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Tha e mìorbhaileach cluinntinn gu bheil an Riaghaltas a' toirt aire don àrainneachd chugallach ann an Alba agus air a' Ghàidhealtachd. Tha e air a bhith ann o chionn deicheadan. Gach neart agus taic dhut fhèin agus do na sgiobaidhean agad. - Wonderful to hear that the Government are taking the fragile environment in Scotland and the Highlands into consideration. It has been decades in the making. All strength and support to you and your teams. I wish I had the expertise to work alongside you all in this project, while re-wilding has become a fashionably coined term , I think that over the centuries so much natural habitat was destroyed that a larger scale project into flora and fauna of the region needs to be done and steps taken to reintroducing these to the habitats. What a wonderful thing to find on a Wednesday evening when wishing I could move to Scotland and live more remotely. Tapadh leat

This was interesting, good to learn about the work being done in urban areas to reduce deer numbers - usually it’s upland areas we hear about most. I bet these guys see some sights stalking Glasgows urban woodlands at night!

Have you tried thermal scopes? Work well here in NZ in these situations. Assisted by thermal drones, they can be a lethal combination, with the drone guiding the hunter in.

I love the drama in the Gaelic song titles….i also love this woman’s harping……”harp and carp true Thomas she said, harp and carp alang wi’ me….”

Dogs on leads simple

Money would definitely be better spent on reducing deer numbers than arbitrary fencing and this could easily be achieved by linking deer populations on farms and estates to a government levy and also to payment subsidies, whereby, overnight one would expect to see some action to reduce numbers, as at present, recreational deer stalkers, who can make a valuable contribution to reduce numbers, invariably, have to pay for the privilege, whereas, if free and encouraged by land owners this would greatly subscribe towards numbers reduction, benefiting both crop protection and production, together with natural regeneration. Similarly more people should be encouraged to become accredited and thus qualify for the Nature Scot Fit and Competent programme to enhance and improve their eligibility for this pursuit and in gaining a FAC. Hospitals, schools, prisons etc should be encouraged to utilise venison in their meal plans and this would provide another boost in reducing numbers to sustainable levels. Moreover, regulated access for stalking on public land in Scotland, would be another avenue for government to explore for this purpose. In England for example,one has only to watch Harry’s Farm to see large deer numbers roaming around in the daytime, (so much for being crepuscular in nature) largely unconcerned by the filming activities or human presence, but despite this what’s he done about it, other than moan? Similarly, we see herds of fallow on other farm lands numbering into the hundreds, but tolerated, hence my suggestion to impose a carrying capacity levy or correlated with farm payments subsidies etc. Respective authorities and government, need to employ more lateral thinking to resolve the situation.

Great but could have told us about the food chain element also

Good film and the need for deer control and balance👏👍

I had a wild cat when I was 8 years old,my mum and dad got me it when we were on holiday in the Highlands it was 6 weeks old and lived till it was 17 years old,it was a great loving cat.☺️

Brilliant. The more we can help our farmers turn 'unproductive' land into nature restoration sites the better. I suspect we would be in a lot better position biodiversity wise if all these little pieces of land were abundant in habitat and wildlife. Huge respect for Argaty. An inspiration to us all. And then there's the 50% of Scotland's land mass which is moorland and hillside.............with way too many deer.

It’s a real shame videos like these have so little views. They need to start teaching about making space for wildlife at primary school and on, that’s how to make a change. Kids and adults nowadays don’t seem to care about wildlife. Not all of them, but a lot. People creating sterile gardens and kids growing up in them. Uneducated and a total shame.

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So important to be outside in nature. Ask a friend who also wants to do more exercise, join a local group.

Keep it up NatureScot, despite the weather, continue to inform us of the progress of these projects, as these important habitats need protection and enhancement.

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Great work folks. Keep it up!

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Excellent undertaking and huge effort! I would like to know how to make contact with Peatland ACTION?

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Is the use of glyphosate advised here? Considering the recent controversy in regards to their adverse effect on pollinators?

Wonderfully helpful video!

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Great work! Looks like really promising results already, well done all 😊

Thank you, absolutely stunning! I hope to visit someday.

It’s a no-brainer isn’t it!! ❤️

Would beavers not be beneficial since they build better dams and great at controlling flood and erosion

Love the small footprinted captions which has nothing to do with the beautiful accents but people who need it because they can’t hear. Have worn a device all my life to hear. Hi and all the love to my very own beloved Scotland. 💜

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Amazing work, keep it up! I saw so much peat extraction in Scotland this last summer… most on a small scale but it is time to start restoring these areas and what an opportunity!

"Free funding" lol. Its tax funded. Nothing is ever free.

This is a good quality video with drone footage and a camera person.

Sitka Spruce and sheep are the curse of the peatland, but many of these peatlands contain old roots of pine trees. This project needs to go ahead with reforesting, working with such organisations as Trees for Life. It shouldn’t be just another way of maintaining barren grouse moors.

