Welcome to your latest Wild Places News. This month, we invite you to Step Up for Wild Places in our fun new fundraising campaign; we have exciting news regarding wildlife recovery at Glenlude and a tour of our latest and most luxurious holiday lodge at Kylesku, White Cairn, as well as an opportunity to join us at Loch Lomond in September for our wild places gathering, and much more.
We are inviting organisations to support Scotland’s wild places and boost team wellbeing by taking part in our new, unique, team-based fundraiser. You can unite your team in a meaningful adventure by choosing one of the UK’s best-loved peaks — Ben Nevis, Schiehallion, Blà Bheinn, or Helvellyn — and collectively ‘climb’ its height in steps during the working day over one or more weeks, all while raising funds for the conservation of Britain’s wild places. Find out more here.
Glenlude Conservation Officer Ellie Oakley reports on some encouraging early evidence of wildlife recovery - including butterflies and black grouse - spotted while monitoring at our site in the Scottish Borders.
One month into working at the John Muir Trust, new Nevis Conservation Officer Julia Robertson shares her first impressions of monitoring and engaging with visitors and students at one of the beautiful wild places in our care.
Read about our new luxurious lodge White Cairn at Kylesku. Sited away from 10 original A-Frame lodges, White Cairn is perched in a unique location with uninterrupted views over the loch and Quinag.
Huge thanks to Denis who shared his poem inspired by a visit to the John Muir Birthplace Museum in Dunbar, which left him wanting to spread the message. Please feel free to share your own favouite wild moments with us.
