Six species native to or frequently spotted in Scotland have been highlighted in a list of the UK’s top 10 rarest and most endangered animals.
Scottish wildcats, capercaillies, arctic skuas, beavers, pine martens and humpback whales featured in research by Parkdean Resorts to mark World Wildlife Day on Friday.
Fourth on the list is the rapidly dwindling wildcat, known as the “Highland Tiger” - but considered critically endangered with fewer than 300 left, making the species Scotland’s most under-threat mammal.
