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 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, 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 Christine Lines | Feb 23, 2024 | Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
Management Recommendations to benefit priority Lepidoptera. Background: The East Coast is home to some of Scotland’s most beautiful and vulnerable flora and fauna, by working together we can help to protect these fragile species. Many of our East Coast sites are a mix...
by Alan Watson Featherstone | Nov 25, 2023 | Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
As part of the Findhorn Hinterland Trust’s ongoing work to identify the biological diversity that occurs on the 35 hectares of land that we are responsible for managing, we commissioned a survey of the true bugs, or Hemiptera, and barkflies, or Psocoptera, on the site...
by Christine Lines | Sep 3, 2023 | Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
9-10 August 2023 Participants: Chris Wilkinson, Mark Edgeller, Nigel Jones, Robert Kelsh We are a group of keen amateur lepidopterists from across the South of England. For many years we have been keen to visit the Strathspey area of Scotland during late summer to...
by Alan Watson Featherstone | Feb 19, 2023 | Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
As part of the Findhorn Hinterland Trust’s work to identify the biological diversity that occurs on the 35 hectares of land that we are responsible for managing, I commissioned a spider survey of the site, which took place between the end of April 2019 and the end of...
by heather.paul | Dec 4, 2022 | Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
Lichens grow all around us- on trees, walls, pebbles and the soil- and yet we often hardly notice them. They paint the world with splashes of colour and patterns. Many are tiny but all are a symbiosis of a fungus and alga living together – along with yeasts and...
by Alan Watson Featherstone | May 25, 2022 | Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
In much of our modern day world, the conventional view of dead wood is often that it is unsightly, untidy and a waste if it is left lying around in a woodland, and that it should be tidied up, taken away and used for some human purpose. Sadly, this reflects a lack of...
by Paulo Bessa | Mar 9, 2022 | Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
Bird species of the Hinterland, Park and Bay Welcome to the fantastic world of birdwatching. People often ask me what kind of bird species are present in our community grounds and the surrounding Hinterland? Well I can tell you that we have about 45 species that have...
by Alan Watson Featherstone | Dec 1, 2021 | Ecology, Ecology & Conservation, News
As part of our work to identify the biodiversity of the Findhorn Hinterland area we commissioned Liz Holden, Scotland’s leading mycologist, to carry out a survey of the fungi that are present on the site. She spent two days on the Hinterland in 2020, at the beginning...
