Description
As of March 2025, the Trust had over 40,000 members. [1] It acquired its first wildlife reserve in 1966 and now has over 100 reserves throughout Scotland, [2] 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 seeks to influence and challenge legislation for the benefit of wildlife, and empower communities to engage with and protect nature.
The Scottish Wildlife Trust was a lead partner in a trial reintroduction of the Eurasian beaver to Scotland. Begun in 2009, the trial ran at Knapdale until 2014. [3] [4] The beaver was given native species status in 2016. [5]
Another of the Trust's major projects is the protection of 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 [6]
The trust is one of 46 Wildlife Trusts operating in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies.
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