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A wide stony path leads to the summit of Ben Lomond across a sharp-looking ridge. Loch Lomond lies on the left, way below!
5 Sept 2025

Why we love Ben Lomond

Enjoy this short film that celebrates one of Scotland’s most-loved mountains.

Three dragonflies made from twigs and sycamore seeds on a sheet of white paper surrounded by leaves and a dragonfly identifying booklet.

Autumn family craft: sycamore seed dragonflies

Head out on a scavenger hunt in a woodland or park to collect sycamore seeds. Once you’re back home, you can create some colourful dragonflies.

A swan gracefully gliding across a pond, its reflection mirrored in the water.
30 Aug 2025

The Swan Pond walk at Culzean

Our Social Media Apprentice has created a vlog of the walk around the Swan Pond at Culzean, one of the featured walks in our Walk 25 campaign.

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 green wooden-panelled wildlife hide stands at the end of a path, on a rainy day. A loch may lie behind it! A graphic of a heron is beside the door.
14 Aug 2025

From sea to sky: showcasing Inverewe’s biodiversity

Our restored wildlife hide highlights the significance of how Inverewe Garden was created from wild land.

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.

Guillemots crowd on a cliff ledge at St Abb's Head
1 Aug 2025

Trust disappointed at Berwick Bank decision

We are concerned about the impact that the Berwick Bank windfarm will have on seabird colonies at St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve.

A man on a hillside uses a huge net to try and survey butterflies
31 Jul 2025

Scarce butterflies surveyed by returning ranger

Perthshire native Angus Todd has been on the hunt for an elusive butterfly species at some of the region’s most picturesque spots.

Two people stand on a boat, with one about to launch a drone.
30 Jul 2025

A bird’s-eye view of the gannet colony at St Kilda

The first drone census at St Kilda has revealed the islands are now home to the world’s largest gannet colony.