Meet the island community that saved an ancient sheep Members only Members only
In 1971, a boatful of feral sheep was transported from St Kilda to the Scottish mainland. Their descendants then vanished. This is the story of the Lost Flock – and the Orkney residents who saved their primitive genes.
Book of the Month: Understorey Members only Members only
Plus reviews of all the other books we read in June.
Book of the Month: My Fishing Life Members only Members only
Plus reviews of all the other books we read in May.
Nature's Ghosts is out today! Members only Members only
After four years, my book is finally published.
Britain has no wilderness left – we must protect its wildness Members only Members only
Every inch of Britain has felt the impacts of humanity, but there are still places where nature has free rein, argues Ian Carter.
Book of the Month: Tir Members only Members only
Plus reviews of all the other books we read in April.
Wolf watching in the Scottish Highlands in 2044 Members only Members only
Matthew Hay takes a trip into the future to watch wolves in the snowless Cairngorms, a decade after their reintroduction to the Highlands.
'An Orkney Miracle Drink': How wildflowers heal us, inside and out Members only Members only
In 2022, Victoria Bennett left her apothecary garden in Cumbria to start anew on Orkney. In the accounts of old botanists, she began to learn a new language of flowers.
