This year’s count of nesting fulmars on John Muir Trust’s Sandwood Bay estate, near Cape Wrath, have raised fears that 2008 could be another dire year for Scotland’s seabirds. Only 261 nesting pairs were counted on the cliffs that once supported over 700 pairs, representing a decline of around 60% in ten years. The Trust [...]

Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has started a project to monitor climate change using measurements taken in some of the highest corries. The Snowbed Project will use sites in the Cairngorms and on Aonach Mor, Ben Dearg, Ben Alder and Ben Wyvis to investigate the effects of less snow and warmer conditions on plants such as [...]

Last weekend’s Caledonian Challenge, where walkers set out to complete 54 miles of the West Highland Way in under 24 hours, has been a success. The fastest time was by Robert Valentine who completed the course in 9 hours and 44 minutes. Approximately 1300 people took part, walking in teams and raising huge amounts for [...]

This year’s Lowe Alpine Mountain Marathon is over for another year. The four gruelling courses set around Glenfinnan near Fort William proved testing for all the two-member teams taking part in the annual overnight race. Hot sunshine on both days provided exhausting conditions with a wet and misty start on Sunday morning bringing the midges [...]

A 62 year old man has fallen to his death from the Devil’s Ridge in the Mamores near Fort William. The man is beleived to have fallen around 500 feet; his body was retreived by Lochaber Mountain Rescue team and a Royal Navy helicopter. Terry Confield, the Rescue team leader, said the victim was walking [...]

A John Muir Trust volunteer work party has found an old wheelchair under a cairn on the summit of Ben Nevis. The work party of seven volunteers were dismantling cairns and clearing litter last Saturday when they discovered a rusting wheelchair hidden under a pile of rocks close to the summit. The mysterious find has [...]