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The Bough Breaks
News from the Land – Autumn ‘23
‘Be still, and listen…’ (Eileen Caddy) While the rest of the world is warming up at an alarming rate, here in the North of Scotland we’ve had a cool summer and an unusually wet and windy autumn. And now the autumn colours paint the landscapes in various shades of...
My Archaeological Work in the Findhorn Dunes over 20 years
To walk among the sand dunes at Findhorn is to walk in the footsteps of a Mesolithic hunter–gatherer, a Neolithic farmer with axe in hand, a Bronze Age herds-woman, perhaps an Iron Age child, and a soldier training for the D-day landing. This is not immediately...
Dune Restoration Project Update
The Project is moving apace, with a major focus on exploring some potential sources of funding. We are excited to report that the Hinterland Trust is discussing forming a partnership with our neighbour, the Findhorn Dunes Trust, to apply for a grant scheme. We...
Chair’s Report – Autumn/Winter 2023
The tail end of the year has been a mixture of blue sky days, wind and wet as the sounds of the thousands of geese returning to the Bay are heard. The work of the trust proceeds from strength to strength with some new projects and possibilities raising their heads...
Survey for True Bugs on the Hinterland
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...
2023 Beekeeping Report
It has been a challenging year for beekeeping. We came through the winter with nine of our FHT original eleven hives situated up near the Findhorn Wind Park turbines alive and active. However, a poor spring meant that we continued the winter feeding into April. We...
Meet the Team – Louna Kornobis FHT Long Term Volunteer
Share a little background about yourself. I am nineteen years old and grew up in a small town in the Swiss mountains near Lake Geneva. My family has travelled to many places with a nature connection and after leaving school I decided I would travel by myself to...
Forres Academy Field Trip Report
Forty nine pupils from the Forres Academy National 5 Biology classes travelled to Findhorn on June 22nd to carry out practical sampling techniques as part of their Unit course work – Life on Earth. This trip was supported by the Findhorn Hinterland Trust whose...