Tag Archives: geology

Can’t see the rocks for the view – inspired by the Hugh Miller Writing Competition

Posted on May 6, 2020 by NatureScot

We’re delighted to announce that SNH’s Stuart Graham has been given a Highly Commended Award in this year’s prestigious Hugh Miller Writing Competition. Here he shares the inspiration behind his work and the winning poem. In these uncertain times we … Continue reading →

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Scotland’s Geodiversity Charter: recognising and celebrating the influence that geology has on society

Posted on November 13, 2017 by NatureScot

Scotland has a tremendous ‘geodiversity’, the essential abiotic part of nature: rocks, landforms, sediments and soils, and the processes which form and alter them. Angus Miller, Chair of the Scottish Geodiversity Forum, tells us more. Scotland is widely, and quite … Continue reading →

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Sailing in the wake of Hugh Miller – Part 2

Posted on April 25, 2016 by NatureScot

Elizabeth Pickett, geologist and illustrator, continues the account of her trip around the Argyll islands on the Brixham sailing trawler, Leader, along with a crew of other geologists, artists, ecologists, musicians and storytellers. The second half of the cruise heads … Continue reading →

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Sailing in the wake of Hugh Miller

Posted on March 30, 2016 by NatureScot

In summer 2015 a group of geologists, artists, ecologists, musicians and storytellers, aged 18 to 70-plus, embarked on a voyage of geological discovery around the Argyll islands on Leader, a Brixham sailing trawler. Their journey followed on from one in … Continue reading →

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Natural bookshelf

Posted on October 20, 2015 by NatureScot

Scotland is well served by publishers, and in recent months there have been some interesting additions to the ranks of books dealing with natural history. In this column we look back on four newish titles. Set in Stone by Alan … Continue reading →

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Skye – the island that keeps on giving

Posted on January 23, 2015 by NatureScot

Not for the first time Skye has been the focus of a major find of Jurassic-period fossils. This time it is a new species of marine reptile that has excited palaeontologists; previously remains of one of the world’s oldest turtles … Continue reading →

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Hugh Miller

Posted on September 2, 2014 by NatureScot

Hugh Miller is not only Cromarty’s ‘most famous son’, he would be on many a list of ‘Great Scots’. Born in 1804 his name belongs in the ranks of the truly influential geologists and although he died when only 54 … Continue reading →

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