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A woman dressed all in blue outdoor clothing bends down to a tree sapling she is planting on the grassy bank beside a river.
19 Oct 2022

Woodland restoration project underway on Glen Geldie

The Glen Geldie Woodland Project on Mar Lodge Estate is one of our most ambitious habitat restoration schemes to tackle climate change.

The Glenfinnan landscape, including Glenfinnan Monument, Viaduct and Loch Shiel
18 Oct 2022

Cuts could cost our heritage dear

Stuart Brooks, Director of Conservation and Policy, reflects on some of the current challenges facing our conservation efforts.

17 Oct 2022

Maud Sulter exhibition at Pollok House

We are proud to present a new exhibition of the work of internationally renowned Glaswegian-Ghanaian artist Maud Sulter (1960–2008) at Pollok House in Glasgow.

Jackie Bird sits on a bench in a garden, with trees behind her. She is smiling.
26 Sept 2022

Our new President: Jackie Bird

Journalist and broadcaster Jackie Bird has been confirmed as the new President of the National Trust for Scotland.

Lots of classic and vintage cars are parked on the lawn in front of Newhailes House. People are wandering around looking at them and talking to the car owners. There is a yellow BVAC pagoda in the background.
26 Sept 2022

Newhailes transformed into Carhailes

Get your motor running for Carhailes! The second annual festival for motoring enthusiasts and families was held on Sunday 28 August.

22 Sept 2022

Doors Open Days at Kippen Smiddy

At the end of August the National Trust for Scotland ran several Conservation in Action days for volunteers at Kippen Smiddy, to allow it to reopen to the general public for our Doors Open Days this month.

A pedestrian suspension bridge, with a man in a white t-shirt walking across it, arches over a gorge. Beyond it, the mountainous landscape is covered by a variety of trees.
20 Sept 2022

Improvements for visitors at Corrieshalloch

Since February 2022, work has been taking place to improve the experience for the 75,000 visitors we welcome there every year.

A white-tailed eagle chick with black tracking tags round its feet sits on a scrubby grass cliffside.
20 Sept 2022

Mar’verick takes to the skies

The first white-tailed eagle chick has fledged from Mar Lodge Estate.

Mountains rise on the far side of a blue loch. In the foreground is a fern- and grass-covered hillside, with a woodland on the banks of the loch below.
6 Sept 2022

Better protection of wild land needed

We’re calling for enhanced protection of wild land in the Scottish Government’s planning framework, to help meet Scotland’s net-zero targets.