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The Nature of Scotland The Magazine of Scottish Natural Heritage Issue Number 7 — Spring 2010


Published quarterly © SNH 2010 ISSN 1350 309X


Editor: John Walters Tel. 01463 725 222


Cover photo: Wood anemone is one of the earliest spring flowers. It opens wide in the light of day, but closes up as night approaches. Inside cover: Ash woodland in spring, Cleghorn Glen, Clyde Valley Woodlands National Nature Reserve. Welcome page: The white wagtail is a migrant that passes through Scotland in spring and autumn on its way to and from Greenland, Iceland and the Faeroe islands. Some have been known to stay and inter-breed with our own pied wagtails.


Photographer: Lorne Gill/SNH


Photography – all images by Lorne Gill/SNH other than: Mark Hamblin 7, 41m; Niall Benvie 8, 18; NHPA/ Photoshot 10, 12; Dougie Barnett 13; Dietma Nill/ naturepl.com 14t; Wild Wonders of Europe/ Lesniewski/naturepl.com 14b; Fabio Liverani/ naturepl.com 15; Laurie Campbell 17, 36b, 50; D McGinn 20; George Logan/SNH 22t, 45; Dougie Barnett 24; Scottish Association for Marine Science 26; Paths for All 29; Northern Sole Mates/North Glasgow Walking Network 30; Gary Doak 31; Rachel Norris 33; Billy Cullen 40l; R. Clarkson 40r; David Whitaker 41l, 57; Dave Dick 48; Glen Tyler/SNH 51; Charlie Phillips 52; Paul Dodds 53; David Robertson 60, 63; Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority 62t; Scottish National Portrait Gallery 62b.


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