http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news News and reviews from Walkhighlands Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:26:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/top-scottish-honours-for-adam-watson/006304/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/top-scottish-honours-for-adam-watson/006304/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:26:13 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6304 The Scottish Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture 2012 Goes to Dr Adam Watson Organisers of The Fort William Mountain Festival have announced that Dr Adam Watson, biologist, ecologist, mountaineer, author and defender of the environment, is the fifth recipient of the Scottish Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture. This prestigious annual award recognizes and [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/top-scottish-honours-for-adam-watson/006304/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/trump-attacks-salmond-over-offshore-windfarm-plan/006301/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/trump-attacks-salmond-over-offshore-windfarm-plan/006301/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:30:49 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6301 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/trump-attacks-salmond-over-offshore-windfarm-plan/006301/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/scotland-achieves-first-with-wild-land-map/006291/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/scotland-achieves-first-with-wild-land-map/006291/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:44:08 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6291 In a first for the UK, a new map detailing Scotland’s wild areas has been published by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). Some of the country’s wildest landscapes are already identified and protected if they fall within national parks or national scenic areas. But many other wild areas are not identified in any way. The Scottish [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/scotland-achieves-first-with-wild-land-map/006291/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/win-outdoor-gear-vouchers-with-walkhighlands/006285/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/win-outdoor-gear-vouchers-with-walkhighlands/006285/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:46:15 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6285 Walkhighlands has teamed up with online gear retailer OutdoorKit.co.uk to give away £100 worth of vouchers to spend on outdoor equipment. The free prize draw will run for the month of February and as 2012 is a leap year there’s an extra day to get your entry in! OutdoorKit is one of the UK’s leading [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/win-outdoor-gear-vouchers-with-walkhighlands/006285/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/ratty-shows-head-for-heights-on-beinn-eighe/006280/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/ratty-shows-head-for-heights-on-beinn-eighe/006280/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:06:45 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6280 The enigmatic water vole may be associated with our water and river systems but scientists have revealed it is it thriving almost 700 metres up a Scottish hill. Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve in Wester Ross managed by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is home to some of Britain’s rarest wildlife. And a recent survey of [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/ratty-shows-head-for-heights-on-beinn-eighe/006280/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/culra-bothy-fully-open-again/006275/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/culra-bothy-fully-open-again/006275/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:14:06 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6275 The Mountain Bothy Assocation says that the Ben Alder estate has made temporary repairs to the roof of Culra bothy which was damaged in the December storms. The room that was affected is now watertight and the bothy is once more fully functional.]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/culra-bothy-fully-open-again/006275/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/jmt-launches-wild-land-management-website/006270/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/jmt-launches-wild-land-management-website/006270/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:08:06 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6270 The John Muir Trust today launched its new Wild Land Management Standards website which illustrates the principles that guide its management of wild land. Aimed at other land managers and anyone interested in managing land with a focus on improving habitats and encouraging wildlife in a natural way, the site offers a range of resources [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/jmt-launches-wild-land-management-website/006270/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/hunt-is-on-to-spot-glen-nevis-red-squirrels/006260/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/hunt-is-on-to-spot-glen-nevis-red-squirrels/006260/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:55:22 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6260 John Muir Trust Nevis conservation officer Lewis Pate spotted a perfectly split hazelnut shell left by a red squirrel enjoying a nutty treat in Steall Gorge, Glen Nevis. This is the first recorded evidence of squirrels in this location. Lewis says, “I was walking through the birch and ash wood on the path when I [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/hunt-is-on-to-spot-glen-nevis-red-squirrels/006260/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/rare-bugs-and-other-species-unearthed-in-the-highlands/006255/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/rare-bugs-and-other-species-unearthed-in-the-highlands/006255/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:09:56 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6255 Biodiversity surveys carried out on Trees for Life’s Dundreggan Estate, in Glen Moriston last year have revealed a range of rare and endangered species. The new discoveries on the 10,000-acre estate include the first Scottish record of one species of sawfly and what may be the first British record of another; the second-ever British record [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/rare-bugs-and-other-species-unearthed-in-the-highlands/006255/feed/ 0 http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/rescued-walker-dies-of-injuries/006248/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/rescued-walker-dies-of-injuries/006248/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:17:48 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6248 A 19-year-old walker who was airlifted to Raigmore Hospital on Monday (23 January) after a fall in the Gairloch area has sadly died in hospital. Craig Cathie, 19, from Moodiesburn, near Glasgow was walking in a group of 16 in the Flowerdale Estate area of Gairloch when he fell between 20 and 30 feet and [...]]]> http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/rescued-walker-dies-of-injuries/006248/feed/ 0