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I was reminded of one of the first poems I can recall from nearly 40 years ago recently. Its called Hawk Roosting by Ted Hughes. One of...

By Eilidh Milne In February I spent a day in Applecross shadowing vegetation ecologist Dr Diana Gilbert who was giving habitat...

As the days get longer and the temperature creeps up you may have noticed an earlier alarm call than usual. This is known as the dawn...

A highlight of my role as an ecologist so far has been the variety of people I have worked with. From site operatives to school pupils,...

It was clear from the get-go that I would end up pursuing a career in the natural sciences. My parents are full of stories of my fondness...

Water voles are small riparian mammals and members of the rodent family. As their name suggests, they typically inhabit the banks of...

We have been working on a number of construction sites this year supporting the contractors with Invasive Non-native Species (INNS)....

There are a wide range of birds that start their nesting and breeding activities in the winter months when many other birds are just...

We worked with Bam Nuttall and Network rail ahead of works at Moy south of Inverness to replace a rail bridge ahead of the A9 dualling...

Badgers are the recipients of strong legal protections under the Protection of Badgers Act (1992). It is an offence to; kill, injure, or...

Each summer the organised chaos of bat survey season descends on us at HED Ltd., and every season brings with it something unexpected....

HED Ltd have been working closely with the site team in Scotland to deliver a major new utilities infrastructural project. We have...

The largest living organism on the planet is a mushroom. Not the fruiting body we are all familiar with but the underground mycelium that...

Wildlife cameras have been a game changer in the world of Ecology, these handy little devices allow us to put eyes on animals that are,...

On some of our sites, we are fortunate to have regular encounters with both brown and mountain hare. Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) are...

While surveying for otters in the Scottish Highlands, Paul and I happened upon not one but three slow worms (Anguis fragilis). These shy...

Alongside my role as an ecologist, I volunteer as a bat carer for the Bat Conservation Trust (BCT). I was introduced to bat care during...

A badger sett we monitor is home to more than a pair of badgers. We often find evidence and capture footage of other mammals using the...

It is a shame, I often think to myself, that our youth are increasingly more surrounded by screens than sea, sky, and forest. This is a...