One of our ospreys from Loch Arkaig Pine Forest has caused great excitement after showing up in the Shetland Islands over the weekend. [caption id="attachment_25342" align="alignnone" width="300"] Pic by Kristofer Wilson[/caption] Doddie (JJ6) was one of a trio of chicks raised on our camera nest in 2020...
A group of Woodland Trust volunteers nicknamed “The Anthill Mob” have rushed to the rescue of hairy climate heroes under threat from an invasive non-native plant. Hairy wood ants boost the carbon absorption of woodland, but risk being overwhelmed by Gaultheria shallon, a garden plant that has gone...
Osprey pair Louis and Dorcha returned to Loch Arkaig Pine Forest on Monday April 11. The pair are sticking with the nest they used last year - which took them out of view of our nest camera in Louis' original tree some kilometers away. This year though...
Scottish Environment Minister Mairi McAllan MSP visited Loch Arkaig Pine Forest this week for a tour of our restoration work. While there she met with Woodland Trust staff plus our most popular contractor - Tarzan the logging horse! [caption id="attachment_24693" align="alignnone" width="300"] Mairi McAllan meets Tarzan. Pic...
The Trust's biggest UK site just got a little bit bigger! We have acquired a 99-year lease on 77 hectares of land at Portnellan – between Loch Venachar and the A821. Portnellan will provide a new winter home for Glen Finglas' prize-winning pedigree herd of Luing cattle...
Felling and extraction of 70,000 tonnes of non-native timber has started at Loch Arkaig Pine Forest near Spean Bridge in Lochaber. The mammoth effort will free remaining native trees to take back the site in one of the biggest Caledonian pinewood restorations ever attempted. [caption id="attachment_23746"...
[caption id="attachment_23742" align="alignnone" width="419"] The stunning Assynt landscape includes mountains such as Suilven. Pic by John MacPherson[/caption] The Assynt Foundation and Woodland Trust Scotland have entered a 30-year partnership to revitalise Glencanisp and Drumrunie Estates in the North-west highlands. The result will be a resilient upland landscape...
Urgent action is required to stop Rhododendron ponticum wiping out Scotland’s rare rainforest, according to a new report published by Woodland Trust Scotland in partnership with Scottish Land and Estates. (View it here) The report was funded by Postcode Green Trust and made possible by support from players...
Woodland Trust Scotland has launched an £8million public appeal to buy the 4,500-acre Couldoran Estate in Wester Ross and manage it for people and wildlife over the coming decades. [caption id="attachment_23455" align="alignnone" width="300"] Couldoran Estate, Wester Ross, Scotland[/caption] Couldoran, near Lochcarron, neighbours our existing site at Ben Shieldaig and...
Edinburgh has officially launched its ambitious target to become a Million Tree City by 2030 as part of its commitment to be net zero by the end of the decade. Woodland Trust has contributed £298,055 from the Emergency Tree Fund to support project delivery. This money will...