THE owners of an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides have announced biodiversity plans to "revitalise the natural ...

Plans for Ronay Island are demonstrating that environmental regeneration can be done in a way that benefits local communities ...

The owners of 1,500 acres of uninhabited rocky land in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides have announced plans to increase biodiversity and revitalise the natural environment of Ronay Island.

Hedgehogs were first introduced to Uist more than 50 years ago in a bid to control garden pests, but the RSPB says their presence has led to “unexpected consequences” for local wildlife.

A total of £97,840 was allocated from the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund for the initiative, which will look to move every hedgehog on Benbecula, in Uist to the mainland.

A new project - Saving Uist Nature (SUN) - would trap hedgehogs in South Uist and Benbecula and release them on mainland Scotland. A previous initiative - the Uist Wader Project (UWP ...