High street training
Staff at Scotland’s best-known outdoor clothing and equipment shops are being offered free training to help spread awareness of the Scottish Outdoor Access Code (the Code). The high street training sessions will allow sales staff to develop their
understanding of the Code. They can then encourage customers to think about their own behaviour and how best to leave no trace when enjoying Scotland’s great outdoors. The training programme has been adapted from the Code and created specially for retail staff. It covers the key Code messages as well as specific responsible camping advice. Around 20 sessions have been delivered so far to over 100 staff. “SNH have a duty to promote responsible access and maintain Scotland’s natural beauty,” remarked SNH campaign officer Kirstin Guthrie, “but these are also important to retailers who rely on the outdoors for their business. We realised there was a missed opportunity here as they speak to our target market every day. So we’ve made it easy for retailers to help deliver these key messages to customers by offering free training, point of sale leaflets and swing tags to attach to stock.” To find out more, contact Kirstin on 01738 458 633.
UWP goes year-round
A new approach that involves trapping hedgehogs all year round will be trialled over the next 12 months as part of the Uist Wader Project (UWP) in the Western Isles. The UWP is also expected to use dogs for the first time to locate hedgehogs and their dens on Benbecula and North Uist. A team of up to 12 fieldworkers will be brought together to start work by mid-May, providing full-time jobs in the area. The hedgehogs were introduced to the Uists in the 1970s and pose major problems for native ground-nesting wader birds because they eat their eggs. Several bird species are in serious decline, with numbers plummeting by 60% in 20 years in some cases. The Uists support some of the most important populations of nesting dunlin, ringed plover, redshank, snipe, lapwing and oystercatcher in Europe. Dunlin (pictured below) and ringed plover nest at the highest densities recorded across the globe. The UWP has been removing animals for seven years in total and has been using both live trapping and lamping to detect and remove animals. Hedgehogs are cared for by the Uist Hedgehog Rescue coalition (a partnership of welfare organisations), before being moved to the Scottish mainland, where they’re released into the wild at suitable locations.
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