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Visitors to Scotland’s hills urged to head online for deer stalking information

With deer stalking activity increasing until 20th October, NatureScot is encouraging hill-goers to check the Heading for the Scottish Hills service to avoid disturbing essential deer management during this key period. Managing the number of deer is vital for preventing nature loss and tackling the climate change crisis facing Scotland. Reducing deer impacts, such as overgrazing and trampling, will enable the recovery of upland habitats, resulting in a more diverse landscape that benefits biodiversity and absorbs more carbon. As part of the response to the nature and climate crises, the Heading for the Scottish Hills service has expanded to cover

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Fisherfield highs and bagging error lows

Phew! June was quite the month weather wise across Scotland, and the seemingly endless sunshine led to you submitting a bumper bundle of 238 walk reports through the month. Every month, two winning Walk Reports are chosen from the Walkhighlands forum, with the winner taking £100 of vouchers to spend at Highlander Outdoors, with £50 of vouchers to the runner up. The June winner was jimbell21 for his report of a memorable wild-camp on Scotland’s most remote Munros – Fisherfield 6 – summit camp & inversion on A’ Mhaighdean. What a sensational trip – paid for by a potentially terrifying dunking

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Galloway routes on Walkhighlands updated and expanded

We’ve just completed a major update of our routes across Dumfries and Galloway – focussing on the walks at lower levels, and the first sections of the Southern Upland Way. Over the last week 40 routes have been completely rewalked, rewritten and photographed, which combined with last years updates means almost all the routes in the region have been rewalked and written in the last year. The expanded coverage includes four routes which are completely new to Walkhighlands. The Watson Bird Walk at St John’s Town of Dalry which was created in 2022 to celebrate the late Donald Watson, a

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World’s first rewilding centre opens near Loch Ness

The world’s first rewilding centre has been opened near Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands by charity Trees for Life – showcasing how large-scale nature recovery can give people inspiring experiences, create jobs and benefit rural communities. The Dundreggan Rewilding Centre in Glenmoriston celebrates rewilding and the region’s rich Gaelic culture, and offers a gateway for visitors to explore the 10,000-acre Dundreggan estate, where Trees for Life is restoring the Caledonian forest and its wildlife. “For 15 years, Dundreggan has been a beacon for rewilding our landscapes. Now it will be a beacon for rewilding people too,” said Steve Micklewright, Trees for Life’s

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Walkhighlands App now available in beta

The Walkhighlands App for smartphones is now available in open beta, which means it is available for anyone to install. The app works on both Android and iOS. Walkhighlands has Scotland’s biggest database of detailed walking routes in all parts of Scotland. Co-founder Paul Webster said “We love walking and want everyone to be able to enjoy the same benefits from getting outdoors that we do, for both their mental and physical health. The app is free of charge, simple to use and does not have ads that track you. Its development has been funded by donations from our users

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Win tickets to UK tour for Banff Mountain Film Festival

The Banff Mountain Film Festival – UK and Ireland 2023 tour begins next week, and includes dates around Scotland in February and September, with a new series of the best adventure films. We’ve three pairs of tickets to give away across Walkhighlands social media – hop over to our pages on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for your chance to win (there’s one pair of tickets to win on the Walkhighlands page for each site). You can find full details – and a list of all the venues and dates – on the tour website at: https://www.banff-uk.com/

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Highlander to sponsor prizes for best Walkhighlands reports

We’re delighted that Scotland-based outdoors gear company Highlander have signed up as the new prize sponsors for the Walkhighlands’ walk report of the month competition. The long-running competition has been online for twelve years, taking a break only during the pandemic lockdown. Scottish brand Highlander was founded in the 1980s, when exploring the outdoors was seen as an expensive pursuit. Highlander thought otherwise – that enjoying the challenges and beauty of the outdoors should be available to everyone. Over the years, this ethos has been Highlander’s North Star as it continually strives to create clothing and equipment that helps everyone

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Hebridean Way guide launched on Walkhighlands

We’re delighted to launch our new guide to the Hebridean Way, the unique 253km walking route which begins on the island of Vatersay, and visits Barra, Eriskay, South Uist, Benbecula, Grimsay, North Uist, Berneray and Harris and Lewis, finishing in the capital of the Western Isles, Stornoway. Our full guide: https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/outer-hebrides/hebridean-way.shtml We’ve fully detailed descriptions of the route in 12 stages in our usual style, all illustrated with photography and full Ordnance Survey mapping. If doing the route in stages, you can record your progress stage-by-stage. You can also record your own experiences of walking the route and read those

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Win tickets to the Banff Mountain Film Festival UK tour

The Banff Mountain Film Festival – UK and Ireland 2022 tour begins this Friday in Buxton, and includes dates around Scotland through March and September, with a new series of the best adventure films. We’ve three pairs of tickets to give away across Walkhighlands social media – hop over to our pages on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for your chance to win (there’s one pair of tickets to win on the Walkhighlands page for each site). THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED You can find full details – and a list of all the venues and dates – on the tour

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Munro ‘Tops’ functionality added to Walkhighlands

We’ve now added the Munro Tops to Walkhighlands. The Tops are the lesser summits over 3000′, which are not classed as separate Munro mountains. There are currently 226 Tops in Scotland, which some people aim to complete in addition to the 282 Munros. Tops have been added following requests from users. We are aware that the probably majority of walkers are not interested in also bagging Tops, whilst for others their inclusion could cause confusion, so we’ve made the Walkhighlands website experience more customisable – you can choose whether or not Tops feature. Tops are turned off by default, and

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