Woodlands

Northern Lights over Suilven

Thousands of acres of new native woods for Highlands community estate

Residents at Woodlands care home and Clare Bathgate

Dandara brings stories and smiles to Woodlands care home

Atlantic oak woodland at the Glenborrodale RSPB Nature Reserve on Scotland's west coast. Picture: Colin Wilkinson/RSPB

Scotland included in £40m project to connect UK coast rainforest

Proposed 'Deer Management Nature Restoration Orders' could see the government force landowners to carry out deer culls (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Deer to be culled on Scottish Highland estate

The Riverwoods Blueprint Project, led by the Scottish Wildlife Trust, has launched a £200,000 grant to kickstart a pipeline of new river woodland creation and restoration activities across Scotland.

The Scotland river woodlands to be created using new £200k funding pot

A picturesque 130-acre mixed woodland close to the popular west coast village of Plockton has come to the market.

Woodland stretching 130 acres in 'Jewel of the Highlands' up for sale

Participants in Acorn Trails' race through the Castlemilk Woodlands were purposefully misdirected off the set route

Marshal imposter sent 10k runners wrong way in 'bizarre' incident

A European Lynx in birch wood in Norway during winter. Taken in controlled conditions in March 2009. PIC: Mark Hamblin/scotlandbigpicture.com

Public support grows for lynx reintroduction to Scotland

Aircraft part found in the Angus Glens 80 years after it was scattered in a plane crash is to go on display

Part of Second World War aircraft lost for 80 years to go on display

Get well & see the future? Here's how at 'stunning' Scottish retreat

Mar Lodge's most northerly 'granny pine' has succumbed to bad weather in the last three weeks or so

One of Scotland's oldest pine trees dies in solitary spot on hillside

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Rewilding has been backed by a number of celebrities.

Pandemic star latest to call for Scotland to become 'rewilding nation'

A forest dubbed 'the Rolls Royce of Scottish forestry' has come on the market

'Rolls Royce' of Scotland's forests goes on sale for £19.5 million

A view of Warblaw Hill from the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve in Dumfries and Galloway

Anger at new forest plan as town 'disappears under carpet of Sitka'

King Charles III unveils the Flow Country World Heritage Site plaque

Best pictures of the Flow Country as King Charles visits

Cashel estate near Loch Lomond is up for sale, but there are reports of concern it could fall into hands of people who take no interest in woodland restoration work

Demands to halt £4m sale of '1,000-year-old' Loch Lomond forest

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Deer numbers have been cut by more than half in a scenic area of the Highlands after a joint effort between land managers and groups working together to manage the population

Why Scotland deer numbers have plummeted by half in Highlands location

Flames ripped through 11 square kilometres of land, according to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Wildfire site that devastated RSPB nature reserve sees recovery signs

Stay in quirky BnB made out of a wombat’s burrow for free - how to enter competition

Fancy a night in a wombat’s burrow?

Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in beech woods at dawn, Sussex, England

7 of the best places to see bluebells in the UK

Wild Isles filming locations: BBC confirm wildlife spots seen in David Attenborough’s new series - episode 2

BBC filming locations for episode 2 of Attenborough Wild Isles

SeaBeds Luxury Lookout with Hot Tubs exterior

Travel: SeaBeds Luxury Lookouts with Hot Tubs at Woodlands Glencoe

Here’s 10 spring blooms that could be toxic to your pets

10 toxic spring flowers pet owners should avoid

Red Squirrel Appreciation Day 2023: Do they still exist in the UK and where can I see them?

Red Squirrel Appreciation Day: Where in UK to see the native species

Woodlands, Longforgan, Angus.

Beautifully refurbished 7-bedroom country house in a peaceful rural location, wi...

The UK has lost 481,000 hectares of tree cover between 2001 to 2020 (Picture: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

Worried about the rainforest? Woodlands much closer to home are being trashed

This eye-catching image, taken by Ben Catchpole from Norwich, was picked as the winner in a photographic competition run by NatureScot to celebrate Beinn Eighe's 70th anniversary as a national nature reserve

Rainforests in Beinn Eighe nature reserve will be left to regenerate naturally

Scottish Woodlands site in Dumfries & Galloway.

Scottish Woodlands: profits and headcount on the rise despite dip in turnover

Dobbies is expected to boost revenues by Â£25m with five sites bought from Wyevale. Picture: Scott Louden

Dobbies acquires five garden centres in Â£25m boost

Pine forest on Sutherland Estate. Picture: Contributed

Final chance for Scotland's wonderful woods and fine forests

Sightings of the speckled wood butterfly across Scotland are on the rise, bucking the national trend. Picture: PA

People on woodland walks urged to chart butterfly numbers

Scottish Woodlands: £10m turnover increase. Picture: Jon Savage

Scottish Woodlands profit hike as sales pass £73m

Picture: Police Scotland

Glasgow tenement masonry collapses onto street

Glasgow Sheriff Court. Picture: TSPL

Man due in court over Glasgow city centre rape

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‘Apprentice’ event is thirst class for pupils

Walk of the week: Quarrymill Woodland, Perth

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Outdoors: Trees are the stars of the show in a film festival for nature lovers

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Woodlands' grant boost

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Pupils told to stay at home

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Pupils enjoy extra day off
ICY conditions gave hundreds of pupils an extra day's holiday today as schools stayed closed and some areas were said to be missing out on their bin collection ...

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