The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has bought two islands off Scotland’s east coast to safeguard their “awe-inspiring” seabird colonies. The charity has acquired Bass Rock and ...

A POD of orcas (or killer whales) has been spotted off the East Lothian Coast, in the Firth of Forth by a ship captain.

Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth, home to the world's largest colony of northern gannets, has been bought by the conservation charity RSPB Scotland. The island, three miles off the coast of North ...

Two of Scotland's most important seabird islands have been acquired by RSPB Scotland in order to secure their future as pressure grows on the nation's seabirds.

A seabird compensation proposal by the developer of Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm has been criticised as "setting a ...

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