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Motorhome Touring Tips
Here’s some top tips from the Camping and Caravanning Club to ensure your trip is both enjoyable and responsible, especially if you’re just starting out. Be ready for the road First ensure you have the correct entitlement to drive your motorhome – check...
Stay for another night…?
stays. Stay the Night will run from Friday 1 April until 31 October 2022, full details including a list and location map of all the sites will be available online in the next few weeks. The participating sites will be spread across Scotland....
Huge effort to save larch
plans by dealing with the disease in a reactive way. Graeme Prest, FLS Director of Land Management and Regions, said; “Like all other land managers in Scotland, we have been playing our part in working to control this disease. “With no known cure and...
UKs biggest orienteering event returns to North East
Elizabeth Furness (Moravian Orienteers), said; “Our 6-Day events are very accessible and family-friendly and people of all skill levels and ages are welcome to take part. As well as the elite athletes from around Europe, we’ve got age classes from under...
Scottish Crossbill (Loxia scotica)
Three crossbill species live in our forests but only one is truly Scottish. It lives here all year round and, amazingly, scientists even say it may have a Scottish accent... The Gaelic name for a crossbill is cam ghob (literally 'squinty beaked') and...
Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day 2020
by a ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ six months as a Recreation Engineer in the national team before discovering that 'west really is best' when I was welcomed into the amazing West Region team as Area Civil Engineer in 2019." Kim, Environmental and...
Forestry and Land Scotland begins to open forests to visitors in the north and west
it is also advising that many forests will remain closed as more high winds over the next few days increase the risk of more falling trees in vulnerable, storm battered forests. Simon Hodgson, FLS Chief Executive, said: “It is a mammoth task but we are...
Foresters angry that fire safety falling on deaf ears
later kicked over. Robin Lofthouse, FLS Area Visitor Services Manager in Tayside, said; “It’s unbelievable that in spite of all the issues that Scotland has had in the past three weeks with fire, there are still some people who would do this. “And it is...
Achnabreac Short Story Competition: The Winner
100 entries submitted by budding writers aged 10 and over from across Scotland, it has taken us a while to read and judge all the fantastic stories submitted, but finally, this week, we can announce a winner. Tales to astonish... Before we introduce the...
Women's Timber Corps
uniform. In Scotland, girls and women were recruited from the age of 17. However, some were as young as 14. They came from all kinds of backgrounds and all walks of life. Those who needed training were sent to camps such as Shandford Lodge, near...
Time to incubate
It has been a very busy week on the main osprey nest in the Tweed Valley. The resident pair, Mrs O and SS have settled down together for the season. After laying an egg on Easter Sunday , Mrs O then went on to lay two more over the next few days. Egg...
Awesome autumn leaves: colour chemistry explained
Conkers litter the paths, pumpkin-spiced everything returns, and you can step back into your favourite pair of boots. But we all know the best bit is when the leaves give the colourful spring flowers a run for their money. We all love the season's...
Outdoor archaeological learning
We encourage people of all ages to be inspired by Scotland’s rich cultural heritage, and by the historic environment all around us. Exploring evidence from our shared past can help us understand the world we live in. We've published a collection of...
Slavery and human trafficking statement
Introduction Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 makes it a legal requirement for all commercial organisations with a turnover of £36 million or more to produce an annual Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement. Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS)...
Top 5 Winter Walks
wintry day is both calming and inspiring. Here’s our top 5 forest walks for when the temperature plummets and snow starts to fall… Lochan Uaine and Ryvoan, Cairngorms The turquoise waters of the Green Lochan never fail to inspire, and all the more so...
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
might be spotted in any woodland across Scotland but most likely in the conifer forests of the Highlands and Dumfries and Galloway. When: all year round. Size: smaller and daintier than grey squirrels with pronounced ear tufts. Red squirrels’ bodies are...
Growing tall: trees being grown six times faster in vertical farm saving water and time
faster in a vertical farm compared to traditional outdoor sowing, in the first UK trials of their kind. Growing 40-50cm tall in just 90 days – something that in a field would take up to 18 months - the tree trials could potentially transform the...
Arran bridge work keeps school project on track
Scotland’s (FLS) South Region team has helped keep the wheels on Arran High School Mountain Bike Club’s plans to develop an all-weather skills trail facility at Dyemill Forest, Lamlash. Following a successful asset transfer request to FLS the Club...
7stanes - mountain biking heaven
of Ae Glentress, near Peebles This incredibly popular mountain biking heaven is just an hour outside Edinburgh. It has challenging trails for the experts, as well as easy routes for beginners. Glentress Glentrool, in Galloway The trails here offer fun...
The unsung heroes of Scotland’s forests: tree stumps, creepy crawlies and more
and conservation are discussed. Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), which manages 640,000 hectares of Scotland’s forests, is calling for more attention and praise for the unsung heroes of the forest floor. Colin Edwards, FLS Environment Manager, said:...