as Edinburgh Zoo . [ 2 ]
Abhainn Clais An Eas and Allt a`Mhuilinn; Achnahaird; Airds Moss; Altnaharra; Amat Woods; Ardgour Pinewoods; Ardmeanach; Ardnamurchan Burns; Ardvar and Loch a`Mhuilinn Woodlands; Ascrib, Isay and Dunvegan
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