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Trees yes trees need to carbon if there was more of an effort to plant in trees Atwood help with an it let's encourage more people to plant trees and trees it give fruit and nuts it would be great to encourage this as render would be less carbon and it would be better for it environment we would have cleaner are more oxygen remember this should be the thing pushed and remember how many trees was cut down in the last few years by the Scottish government and sold trees cut down to make way for wind farms and honestly this is just ridiculous the fear mongering getting pushed on people with climate crisis the people in power and the people with the big companies are the ones who are causing the damage to the environment more than anything else let nature take its course again get more trees planted stop trying to tax people and make up new laws rules and regulations to get more money from the people and take more land from the people if everyone in Scotland who had a back garden with plant a few little trees even little mini trees it would be a massive difference in a few years plant your seeds and use on used pieces of land and turn them into a little food forests

Honestly it makes me so upset hearing people go on banging the Drum about horror countries are more harmful to your environment around Scotland and what about older wind farms getting put in the amount of insects that are dying off we need what about the wind farms causing harm to the birds and destroying a lot of the wildlife in the sea no one is talking about what about all of the trees getting cut down to make way for mobile phone posted signals and four more wind farms what about the electric cars and how much more harmful the stuff they have to dig out the Earth to make the batteries are this causes a lot more pollution and devastation to wildlife and people the stuff they have to dig out the ground to make the batteries for electric cars which are not recyclable including the blades on the big wind turbines are not really recyclable this should all be addressed what really should be done as encouraging people to plant trees and grow food forests and pushing the local councils and authorities to help Communities and encourage Communities to grow more food forest we need more trees this is what needs to happen Andrew's big greedy people who actually caused the harm to the country and take money from the country to put out elsewhere these should be the people who are held accountable honestly the amount of money in Scotland wasted giving out of a country or not benefiting back to the people is ridiculous if people knew the amount of money that was getting took from Scotland or given Elsewhere and not two people are environment people would be so angry

This is a great wee video. We'll share with our South West Scotland Regenerative Farming Network 😊

Nice video - except for the burnt in captions. Your Scottish dialect is not that strong - I had no problems comprehending as a foreigner. Please, next time, allow the audience to decide whether we like to see captions or not.

Hi Francesca, I’d be interested to hear whether your view has changed on the reintroduction of apex predators - specifically wolves - since September 2021 when you claimed that talk of reintroducing wolves could “damage support for rewilding?” Given that we already knew how serious the biodiversity crisis is before the recent State of Nature Report, don’t you think now is the right time for NatureScot to start taking serious and urgent action for biodiversity? True rewilding cannot be achieved without the reintroduction of predators such as lynx and wolves and I feel that as our governing body of nature you are not doing enough to educate and enlighten people to the concept of reintroducing these keystone native species. Instead we appear to be relying on charities such as Scotland: The Big Picture to do this while NatureScot remain largely silent on the issue - which I think is incredibly poor. I’m also concerned by the speed at which your organisation is taking action - despite a 7 year beaver trial and subsequent award of native species status we are still taking forever to translocate beavers elsewhere across the country where they cannot reach naturally themselves. I don’t think NatureScot is acting fast enough when it comes to reversing biodiversity loss and I would like to see you being a bit braver in your decision making. I believe NatureScot is too fearful of treading on the toes of certain people in rural communities. While I agree that rewilding cannot be forced upon people we are at a critical moment for nature and the climate and bold meaningful action must be taken, restoring the pine hoverfly - as you mentioned in 2021 - is great and I’m all for that. But it’s not enough. We need to be bigger and bolder.

Great video I’d be dismayed to hear you’d turn down the opportunity of developing Forrest. On one hand regenerative growth sounds great but obviously costly those Forrest seem like a good place to reintroduce some wolves or something more interesting idk

Joyous!! ❤ That is how to do it!! 😍

Good video and great work but net zero is just a ridiculous idea. And I thought we were planting trees, not destroying them to create a bog!

Beautiful animals and great to see these creatures are being treated respectfully. Good job Scotland 😊

Good to see NatureScot working with hands-on gamekeepers, stalkers and land managers, who can help reduce wild deer numbers to sustainable levels to allow the recovery of native vegetation in the glens and hillsides. Folk should buy wild venison in farm shops as a delicious and healthy way of incentivising the whole process for the benefit of habitat, wildlife and the landscape of Scotland.

Good to see NatureScot working with Land Managers in these natural capital assessments, which hopefully would mean improvements to natural habitats, landscape, wildlife and environment on farms and estates, as well as potential economic benefits to landowners.

Great to see NatureScot working alongside the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, which is an organisation with a high level of trust and the respect of many landowners and estates in Scotland. Hopefully, this research and ongoing cooperation could lead for some real positive outcomes for nature conservation in the country. Keep up the good work.

Finally, after over a decade of searching I have found Rory!!

Any updates videos on this project since making this

Love your videos Scotland is so beautiful

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