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Rewilding workshop in Glen Affric 10-17 October 2026
A Rewilding Journey: Rewilding the World and Ourselves
A weeklong workshop with Alan Watson Featherstone & Pupak Haghighi
Glen Affric, Scottish Highlands
Are you interested in Rewilding, in learning how you can take practical action yourself or in how to start up your own rewilding project? If the answer is yes then this weeklong workshop is designed for you. It will be based in a remote part of beautiful Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlands, site of a long running project to restore the Caledonian Forest. More details & bookings are here.
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Welcome to my web site! I am an inspirational public speaker, ecologist, nature photographer and writer based in the Findhorn Community in the northeast of Scotland.
In 1986 I founded the award-winning conservation charity, Trees for Life, which works to restore the Caledonian Forest in the Scottish Highlands.
I care deeply about our planet, and have dedicated my life to protecting its biological diversity and sharing the beauty and wonders of the natural world through my photographs, talks and writing. Read more
Over on Twitter…
Nature's artwork! These are the bark fissures on the trunks of some silver birch trees (Betula pendula) on the Findhorn Hinterland. As each birch grows, its bark splits, creating these unique patterns and shapes. Each tree is as individual & full of character as every person is.
Yesterday while I was looking at a juniper bush (Juniperus communis) on the Findhorn Hinterland I found 3 different 7 spot ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) tucked deep in its dense foliage. That's their overwintering sites, where they're protected from predation by birds.
Either they lied in June or they're lying now. Probably both