Chris Packham

Fish farming is worth around £885 million to the Scottish economy and ministers have set out ambitions to expand the industry, with a target to produce between 300,000 and 400,000 tonnes annually by 2030. Picture: Richard Johnson/Getty Images

Chris Packham campaign takes aim at M&S over Scottish farmed salmon

The best children's books for summer 2026

Pret have faced criticism from Anima and Project Slingshot

Ad Feature Chris Packham 'won't set foot in Pret' after chicken welfare row

Four of the UK's most common species of butterfly.

Big Butterfly Count 2025 Results: 10 most common UK butterflies

Chris Packham is supporting the campaign

Scotland's mindful dog walk for Mental Health Awareness Week

BHPS & Liquona collect the Grand Prix People's Choice Award at the Smiley Charity Film Awards

Hedgehog Society wins Smiley Charity Film Awards’ Grand Prix People’s Choice Awa...

Stars including Chris Packham are supporting the IAWPC campaign

Scots residents and their pups urged to put their best paw forward to help Moroc...

First images of the World's best Wildlife Photography

These regal birds gave me goosebumps as I watched them return against all odds

Greta Thunberg was among those speaking at the protest in central London. Credit: XR/Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images.

Breaking 'Oily Money Out': Greta Thunberg joins protesters in central London

Rosebank oil field decision based on myths, half-truths and disinformation Joyce McMillan

"No Mr Harvie, it is not time to break the law"

Co-leader of the Scottish Green Party Patrick Harvie at the 2023 Scottish Green Party Spring Conference at the Golden Jubilee Conference Centre in Clydebank.

Patrick Harvie says he 'will never condemn' climate activists who break the law

Chris Packham at a protest in Parliament Square against new oil drilling earlier this month (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Scotland on Sunday letters: Chris Packham should try breaking the law in China

Who’s set to join the latest season of Celebrity Gogglebox

Sir David Attenborough (left) speaking to the presenter Chris Packham for Winterwatch. (Photo credit: BBC/PA Wire)

Sir David Attenborough said BBC was reason for working abroad

Should Jeremy Clarkson's 'non-apology' for vile remarks about Meghan Markle be accepted? (Picture: PA)

Clarkson's remarks about Meghan are sign of a modern Dark Age – Alastair Stewart

What does the 1.5 degrees global warming target mean for the world? Pictured: The Great Barrier Reef (Getty Images)

Here's what 1.5 degrees of global warming will mean for the planet

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Farming: Chris Packham faces CA wrath

Eco-friendly labels (photo: adobe)

Going Green - Many things are labelled eco-friendly but can we trust them all?

Environmental campaigner and TV presenter Chris Packham.

Chris Packham vows to carry on campaigning despite arson attack on home

Conservationists said an unseasonably cold and wet spring had hit butterflies hard, which is why the Big Butterfly Count 2021 is important (Shutterstock)

How you can take part in the Big Butterfly Count 2021

Broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham is among a host of celebrities who have pledged to go meat-free for 31 days as part of the biggest ever Veganuary initiative

It's not just any meat-free food...

(Photo: BBC)

Autumnwatch is coming back to BBC - here's when and how to watch

Chris Packham sent a video message to the First Minister

Chris Packham sends Nicola Sturgeon video plea

The centre has set a fundraising target of £200,000.

Scottish Seabird Centre launches £200k fundraiser to stay afloat during Covid-19

By planting trees, restoring soils and protecting habitats we can reverse the biodiversity decline. Picture: SWNS

This should be the climate election – Alex Foulkes

The Springwatch host, 58, previously penned an open letter saying teaching young viewers that killing for "exploitative 'entertainment'" was unacceptable.

Chris Packham says Ant and Dec are ignoring his calls after I'm a Celebrity 'tit...

Boris Johnson's partner Carrie Symonds

Carrie Symonds speaks publicly for first time since Downing Street move

Painted ladies butterflies take a break from their epic journey to the Arctic (Picutre: Butterfly Conservation/PA Wire)

Why ‘float like a butterfly’ should have a whole new meaning – leader comment

A painted lady. Picture: Shutterstock

‘Once-in-a-decade’ influx of Painted Lady butterflies

Imperial Dock in the Port of Leith, Edinburgh, where a colony of Common Terns nested.

Campaigners blame port as rare colony of endangered terns vanishes

Chris Packham. Picture: SWNS

Chris Packham hits out at the "out of control" illegal killing of birds of prey...

A golden eagle. Picture: PA

Chris Packham joins outrage as pair of golden eagles go missing

A controversial cull of ravens has been proposed in a bid to protect fragile populations of ground-nesting wading birds such as curlews, which have declined by more than 60 per cent in Scotland

Gamekeepers claim SNH is "paralysed by fear" and failing to protect nature

TV wildlife presenter Chris Packham has been targetted by vandals who strung up two dead birds on the gate of his country home.

Packham gets death threats after shooting ban

Chris Packham. Picture: BBC/PA

Chris Packham on filming BBC Winterwatch in the Cairngorms

A radical new campaign group is being launched today with the aim of reforming Scotlands grouse moors.

TV star Chris Packham backs campaign to reform grouse moors

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Falkirk nurseries nominated for play area funding

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Revealed: how fleas affect the health and homes of pet owners

A licence has been issued allowing the killing of up to 300 ravens. Picture: Getty Images

Petition urges rethink on proposed raven cull

Chris Packham has written to SNH raising concerns about the raven cull

Thousands sign petition demanding raven cull plan is scrapped
Nearly 35,000 people have signed an online petition calling on Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) to scrap a "mass cull" of ravens.

Filming Tarka in Scotland, Christmas 1977. (Picture: Eddie Anderson)

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Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: John Linton/PA Wire

Nicola Sturgeon slams '˜unacceptable' hare culling video

Celebrities have backed a campaign to ban fox hunting in Scotland. Picture; PA

Celebrities back total ban on fox hunting in Scotland

A golden eagle. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire

Anger after suspected killing of golden eagle near Edinburgh

A gamekeeper appears to be setting an illegal pole trap

MSPs query decision to drop bird of prey shooting case

Wildlife campaigner Chris Packham has accused Scottish authorities of inconsistency after prosecutors dropped charges against a former gamekeeper accused of illegally shooting a bird of prey. Picture: PA

Chris Packham blasts authorities over illegal bird killing

Helix Park in Falkirk is a nature tourism nominee. Picture: Michael Gillen

Green heroes nominated for top Scottish nature awards

Helix Park in Falkirk, home to the Kelpies statues, has been nominated for a nature tourism award. Picture: Michael Gillen.

Nature of Scotland awards nominees unveiled

Chris Packham

Chris Packham: Reintroduce wolves to Scotland

Chris Packham led protests which featured campaigners dressed as hen harriers. Picture: PA

Chris Packham leads protests at Hen Harrier Day

A great skua, or bonxie as they are known in Shetland, eats a puffin. Picture: Rex Features.

Sky ‘pirates’ put puffin at Europe extinction risk

Springwatch presenter Michaela Strachan was found to have cancer early this year. Picture: UNP

Michaela Strachan: My tears over double mastectomy

Juliet Dunlop. Picture: Ian Rutherford

Juliet Dunlop: Plenty to ponder on pandas

"In the Living Room" by George Karbus, winner of a British Wildlife Photography Award. Picture: PA

Pictures: British Wildlife Photo awards announced

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries