Posts Tagged ‘wildlife’
An attractive period home with a modern extension
An outstanding village house offering fantastic period accommodation with a delightful garden is now on the market. Presented by Galbraith, Castlebank House is a superb family house standing in a central position in the sought after village of Ceres. With a charming stone facade under a slate roof, with modern extension to the rear, Castlebank…
Read MoreVolunteers wanted for Big Garden Birdwatch
This weekend (25-27 January), RSPB Scotland is celebrating over four decades of Big Garden Birdwatch, and asking people to join in with the citizen science project by dedicating just one hour of their time. Last year over 32,000 people took part across Scotland, and house sparrows took the top spot for the 8th year running,…
Read MoreThe Royal Scottish: creating memories that last a lifetime
When Keith and Denice Pulner started their own businesses at a young age, they never imagined Keith’s business, Manor Kingdom winning Scotland and the UK’s best luxury house building company or Denice’s home grown business in Argyll, which started with just £35, growing to be worth £1m, allowing them to sell their respective ventures to…
Read MoreSnowdrop Festival blossoms around Scotland for 2020
Winter will soon give way to spring and snowdrops will bloom across Scotland, carpeting the country with this popular flowering plant. From 25 January to 11 March, 35 of Scotland’s finest gardens, woodlands, and estates will open their doors for the 14th year of this beloved festival. Properties including the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; Attadale…
Read MoreSee Scotland by sea in virtual reality ‘bucket list’ videos
Visitors to Europe’s largest boat show are being encouraged to discover Scotland by boat. Sail Scotland has unveiled a series of 360 degree virtual reality videos this week. The marketing body for Scottish marine tourism launched the videos, giving the 250,000 visitors to the Dusseldorf Boat Show the opportunity for an immersive, on the water…
Read MorePolice to train specialists in wildlife crime
New police training to detect and investigate instances of wildlife crime has been welcomed by Scottish Land & Estates. Cabinet Secretary Roseanna Cunningham MSP has announced that Police Scotland has today (Monday 20 January) launched a new wildlife crime investigators course to enhance capability in this complex area of local policing. It comes after a…
Read MoreScots wildlife park is made available for sale
An established wildlife park nestled in the picturesque Perthshire hills is now for sale. Presented for sale by Galbraith, Auchingarrich Wildlife Park has been privately run by the Scott family for over 10 years who have made many improvements under their ownership to create a wildlife park of the highest standard. It benefits from year-round…
Read MoreBed and breakfast business on the property market
An attractive property with seven holiday cottages is now for sale. Presented by Galbraith, Killean Farmhouse in Inverary is a delightful traditional seven bedroom farmhouse enjoys a superb, elevated position with far reaching views across open countryside. The B listed farmhouse, parts of which are said to date from the late 1700s, is surrounded by…
Read MoreScotland’s bottlenose dolphins – the party animals
Nature photographer Charlie Phillips’ book captures Scotland’s bottlenose dolphins at work, rest and play. Charlie is making a big splash with On a Rising Tide, a striking photographic record of Scotland’s most northerly bottlenose dolphins. It’s nothing less than you’d expect from a man who has dedicated much of his life to studying the creatures.…
Read MoreThe drooping saxifrage – a flower of Scotland
Saxifraga cernua, more colloquially known as the ‘drooping saxifrage’ is a common alpine plant across the Arctic. They are found all over the high northern hemisphere, from the year-round Siberian permafrost, to the basaltic northern climes of Iceland – and every icy plain in between. This flower is my all-time favourite. Striking white petals against…
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