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A puffin stands on a rock on a cliff edge. The sea gleams in the sun in the background.
8 Oct 2025

New tool will revolutionise puffin census efforts

The Trust has partnered with EOLAS Insight to create an innovative new puffin census tool.

A small cluster of cream and brown mushrooms growing out of grass.
8 Oct 2025

Bodysnatching fungi part of Trust’s rare mushroom habitat

A parasitic fungi that manifests itself inside its host is one of the species of fungi found at the Trust’s internationally important grassland fungi habitat at Haddo House.

Two people stand on a low cliff, looking out across a bay with turquoise water. On the sandy beach below are many seals.
23 Sept 2025

Discovering the magic of Mingulay

Cal Major recently spent a week on Mingulay and discovered the magic of this special Hebridean island.

The exterior of Robert Burns Birthplace Museum on a sunny day, seen from across the lawn. A wooden bench stands in the foreground.
23 Sept 2025

Trust nature and climate initiatives shortlisted for awards

The Glencoe Habitat Recovery Project and Robert Burns Birthplace Museum have been shortlisted for RSPB Nature of Scotland Awards.

Metal letters spelling out Culloden are attached to an old stone wall at the entrance to a driveway. It has rained recently and the grass and stones glisten as the sun breaks through the clouds.
11 Sept 2025

Historian leaves generous legacy to protect Culloden

Professor Christopher Duffy left our charity more than £1 million to support our work to protect Culloden Battlefield.

Four people stand in a line, all wearing white hard hats. Behind them is a modernist building, with trees either side. One of the women is holding a bright blue plaque.
10 Sept 2025

Bernat Klein Studio Coalition takes ownership

A coalition of leading Scottish heritage and design organisations have taken the keys to Peter Womersley’s masterpiece, opening a new chapter for Scottish modernist heritage.

A group of 16 people stand in front of a stone structure with a turf roof. Behind them is the calm water of Village Bay, St Kilda.
5 Sept 2025

From the edge of the world 2025 – part 3

We take a look at a ‘day in the life’ of people living on St Kilda on the 95th anniversary of the evacuation.

A woman leans over a flapper skate with a measuring tape
22 Aug 2025

Research helps secure status of flapper skate habitats

The coastal region around Fair Isle has been awarded Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRAs) status following marine research surveys supported by the Trust.

A view of a craggy mountain, with plant cover at the lower edges.

Looking for love in Ben Lomond

We’re playing matchmaker in a bid to help save a population of relict downy willow trees on one of Scotland’s most popular Munros.