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Nature Champions

The Nature Champions initiative supports Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) to champion Scotland’s threatened and iconic species and habitats.

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Adder

MSP
  • Amphibian and Reptile Conservation

Ancient Woodlands

Graham Simpson MSP
  • Woodland Trust Scotland

Ash

MSP
  • Woodland Trust Scotland

Aspen

MSP
  • Trees for Life
  • Woodland Trust Scotland

Atlantic Puffin

Paul McLennan MSP
  • RSPB Scotland
  • Scottish Seabird Centre

Atlantic Salmon

Ariane Burgess MSP
  • Atlantic Salmon Trust
  • Scottish Wildlife Trust

Azure Hawker

MSP
  • Buglife

Badger

MSP
  • Scottish Badgers

Basking Shark

MSP
  • Marine Conservation Society

Bilberry Bumblebee

MSP
  • Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Black Grouse

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Blanket Bogs

David Green MSP
  • CIEEM
  • John Muir Trust

Blue Mussel Beds

MSP
  • Young Sea Changers Scotland

Bog Sun-jumper Spider

MSP
  • Buglife

Bottlenose Dolphin

MSP
  • Whale and Dolphin Conservation

Brown Long-eared Bat

MSP
  • Bat Conservation Trust

Caledonian Pinewoods

Andrew Baxter MSP
  • National Trust for Scotland
  • Trees for Life
  • Woodland Trust Scotland

Capercaillie

Emma Roddick MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Coldwater Coral

MSP
  • Marine Conservation Society

Common Frog

Patrick Harvie MSP
  • Froglife

Common Glow-worm

MSP
  • Buglife

Common Lizard

MSP
  • Froglife

Common Pipistrelle

Clare Adamson MSP
  • Bat Conservation Trust

Common Tern

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Common Toad

MSP
  • Froglife

Community Green Space

MSP
  • Keep Scotland Beautiful

Corn Bunting

Maggie Chapman MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Corncrake

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Curlew

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Daubenton’s Bat

MSP
  • Bat Conservation Trust

Eurasian Beaver

Laura Moodie MSP
  • Scottish Wild Beaver Group
  • Scottish Wildlife Trust

European Flat Oyster Beds

Finlay Carson MSP
  • Marine Conservation Society

Flame Shell

MSP
  • Marine Conservation Society

Flapper Skate

MSP
  • Marine Conservation Society

Freshwater Pearl Mussel

MSP
  • Buglife

Fulmar

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland
  • Scottish Seabird Centre

Gardens and Designed Landscapes

MSP
  • National Trust for Scotland

Golden Eagle

Maree Todd MSP
  • RSPB Scotland
  • Scottish Raptor Study Group

Golden Plover

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Great Crested Newt

MSP
  • Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
  • Froglife

Great Yellow Bumblebee

Liam McArthur MSP
  • Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Greenland White-fronted Goose

Jackie Baillie MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Harbour Porpoise

MSP
  • Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
  • Whale and Dolphin Conservation

Hen Harrier

Carol Mochan MSP
  • RSPB Scotland
  • Scottish Raptor Study Group

Herring Gull

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland
  • Scottish Seabird Centre

House Sparrow

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Humpback Whale

MSP
  • Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
  • Whale and Dolphin Conservation

Kelp Forests

Sanne Dijkstra-Downie MSP
  • Marine Conservation Society
  • Scottish Wildlife Trust

Kestrel

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland
  • Scottish Raptor Study Group

Kittiwake

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Lapwing

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Leatherback Turtle

Ross Greer MSP
  • Marine Conservation Society

Leisler’s Bat

MSP
  • Bat Conservation Trust

Lowland Raised Bogs

Willie Rennie MSP
  • Scottish Wildlife Trust

Machair

MSP
  • Bumblebee Conservation Trust
  • National Trust for Scotland

Manx Shearwater

Cara McKee MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Merlin

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland
  • Scottish Raptor Study Group

Minke Whale

MSP
  • Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
  • Whale and Dolphin Conservation

Moss Carder Bumblebee

Mark Ruskell MSP
  • Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Mountain Willow Scrub

MSP
  • National Trust for Scotland

Nathusius’ Pipistrelle

MSP
  • Bat Conservation Trust

Natterjack Toad

MSP
  • Amphibian and Reptile Conservation

Northern Brown Argus

MSP
  • Butterfly Conservation Scotland

Northern Damselfly

Lorna Slater MSP
  • British Dragonfly Society

Northern Gannet

Kayleigh Kinross-O'Neill MSP
  • RSPB Scotland
  • Scottish Seabird Centre

Oak

MSP
  • Woodland Trust Scotland

Orca

MSP
  • Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
  • Whale and Dolphin Conservation

Paths

Jenny Young MSP
  • Ramblers Scotland

Peregrine

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland
  • Scottish Raptor Study Group

Pine Hoverfly

MSP
  • Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

Ponds

MSP
  • Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
  • Buglife
  • Froglife

Red Kite

Meghan Gallacher MSP
  • RSPB Scotland
  • Scottish Raptor Study Group

Red Mason Bee

MSP
  • Buglife

Red Squirrel

Alexander Burnett MSP
  • Scottish Wildlife Trust

Red-billed Chough

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Riparian Woodland

MSP
  • Scottish Wildlife Trust
  • Woodland Trust Scotland

Risso’s Dolphin

Kristopher Leask MSP
  • Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust
  • Whale and Dolphin Conservation

Rivers

MSP
  • Atlantic Salmon Trust
  • Buglife

Road Verges

MSP
  • Plantlife Scotland

Round-leaved Sundew

MSP
  • Plantlife Scotland

Sandeel

MSP
  • Marine Conservation Society
  • RSPB Scotland

Scotland’s Rainforest

Jenni Minto MSP
  • John Muir Trust
  • Plantlife Scotland
  • Woodland Trust Scotland

Scottish Primrose

MSP
  • Plantlife Scotland

Sea Trout

MSP
  • Atlantic Salmon Trust
  • Scottish Wildlife Trust

Seabird Islands & Cliffs

MSP
  • National Trust for Scotland

Seagrass

MSP
  • Rewilding Britain
  • WWF Scotland

Short-eared Owl

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland
  • Scottish Raptor Study Group

Soprano Pipistrelle

MSP
  • Bat Conservation Trust

Species-rich Grassland

MSP
  • Butterfly Conservation Scotland
  • Plantlife Scotland

Swift

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Tree Lungwort

MSP
  • Plantlife Scotland

Twinflower

MSP
  • Plantlife Scotland

Upland Heath

MSP
  • National Trust for Scotland

Urban Trees and Woods

MSP
  • Woodland Trust Scotland

Violet Coral

MSP
  • Plantlife Scotland

Water Vole

Fulton MacGregor MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

Whinchat

MSP
  • RSPB Scotland

White-tailed Eagle

Mark Ruskell MSP
  • RSPB Scotland
  • Scottish Raptor Study Group

Wildcat

MSP
  • Royal Zoological Society of Scotland

Wood Pasture and Parkland

MSP
  • National Trust for Scotland
  • Woodland Trust Scotland

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