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A white gannet comes in to land. Its wings are arched and its black webbed feet are stretched out in front.

St Abb’s Head through the seasons: summer

Enjoy a stunning gallery of summer wildlife, captured by award-winning nature photographer Laurie Campbell, at St Abb’s Head National Nature Reserve.

13 Apr 2020

In the vegetable garden at Brodie Castle

Head Gardener Ed Walling plants brassicas in the vegetable garden.

A man holds out a hanging basket in front of him. It is planted with purple and yellow flowers.

How to make a spring hanging basket

Plant up a hanging basket with colourful bedding plants this spring.

10 Apr 2020

A Helensburgh spring – Margaret Fay Shaw’s diary of 1920/21

An American student in Scotland – Margaret Fay Shaw’s reflections on a year at school in Helensburgh in the 1920s: Part 1

A close-up of purple thrift flowers growing in a grassy field. Clusters of little flowers form a ball at the top of a long thin stalk.
10 Apr 2020

Blooming gorgeous: thrift

Nothing is more beautiful than a pink carpet of thrift framing a coastal headland on a spring day.

A heron sits in a pine tree.

Spotter's guide: Birds

The Trust protects the habitats of more than a million seabirds, as well as birds that nest in our woodlands, gardens and hills.

A black and white photograph of a rough sea, with waves crashing against the rocks on the shore.
9 Apr 2020

Morton Schools Project – Literacy (ages 11–14)

In light of the recent temporary closure of schools in the UK, the Morton Photography Project Team have created some resources and activities based on photographs from our historical collections.

A grainy black and white photograph of a collie dog standing in a field, looking as if it is howling at the sky. Croft houses can be seen in the background.
9 Apr 2020

Morton Schools Project – Literacy (ages 8–11)

In light of the recent temporary closure of schools in the UK, the Morton Photography Project Team have created some resources and activities based on photographs from our historical collections.