Multi-purpose woodland
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Elderslie Estates is located near Houston in Renfrewshire on the West coast of Scotland. The estate is made up of 400 hectares of woodland on 1,600 hectares of land, with three tiers of commercial...
Biodiversity in the Angus Glens
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Glenogil Estate is situated within the beautiful highlands of Angus, positioned between Glen Clova and Glen Lethnot, and has been visited for the past three years by German scientists examining...
Red Kite Feeding Station
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Bellymack Hill Farm
Bellymack Hill Farm and its Red Kite Feeding Station, owned by Anne Johnstone, has had a fantastic impact on the local community.
The Red Kites are fed every day at 2:00pm and...
Increasing the pollinator population with The Scottish Bee Company
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The Scottish Bee Company is a business with a purpose. By marketing premium bee products internationally, online and in luxury Scottish retailers, it supports a programme of reinvestment in Scotland's...
Glen Tanar - a destination for all
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Glen Tanar Estate
At the eastern edge of the Cairngorms National Park sits Glen Tanar. The estate spans 25,000 acres of mostly high ground with 11,000 acres of heather moorland, 10,000 acres of...
Muir of Dinnet NNR
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Dinnet Estate
The Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve (NNR), centred around the Burn O'Vat visitor centre, is owned by Dinnet and Kinord Estates and managed by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).
Th...
Saving the Corn Bunting
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East Neuk Estates
The corn bunting was once widespread but large declines led to extinction in Ireland, an end to regular breeding in Wales and made the corn bunting one of the fastest declining...
Peatland Restoration in Aberdeenshire
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Edinglassie estate
Edinglassie estate is located to the west of Huntly in rural Aberdeenshire. The 4,600 acres, owned by the Hay family, are managed as a traditional mixed use upland estate. Around 1...
Scottish Wildcat Conservation in Glenlivet
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Glenlivet Estate
Lying at the northern edge of the Cairngorms, the majority of the Glenlivet Estate falls within the Cairngorms National Park. Covering over 58,000 acres, it comprises over 30 let...
Gilmerton House
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Gilmerton House
Gilmerton House, a Grade A listed Georgian mansion conveniently located 30 minutes from Edinburgh city centre and 40 minutes from Edinburgh airport, has been home to the Kinloch...
Saving the Field Gentian
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Rosebery Estates
Field gentian is a lovely plant. Its stunning bluish-purple flowers brighten coastal grassland, pastures and sand dunes in summer, visited by bumblebees and butterflies in search of...
Protecting the Capercaillie in Glen Tanar
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Glen Tanar Estate
Glen Tanar estate in Royal Deeside is managed by owners Michael and Claire Bruce, alongside a team of skilled staff, combining modern management techniques with traditional...