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Category Archives: Nature in art
Cluaidh – Ùrachadh na h-Aibhne / Clyde – A River Recovery
The Clyde is a living, lively place for people and nature. Let’s celebrate the nature and culture of one of Scotland’s most famous rivers, the river Clyde. Let’s look back at the unique performance as part of the Royal National … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, Nature in art, Uncategorized
Tagged creative arts, Gaelic, music, nature, river clyde
A bheil thu deiseil airson Maoin Dualchais Nàdarra is Chultarail? /Are you ready for the Natural Cultural Heritage Fund?
Tha maoin ùr luach £5 millean air fàire a chumas taic ri daoine is buidhnean is an cuid bheachdan airson seallaidhean, fiadh-bheatha is cultar na Gàidhealtachd is nan Eilean a bhrosnachadh. Bidh Maoin Dualchais Nàdarra is Chultarail fosgailte nas fhaide … Continue reading
Posted in Access, Community engagement, History, National Walking and Cycling Network, Natural Capital, Natural Health Service, Nature and technology, Nature in art, Planning, Projects, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea life, SNH, Trail, Uncategorized, Visitor centre, Volunteering, website
Tagged culture, ERDF, funding, grants, heritage, Highlands, Natural Cultural Heritage Fund, nature, Scotland, SNH, sustatinability, tourism, Wildlife
Butterflies of the night, beautifully captured.
Having a keen personal interest in macro photography, Caroline Anderson jumped at the chance to use her Volunteering Day to help reserve staff with a moth trap at Taynish National Nature Reserve. Caroline, a Unit Administrator based in our Lochgilphead … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll National Nature Reserves, art, biodiversity, citizen science, conservation, Insects, moth, Nature in art, photography, Staff profile, Taynish NNR, Uncategorized
Tagged Caroline Anderson, insects, moths, nature, NNR, photography, SNH, Taynish, Volunteering
Al Fresco art at Argyll’s National Nature Reserves
Taynish and Moine Mhor National Nature Reserves are the inspirational settings this summer for several exciting art projects. Artist in residence at Taynish NNR We are delighted to announce that award-winning artist Jane Smith has been appointed as Artist in … Continue reading
Islands at the edge of the world: exploring St Kilda’s sea caves
The World Heritage Site, St Kilda, lies 41 miles west of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides and is the most remote part of the British Isles. With life on the islands becoming increasingly challenging, the archipelago’s last 36 human residents … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Geology, Glasdrum NNR, Marine, Marine Protected Areas, MPA, MPAs, National Nature Reserves, Nature in art, photography, sea life
Tagged biodiversity, marine, marine life, marine survey, MPAs, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea life, seals, Site Condition Monitoring, SNH, St Kilda
Words and outdoor worlds: nature writing at Moniack Mhor
Linda Cracknell is a writer of fiction and non-fiction with strong links to nature and landscape. Here she whets our senses with words for outdoor places. Get someone to close their eyes and bury their hands and nose in a pile of last autumn’s … Continue reading
Posted in Nature in art
Tagged Linda Cracknell, nature writing, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Sir John Lister-Kaye, SNH, Valerie Gillies, writing
Tentsmuir NNR – an inspiration for artists and scientists
Today we hear from Tom Cunningham, our Reserve Manager at Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve. Having worked at Tentsmuir for 17 years, few people know the reserve as well as Tom. Here he updates us on the work of the reserve’s 2013 Artist … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, National Nature Reserves, Nature in art, Projects, Protected Areas, Uncategorized
Tagged Artist in Residence, birds, Coast, Derek Robertson, eider ducks, gannet, National Nature Reserve, nature, NNR, scoters, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea eagles, SNH, Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve, Wildlife
Beautiful Scotland – a bird’s eye view
Regular readers of our blog might have noticed a recurring theme of nature and technology. So, when we saw freelance filmmaker John Duncan’s short film, Beautiful Scotland, a stunning product of this relationship, we asked John to say a few … Continue reading
Posted in National Nature Reserves, Nature and technology, Nature in art, photography, Protected Areas, Uncategorized
Tagged aerial video, Beautiful Scotland, Ben Nevis, Coast, drones, Glencoe, GoPro, images, John Duncan, National Nature Reserve, National Scenic Areas, nature and technology, photography, Quadcopter, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
Sensing Landscapes: Journeys Through Ben Nevis and Glen Coe.
Rachel Mimiec, our National Scenic Areas Artist in Residence, provides a final post from Glencoe. My residency culminated at Glencoe Village Hall at the end of June. I invited everybody who had engaged with me as part of the residency … Continue reading
