@highlandsrewilding.bsky.social
Nature recovery and community prosperity through rewilding, taken to scale. Sharing news of rewilding hope, action, progress and investment in scaling nature-based solutions. www.highlandsrewilding.co.uk #rewilding #naturerecovery #community
Highlands Rewilding's Development and Policy Director @hannahrudman.bsky.social
will be joining a closed roundtable at the Blue Earth Summit, hosted by @rewildingbritain.org.uk Britain, to discuss rewilding as a frontier investment opportunity.
#BE100 #BlueEarthSummit #naturerecovery #naturalcapital
Are you headed to the Blue Earth Summit? Reach out to our team @jeremyleggett.bsky.social @hannahrudman.bsky.social and Tony Crawte, and join us for a coffee, see us on stage, or visit our stand.
09.10.2025 11:17 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Get in touch if you would like to learn more about our model for profitable nature recovery and community prosperity.
Thanks to @blueearthsummit.bsky.social and its network of investors and partners for this recognition.
We are proud to share that we have been selected as a BE100 company for 2025, joining pioneering companies that are redefining what better business looks like, and transforming the way the world works. 🌍
#BE100 #BlueEarthSummit #Sustainability
Listen to Rowan Maclean, ranger and Ewan Paterson, estate manager – people shaping a future on this land, where nature and society can thrive together.
Rewilding is about nature. People are nature too.
#Rewilding. #Repeopleing.
A standing stone at Tayvallich has watched over this land for thousands of years.
It reminds us that people and this place are inseparable.
Rewilding is not just about restoring nature, it’s about jobs, homes, and communities.
For those of you who have been following our Glen Earrach Pumping station post, this blog provides the details to our objections to the scheme with links to additional information and resources.
www.highlandsrewilding.co.uk/blog/highlan...
#lochness #renewableenergy #glenearrach
Read the article in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
06.10.2025 12:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Loch Ness hydropower project ‘gives renewable energy a bad name’
We have raised serious concerns about the impact of Loch Ness becoming artificially tidal. Watch our short video from Co-chief Scientist Dr Penelope Whitehorn, which goes into more detail. #lochness #renewableenergy #glenearrach
We believe that the Glen Earrach hydro development’s inadequate surveys have failed to capture the true and potentially devastating ecological impact to one of Scotland’s most iconic habitats.
@jeremyleggett.bsky.social @invernesscourier.co.uk
Highlands Rewilding have recently formally objected to the #Glenearrach hydro scheme. Along with 4 other consented schemes, this makes #lochness effectively tidal with regular fluctuations of over half a metre, & could cause significant biodiversity loss.
www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/rewildi...
Yesterday we joined over 100 campaigners and members of @the Scottish rewilding alliance outside Holyrood to send a clear message to the @Scottish Government: stop stalling, start rewilding.
📷 Olivia Navarrete
The objection highlights under-sampling in the developer’s surveys, evidence from eDNA of wider invertebrate communities, and potential impacts on blanket bog, ancient woodland and Loch nam Breac Dearga. Click here to find out more: static1.squarespace.com/static/621f9...
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Highlands Rewilding has lodged a formal objection to the proposed Glen Earrach pumped-storage hydro scheme at Loch Ness. The filing warns the project could render the loch effectively “quasi-tidal”, with regular water-level swings and associated risks to biodiversity and protected habitats.
02.10.2025 11:01 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Can sheep help our trees grow? 🐑🌱
Ranger Daniel Holm tried a simple idea: wrapping saplings with locally sourced sheep fleece to deter deer. Co-chief scientist Penelope Whitehorn has launched a follow-up experiment: spraying saplings with lanolin, the natural wax found in wool. #NatureBasedSolutions
This is a unique chance to be part of a powerful collective effort, helping us advance Highlands Rewilding’s mission while joining a community of investors who care as deeply as we do about the future of our planet.
Find out more in our blog:
www.highlandsrewilding.co.uk/blog/green-a...
Exciting update!
Were you one of the many people disappointed not to be able to invest under £50K during this new round of fundraising? Well, we’ve listened to you, and this week we are delighted to share that we are collaborating with Green Angel Ventures, to enable investments from as low as £5K.
Beautiful animals, difficult choices.
At Tayvallich Estate (as in Bunloit), many trees show signs of deer damage. Bark stripped, saplings grazed.
Without predators, deer populations have grown far beyond balance.
Listen to Estate Manager Ewan Paterson’s view on these animals.
#woodland
High above Loch Ness - a wonderful place for Mindfulness in Nature.
Join us at Bunloit for these events on Sunday 28th Sep and Friday 24th October.
Booking is required. Contact stephen@n4h.co.uk or on 07917 676786
#mindfulness #naturetherapy #rewilding #nature
Dung Lab
We now test dung for parasites in-farm. With training from Pasture for Life and using simple lab equipment, Farm Manager Erik Riddell now medicates animals only when needed.
Reducing chemical use on sheep and cattle, for healthier livestock, soils and invertebrates, at lower costs
#regenag
Huge thanks to entomologist, Neil Ravenscroft and all our eager attendees, some of whom were keen to get home to see if they could spot these rare webs in their own gardens and around!
@naturescot.bsky.social #marshfritillary #butterflycount #butterfly
The Marsh Fritillary Butterfly is threatened in the UK and across Europe.
But we still find them on Tayvallich estate – as the group of attendees on our Marsh Fritillary Web Count confirmed last Saturday, when they found 40 webs, spun by larvae.
A recent Wildlife Walk with the Farm Advisory Service showed how GPS-collared cattle, native woodland, and careful grazing management are shaping a landscape where nature and farming thrive together.
Speakers from SAC Consulting’s local offices and Erik Riddell, Farm Manager at Tayvallich. #regenag
Whoops. We got this one wrong.
Our headline: “Pine martens eat squirrels – but not red ones – though they’d like to”, was… not true. Pine martens are not picky diners, and yes, they will occasionally snack on red squirrels. Sorry, reds.
We at the media team should have checked with out experts.
Imagine the future of Tayvallich
For centuries this land has been deforested. But just across the water lies Taynish National Nature Reserve – a living reminder of what once was, and what can return.
Woodland coming back,
Wildlife thriving
Carbon stored,
Communities supported
#Scotlandsrainforest
Pine martens eat squirrels – but not red ones. We want to share this fact, (and this film) again for #nationalpinemartenday. So why are #pinemartens not a threat to our native red squirrels? Find out more in this film narrated by ranger Louise McLaren. #redsquirrels #rewilding #nature
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Three volunteer groups are now surveying our old ruins this weekend - which the Barrahormid Trust hopes to restore as future homes. The data will help us understand which #bat species are roosting there.
28.08.2025 17:42 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🦇 How to detect and survey bats
Last week we hosted a brilliant bat training evening at Tayvallich led by Ross Preston and Jani from Rowan Ecology. Over 20 locals learned to use thermal cameras, audio sensors and specialist equipment to spot bats emerging at dusk.
#BatSurvey
What a brilliant day at the Glenurquhart Highland Games last weekend. Fantastic to see so many stop by to learn more about #rewilding at Bunloit. The 'Whose Poo?' game was particularly popular with adults and children alike!
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