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Scottish cuckoos successfully make it to Africa for the winter
Two cuckoos tagged in Scotland earlier this year have successfully made it to tropical Africa where they will spend the winter months. Since 2011, BTO has fitted more than 120 individual cuckoos with state-of-the-art satellite tags to unravel the mysteries of their migrations and help their conservation. Henry and George 2 were tagged at Dundonnell…
Read MoreSuccession star Brian Cox backs calls for Scotland to become first ‘rewilding nation’
Scottish actor Brian Cox has backed calls for Scotland to be declared the first ‘Rewilding Nation’ in the world. The Succession star is urging people to support the Scottish Rewilding Alliance’s Rewilding Nation Charter, which calls on the Scottish Government to commit to nature recovery across 30% of the country’s land and seas. In a…
Read MoreNew European style Café-Bar & Brasserie and cocktail lounge opens in Edinburgh
Liberté Café-Bar & Brasserie and Bar 1819, the new culinary venue located at Apex Waterloo Place Hotel in the heart of Edinburgh’s new town, is now open. A launch celebration saw Edinburgh’s movers and shakers including industry icons like Tony Singh, and Honorary Consulate of Belgium Yves Lemarchand among others arrive in droves to be…
Read MoreTributes Paid to Scottish Hotelier Ken McCulloch
Doyen of Scottish hospitality, Ken McCulloch has died in Glasgow, aged 76. Born in Glasgow in 1948, Ken McCulloch went on to become one of Scotland’s most successful and innovative hoteliers. He began his career with British Transport Hotels as a young Commis Chef, working in the kitchens at The Malmaison restaurant in Glasgow’s Central…
Read MoreLife With St Andrew Botanic Gardens: ‘The answers to society’s biggest challenges all involve a different relationship with plants’
Harry Watkins, director of St Andrew Botanic Gardens, on growing up with gardeners as a child, experimenting with new ideas and how what we thought we knew about nature is being challenged. I’ve always enjoyed being outdoors, my mum is a great gardener, and her passion has been a massive influence on how I…
Read MoreLife With Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home: ‘You can try not to get attached to the dogs, but it’s inevitable’
Rachel Halliday a kennel assistant at Edinburgh Dog and Cat home talks to us about her love of animals, the joy of seeing dogs being rehomed and how emotionally demanding the job can be. I have always loved animals of all shapes and sizes. Some of my earliest memories are of my grandparent’s dogs…
Read MoreLife With Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: ‘Climate change means we’re working against the clock to conserve plants’
Professor Olwen Grace talks to us about working with specimens collected by Charles Darwin and how she choose the one millionth specimen in the Herbarium to be digitalised. I was raised in quite a rural setting in South Africa and spent my childhood immersed in nature, exploring on horseback and learning about the plants…
Read MoreLife With Dumfries House: ‘King Charles wills you to do your very best, I have never had a boss with so much passion’
Head of horticulture for The King’s Foundation, Melissa Simpson, talks to Scottish Field about her love of gardening as a child, her work overseeing the gardens at Dumfries House and Highgrove and what makes King Charles such a special boss As the daughter of a father who served in the forces, I grew up…
Read MoreFeat of survival: Borders skipper Leven Brown and crew survive shipwreck on Northwest Passage expedition
Leven Brown has accomplished a lot. A Guinness World record-holding ocean rower, in 2005 he became the first man ever to row solo and unsupported from Spain to the West Indies. Since that first incredible feat, Leven has rowed thousands of nautical miles, including the Trade Winds route several times, the North Atlantic from New…
Read MoreBaroque fiddle thought to have been played by Robert Burns to be played at special concerts
An 18th Century baroque fiddle thought to have been played by Robert Burns is to be used again for two special concerts. The Gregg fiddle was owned by the poet’s dance teacher 250 years ago and will be played at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow and Carnegie Hall in New York next year. The ancient,…
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