Scottish Wildlife Trust
| Scottish Wildlife Trust | |
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| Formation | 1964 |
| Type | Wildlife Trust |
| Headquarters | Harbourside House, Leith, Edinburgh |
| Official languages | English |
| Website | Scottish Wildlife Trust website |
The Scottish Wildlife Trust is a registered charity dedicated to conserving the wildlife and natural environment of Scotland.
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[edit] Description
The Scottish Wildlife Trust has over 36,000 members.[1] SWT acquired its first wildlife reserve in 1966 and now has more than 120 reserves throughout Scotland with visitor centres at Loch of the Lowes (Perth and Kinross), Montrose Basin (Angus) and the Falls of Clyde (South Lanarkshire). As well as providing homes for wildlife these sites are valuable places for people to interact with and enjoy wildlife. The trust also seek to influence and challenge legislation for the benefit of wildlife.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust is part of a trial reintroduction of the beaver to Scotland, begun in 2009. The Trial will run until 2014. [2] [3]
The Scottish Wildlife Trust's other major project is to protect the red squirrel in Scotland. With project partners, the Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels project aims to stop the advance of the grey squirrel into the North and North East of Scotland, as well as protecting pockets of red squirrel habitat in South Scotland and Loch Lomond and the Trossachs [4]
The trust is one of 47 Wildlife Trusts operating in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies.
[edit] Selected reserves
- Bemersyde Moss
- Handa Island
- Falls of Clyde
- Montrose Basin
- Loch Fleet
- Loch of the Lowes
- Pease Dean, Scottish Borders
[edit] References
- ^ "Who We Are". SWT. http://www.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/who-we-are/. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "Scheme to boost beaver population". BBC News. 1 October 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7021983.stm. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
- ^ "Scottish Beaver Trial". Scottish Beaver Trial. http://www.scottishbeavers.org.uk/. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
- ^ "Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels". Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels. http://www.scottishsquirrels.org.uk/. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Scottish Wildlife Trust
- Scottish Wildlife Trust, Registered Charity no. SC005792 at the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator
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