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A first for Glenlude! 🦋
The Common Blue butterfly was spotted for the first time at Glenlude this summer.
This little insect may be small, but it's a huge sign of nature recovery. When we give nature what it needs, recovery can follow. 💙🦋
A glimpse of some of the breathtaking images featured in our 2027 Wild Nature Calendar, available now from our online shop: john-muir-trust-shop.myshopi…
The calendar features 12 stunning photographs celebrating the beauty of the natural world.
What wild place can you see from the Ben Nevis summit in this photo?⛰️
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Have you spotted any signs of red squirrels at Glenlude? 🌲
Our team look for signs that tell us more about the wildlife living there. Look out for dreys, tracks and nibbled hazelnuts. Squirrels often try to split hazelnuts in half, while smaller rodents nibble holes. 🐿️
🎉 WIN a £250 @MTNEQUIPMENT voucher! 🏔️
To enter, repost this and tell us what Ben Nevis means to you via our short form: forms.gle/kpE8xHhQQH7Xb1KB7
We’ll pick our favourite entry and announce the winner next month! 🤞
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Jahama Highland Estates land at Nevis. ⛰️
This summer, our Nevis team surveyed montane scrub on Aonach Beag, supporting Wee Trees, a restoration project led by Loch Abar Mòr.
Julia and Steph discovered new populations of downy willow and tea leaved willow!
Let's have a look at the creatures lurking beneath the water at Glenlude...
How many species can you name that were found by our junior rangers?
2026 is National Year of Reading 📖
This month, we're covering 'Peatlands' by @AlysFowler, reviewed in the latest edition of our journal: johnmuirtrust.org/resources/…
Share your favourite wild reads in the comments. 👇
Work is underway at Glenlude for our gathering shelter 🔨🪵
The Gathering Shelter will sit alongside our tree nursery and will act as an accessible base for conservation volunteers and for outdoor learning!
More updates coming in due course 🌳🦋🪵
In August, a survey revealed evidence that the population of water voles at Glen Nevis was expanding.
Great news from a land management perspective! Read the full article here: johnmuirtrust.org/whats-new/…
Place in Focus: Schiehallion ⛰️
Look a little closer and this mountain reveals a landscape shaped by geology, climate, grazing and the wildlife living here.
Our work includes maintaining the mountain path, protecting habitats and supporting the recovery of native woodland.
Since 2012, we've recorded:
🐦 64 bird species
🦌 11 mammal species
🐸 4 amphibian and reptile species
🌿 51 mosses and liverworts
🍃 44 lichen species
🌾 30 grasses, sedges and rushes
🦋 36 moth species
🌸 125 wildflower species
At Glenlude!
We couldn’t agree more with @TGOMagazine – avoiding developments that impact protected areas is critical to protecting wild places: msn.com/en-gb/money/general/…
Galileo Empower’s proposed 15 turbines could be up to 200m tall, visible from Sandwood Bay and other viewpoints.
Guess the wild place!
You'll find this sea stack guarding one of the most remote and beautiful beaches in Scotland.
Access to the sea stack involves a 30-metre swim at low tide, and its name in English means "the shepherd" or "the herdsman".
Guesses below 👇
1/7: More than 160,000 people climb Ben Nevis each year, and many aren't used to conditions of the hill. We remove hundreds of kilogrammes of litter and clear hundreds of toileting sites every year.
Since Covid, the volume of littering has become much worse in the lower glens.
A massive thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers who give their time to help us protect wild places like Ben Nevis.
They carry out vital work like peatland maintenance, path repair and litter picking, and we couldn't do it without them❤️
If you'd like to help us, we're hosting a Ben Nevis summit clean up volunteer conservation day on Saturday 3 October. Book your place today: johnmuirtrust.org/whats-new/…