Cairngorms Nature Big Weekend

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Charlotte Milburn

Nature documentaries are the big winners on TV, series such as The Blue Planet and Countryfile have becomes flagship programmes for the BBC, attracting some of their highest viewing figures. The live diary-styled Springwatch programmes have a huge following on social media with even reports of some Facebook groups forming and meeting for holidays! It’s one thing to love nature from the comfort of your home with a glass of something refreshing, but how many of these ‘sofa nature watchers’ have actually ever experienced nature for themselves? It can be daunting if you don’t know where to go or what…

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Environmental Volunteering and the Cairngorms National Park

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Charlotte Milburn

Volunteers are everywhere! What – or perhaps who – do you think of when you hear the word ‘volunteer’? Maybe the many volunteers forming part of the Mountain Rescue services across the country? Perhaps helping out with your children’s sports team? Your first thought might be of those who help with Park Runs, or the volunteers at the end of the phone, supporting people in times of crisis. Volunteers are involved in every aspect of our lives, and there’s something for everyone whatever your interests and no matter if you have a few minutes or would like to be involved…

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Cairngorms Nature Festival and the power of conservation volunteering

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Charlotte Milburn

Charlotte Milburn from the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) reflects on the man-made and natural pressures on our wild land and how conservation volunteering can help. I was walking out in the Cairngorms over the Easter holidays and as always was struck by the immense beauty of the mountains, they never fail to inspire and elevate me above the day to day dross of life in the 21st century. The Cairngorms National Park is one of the UK’s last true wildernesses, a place of sheer abundance. It has more high level mountain ground than anywhere else in Britain or Ireland,…

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The Cairngorms Nature partnership

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Charlotte Milburn

Charlotte Millburn of the Cairngorms National Park Authority introduces ‘Cairngorms Nature’ – a partnership project between people and organisations that wish to safeguard and enhance the special landscapes and natural heritage of the area. The Cairngorms National Park is one of the last wildernesses we have left in the UK. It is a place of sheer abundance having more high level mountain ground than anywhere else in Britain or Ireland, the largest Caledonian forest, some of the UK’s purest rivers and it also hosts 25 per cent of the UK’s threatened species. The Cairngorms National Park is a place of…

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