Category Archives: wild land

Where Crops Once Grew

Posted on January 22, 2024 by NatureScot

Roddy Maclean looks at place-name evidence for agriculture in locations which are uncultivated today Continue reading →

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Case studies in rewilding and large-scale nature restoration

Posted on May 24, 2022 by NatureScot

Many of us have heard about ‘rewilding’. There are some excellent examples of exciting rewilding projects in Scotland, such as on our Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve. Rewilding is about working with natural processes, guided by people at least in … Continue reading →

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Remarkable achievements at Ben and Glen Nevis

Posted on January 21, 2020 by NatureScot

Over the last five years, the Nevis Landscape Partnership has achieved what it says on the side of its bus – carried out a programme of 19 projects, with tremendous volunteer support. This £3.4 million scheme has had a tangible … Continue reading →

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Forvie’s Purple sandpipers

Posted on December 6, 2019 by NatureScot

Our post this morning comes from Ron Macdonald, who is becoming well known on social media these days for his fantastic bird photographs. Today he talks about one of his favourite waders… This morning I’m off to photograph purple sandpipers … Continue reading →

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Mapping our species-rich grasslands

Posted on November 5, 2019 by NatureScot

According to UK charity Plantlife, Britain has lost 97% of its species-rich grassland in less than a century. Hundreds of plants, fungi and invertebrate species rely on these important habitats – which in turn support healthy populations of birds and … Continue reading →

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A trip to a wooded rock off the west of Scotland where the herbivores don’t go!

Posted on September 7, 2018 by NatureScot

Kate Holl, SNH Woodland Adviser, recently visited a tiny island off the west coast of Scotland. The island has no herbivores such as deer, allowing the plantlife to grow wilder than anywhere else in Scotland! On a perfect summer’s morning … Continue reading →

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Escaping the crowds

Posted on August 21, 2017 by NatureScot

Prompted by his daughter’s plea for a ‘wild walk’ to escape Edinburgh’s festival crowds, Policy and Advice Manager Simon Brooks headed to Flowerdale in Wester Ross. One of Scotland’s 42 Wild Land Areas where the quality and extent of wildness … Continue reading →

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