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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
Sensing Landscape: Prints and Drawings
Rachel Mimiec, our National Scenic Areas Artist in Residence, provides a January update from the dramatic landscape of Glencoe and Ben Nevis. I am back in residence in the Ben Nevis/Glencoe National Scenic Area for another few weeks, following up … Continue reading
Posted in Nature in art, Rachel Mimiec - NSA Artist in Residence
Tagged Artist in Residence, Ben Nevis, Glencoe
Derek Robertson
Throughout Year of Natural Scotland we have been fortunate to have the noted artist Derek Robertson working as our ‘Artist in Residence’ at Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve. Here he reflects on a remarkable year. As the year comes to a … Continue reading
Posted in National Nature Reserves, Nature in art
Sensing Landscape: Ridge, Route, Trail and Path
Rachel Mimiec, our National Scenic Areas Artist in Residence, reports from the dramatic landscape of Glencoe and Ben Nevis. As well as walking with groups over the past few weeks I have also been out for walks with individuals who … Continue reading
