by Birgit Carow | Sep 24, 2026 | Conservation, Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, Education, News
Mighty midge-eating pipistrelles, 2g-bumblebees and heading out with bat detectors – James Bunyan’s recent bat talk was an adventure for all ages! Wow, what a fantastic and lively evening at the Conservation Hub! At the end of August, we invited interested folk along...
by Alan Watson Featherstone | Sep 24, 2026 | Conservation, Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
After years of seeing signs that Amber-listed sparrowhawks were present in the Hinterland, FHT Trustee Alan Watson Featherstone was finally able to photograph a breeding pair and their chicks. I’ve seen the evidence of sparrowhawks on the Hinterland for a number of...
by FHT Guest Writer | Sep 24, 2026 | Conservation, Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
You don’t need a grand adventure to find something wonderful. Besides a lot of things about bees, that’s what Amy Pemberton discovered on a visit to the FHT hives. Sometimes the best experiences come from simply saying yes to something you know very little...
by Sean Reed | Sep 23, 2026 | Conservation, Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
The first official bird survey of the Findhorn Hinterland revealed 27 species – including four red- and nine amber-listed Birds of Conservation Concern.Biodiversity surveys over the 20 years or so – mostly commissioned by trustee Alan Watson Featherstone over the last...
by Sean Reed | 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 Alan Watson Featherstone | Mar 20, 2026 | Conservation, Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
In recent months we’ve been drawing up a Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) for the land that the Findhorn Hinterland Trust is responsible for. This has been drafted primarily by local ecologist Sean Reed, who we work closely with, and with input from various FHT...
by Kajedo Wanderer | Mar 20, 2026 | Conservation, News
We’ve had a good winter. Just after Christmas we’ve had a spell of frost and snow – which actually stayed around for about two white weeks. Unusual for our coastal patch of the land. Magical. But It is March now, and spring has come early. The hazels have...
by Kajedo Wanderer | Mar 20, 2026 | Conservation, Ecology, News
Stories from the land… “Spiritual ecology is, at its core, achingly simple. It is the recognition of the universal spirit that imbues all living things – a recognition that must be embodied through conscious spiritual engagement with the Earth. It is not about...
by Sean Reed | Mar 20, 2026 | Conservation, Ecology, News
From occasional footprints in sand or snow we had long known that there were badgers on the Hinterland. In the last few years, however, badger activity has increased significantly. Until 2016, badger signs were few and far between, and most were seen out...
by Alan Watson Featherstone | Feb 23, 2024 | Conservation, Ecology & Conservation, News
The focus of our Dune Restoration Project The Findhorn Hinterland Trust’s new Dune Restoration Project will be a central and important element of our work for the next few years, and its core purpose is to ensure that there is good habitat on the land that we manage...
by Sean Reed | Feb 23, 2024 | Conservation, Ecology & Conservation, News
We had a very helpful meeting with the RSPB at their Culbin Sands nature reserve in November. Site Manager Steph Elliot and Project Officer David Tompkins showed us the work they are doing to protect threatened sand dune habitats and species through removing scrub...
by David Thompkins | Feb 23, 2024 | Conservation, Ecology & Conservation, News
Lessons Learned Working on Another Part of the Greater Findhorn Dunes System Introduction In November 2023, staff from RSPB Scotland invited members of the Findhorn Hinterland Trust and the Findhorn Dunes Trust to the RSPB’s Culbin Sands Nature Reserve for a site...
