Wildlife
A Single Scots Pine – Jim Crumley
Renowned Scottish nature writer Jim Crumley explains how his outlook on nature and life always comes back to the scots pine.
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Wildlife
A Decade Of Wildcats- Jim Crumley
Jim Crumley looks at the plight of the Scottish Wildcat and how it has changed since he first wrote about them for us a decade ago.
Wildlife
Wonder At The Willow – Jim Crumley
This adaptable tree is a vital part of many Scottish ecosystems, as Jim Crumley explains FOUR THOUSAND feet up on Braigh Riabhach where the Wells of Dee […]
Wildlife
Our New Wildlife Calendar For 2019
Brand new for 2019 - our Wildlife Calendar with stunning imagery and fascinating facts from Polly Pullar on some of Scotland's most iconic species.
Community
WIN A Copy Of A Richness Of Martens By Polly Pullar
Regular contributor Polly Pullar has an exciting new book out on the pine martens of Ardnamurchan - and we've got five copies to give away! Mobile previewDesktop previewEdit snippet
Outdoor Scotland
Bird On A Mission
For nature expert Jim Crumley, the remarkable sight of an osprey fishing never ceases to amaze. Read his fascinating account of one such encounter here...
Galleries
Puffin-spotting On Lunga
Lunga, in the Treshnish Isles, is one of the best places to see puffins in Scotland. Find out more here, and check out our gallery from a recent visit!
Culture
Jay Is For January
Our nature expert Jim Crumley encounters a jay, or, as the colourful bird is described in Gaelic, a “sgreuchag-choille” – screamer of the woods One of those half-dark-at-noon January […]
Culture
A… Chaos of Swans?
When startled by a microlight or helicopter, geese and whooper swans have an unusual and dramatically different response… Sometimes the hardest part is getting into the passenger seat from […]
Culture
Herons – Dressing Down
No prizes for herons in fashion or architecture… Herons, I once wrote, are flamingos dressed by Presbyterians. I like the image so much, here it is again. The writer’s conceit, revisiting […]
