Publications

We often talk about ‘Heather Moorlands’ when referring to the uplands, but there are three distinct upland habitats in which ling heather plays a prominent part. In this video, filmed…

     Trail Cams are very useful tools for learning more about the nature on your farm or croft. Find out the myriad ways they can be used to…

In this episode of the Thrill of The Hill podcast, host Alex Pirie chats to Patrick Laurie from Working For Waders.  They discuss the decline of waders in Scotland, the…

This short video of N J McWilliam’s The Flower Field showcases how innovative farm diversification has worked for both the farm and biodiversity. In the video you’ll hear Kym McWilliam…

Scotland is host to the largest concentration of heather moorland in the world with huge biodiversity interest and carbon holding potential. In this sixteenth episode of the Thrill of the…

In this webinar, Claire Gill, helped by Luis Molero, gave us an informative beginners guide to keeping bees. Claire is the Deputy Lead Bee Inspector for the Scottish Government and…

In this podcast Janette Sutherland chats to Mary McAndrew who is a project officer with the Pearl Mussel Project in Ireland. Ireland and Scotland have rivers in their High Nature…

Information Note: Land Management for the Chequered Skipper Butterfly Chequered Skipper butterflies became extinct in England in 1976. where there are on going trials trying to re-establish it’s presence. In…

Information Note: Land Management for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly In Scotland the Marsh Fritillary butterfly’s distribution is limited to the Argyll islands and the neighbouring strip of the Argyll mainland;…

Information Note: Land Management for Black Grouse Black Grouse were once widespread in the UK.   In Scotland they are now one of our fastest declining bird species. Black Grouse are…