SCOTS have been urged to have their say over plans for the country’s third national park as a consultation enters its final fortnight.

SNP Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon announced in July that Galloway had beaten bids from the Scottish Borders, Lochaber, Loch Awe and Tay Forest to become the preferred location for the new park.

Government agency NatureScot then launched a community consultation on the far-reaching proposals, with the deadline for responses falling on February 14.