by DigiRoutes | Apr 15, 2026 | Conservation, Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
Many thanks to the James Hutton Institute who surveyed the whole of the Hinterland area for beetles in 2025. A total of 121 invertebrate species were found, including 79 beetle species. Important finds included six Nationally Scarce beetles: Pill beetle Morychus...
by DigiRoutes | Dec 6, 2025 | News
What follows is a short pictorial history of over 20 years of involvement and events concerning the land to the north and east of the Park Ecovillage Findhorn – the Findhorn Hinterland. It starts with two major disasters back in 2004 that led to fundamental and...
by DigiRoutes | Sep 4, 2025 | News
The Findhorn Dunes are a moving miracle, showcasing nature’s awe-inspiring cycles and telling an epic historical story – from neolithic artefacts, natural disasters in 1694 and 1703, to a 1930s golf course now hidden by time. The signs are all there, if you know how...
by DigiRoutes | Mar 15, 2025 | News
Report on Translocation Experiments at Findhorn What follows is an important report by local lichenologist Heather Paul on experiments to mitigate the effects of development at the Park Ecovillage Findhorn involving translocation (physical movement from the...
by DigiRoutes | Mar 15, 2025 | News
It seems a long time since our winter gathering event at the Woodland Shelter, when a good crowd coalesced around the fire collecting Christmas trees, and the other event around that time, when Santa Claus was once again installed in the Conservation Hub as part of...
by DigiRoutes | Dec 16, 2024 | News
In September 2024 three researchers from Iceland, Colombia and Spain visited Findhorn, accompanied by biologist Dr Nathan Chrismas from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Duneland and FHT Chairs, Eian Smith and Jonathan Caddy, met the group to introduce the work of...
by DigiRoutes | Dec 16, 2024 | News
In September 2024 three researchers from Iceland, Colombia and Spain visited Findhorn, accompanied by biologist Dr Nathan Chrismas from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Duneland and FHT Chairs, Eian Smith and Jonathan Caddy, met the group to introduce the work of...
by DigiRoutes | Dec 16, 2024 | News
Neil and his wife Heather have newly arrived from living in Auroville in the south of India and are now living in Kinloss. With his background in science, plants and communities he was naturally drawn to the work of the FHT and was voted onto the board of trustees at...
by DigiRoutes | Dec 16, 2024 | News
It was the 12th of April, 2021 when both the Community Centre and Sanctuary, the heart and soul of what is now called the Park Ecovillage Findhorn, went up in flames through an act of arson. Over three years later the new Sanctuary is being built by Greenleaf Design...
by DigiRoutes | Dec 16, 2024 | News
During preliminary groundworks for the construction of the new sanctuary, the mechanical excavator exposed a shell deposit at the east end of the site. After being notified of it, I offered to investigate further, which led to several days of excavations. These...