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13 Jan 2023

Homecoming for saved Burns manuscripts

12 original manuscripts feature in a new exhibition at Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway.

A view from high on a hillside looking down over the horseshoe-shaped Village Bay in St Kilda. The sea is blue and calm. A crescent of old stone houses can just be seen, a little way back from the shore.
9 Dec 2022

New ten-year plan for protecting St Kilda

We have created a new plan to help us care for St Kilda, focusing on the Trust’s wider strategic objectives of conservation, engagement and sustainability.

A view taken from almost ground level looking out across a wide river, which is almost completely frozen over. Large stones are at the edges in the foreground, with cracked patterns of ice linking them together.
30 Nov 2022

Behind the scenes of our winter season

From major visitor experience improvements to essential repair and maintenance work, this is a busy time for our teams as we prepare for the new year and the longer-term future.

A view of a section of coastline from above, showing a sandy beach with a very blue sea. Green cliffs gently rise to the left.
28 Nov 2022

What if a new National Park wasn’t only on land?

The Trust’s Director of Conservation and Policy believes the Scottish Government’s approach to new National Parks should look seawards as well as landwards. Here’s why.

A man sits on a green golf buggy-like vehicle in the driving seat. Behind him a group of people are working on test pits dug in a large field.
24 Nov 2022

Trust pays tribute to Culloden champion

We are very sorry to hear of the death of Professor Christopher Duffy, who tirelessly championed the protection of Culloden Battlefield. His contribution to the site and Jacobite studies will be sorely missed.

A very large fallen tree lies on the snowy ground, with its huge root plate exposed. A lady in a warm coat and bobble hat stands next to it.
21 Nov 2022

Storm damage: one year on

As the one-year anniversary of devastating storms Arwen and Corrie approaches, we’re launching a tree appeal to support storm damage recovery.

28 Oct 2022

Footpath restoration success on Staffa

The first phase of ambitious works to improve access to the island of Staffa has been completed, despite huge challenges.

A group of people walk along a path through a wildflower area of a garden. The man in front points out something ahead of them. In the foreground is a fountain pool.
25 Oct 2022

Introducing our Annual Review 2021–22

We have published our Annual Review 2021–22. Find out the story behind it.

A view of a deep cave in a cliff, seen from the sea on a sunny day. The cliffs have remarkable basalt columns.
24 Oct 2022

Protecting our geodiversity and geoheritage

Find out more about our new geodiversity policy, which sets out how we will continue to care, share and speak up for Scotland’s magnificent geodiversity and geoheritage.