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Life With Isle of Harris Distillery: ‘The Hearach is special, it has done so much for the island’

Isle of Harris distiller Thomas Macrae talks to us about his earliest memories of whisky and why The Hearach is so special to islanders. And...
Dr Max Coleman and Emma Beckinsale (RBGE), plant one of the two new wych elm saplings. This sapling was recovered from the site of the Beauly Wych Elm after the tree fell early last year and is thought to have come from the ancient tree.

The Beauly Elm: New life at the site of ‘Europe’s oldest’ wych elm

For more than 800 years it stood in the Highland village of Beauly until last year when it succumbed to Dutch elm disease and fell...
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Life With a skipper: ‘I’ll never tire of the stunning surroundings we are blessed with’

Ewan McCuish, Master on MV Coruisk, talks to us about life on the water, Scotland's beauty, and how he fell in love with the sea. ...
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Life With NatureScot: ‘The only way we are going to counter climate change is by working together’

Operations Officers Jane Dodd on the marine life around Arygll, her work with the flapper skates and the impact of climate change on our seas....
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Faces of Edinburgh: We find out what people love about the Scottish capital

‘This is a city of shifting light, of changing skies, of sudden vistas. A city so beautiful it breaks the heart again and again,’ Alexander...
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Life With a horologist: ‘In watchmaking you can’t cut corners or learn things overnight, it takes time’

Laings watchmaker Annika Leppala on following in her grandfather's footsteps as a horologist, learning the art of patience in a world full of immediacy and...

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Osprey chicks fledge the nest

Two osprey chicks born at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve have fledged the nest. Young female osprey PF4 took to the skies for her...
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World’s first pedal cycle invented by Scottish blacksmith to be recreated

The world’s first pedal cycle invented by Scottish blacksmith Kirkpatrick Macmillan will be recreated - nearly two centuries after it was ridden around Scotland. Scottish...
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National Trust for Scotland takes Treshnish Isles under its care

The National Trust for Scotland has announced the Treshnish Isles off Scotland's west coast is now under its protection. Eight small uninhabited islands make up...
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World’s oldest floral clock in Edinburgh is completed

This year's design on the world's oldest floral clock has been completed - with more than 50,000 flowers and plants. For 2023, the hugely popular...

Number of critically-endangered capercaillie increases

Numbers of critically-endangered capercaillie have increased for the first time in eight years. The birds are on the verge of extinction in Scotland with numbers...

Author Michael Pedersen appointed as University of Edinburgh Writer in Residence

Award-winning poet and author Michael Pedersen has been appointed as the newest Writer in Residence at the University of Edinburgh. The Edinburgh-born author joins a...