Today, on World Rewilding Day, join us in sharing and celebrating the stories of nature’s resilient comeback and the inspiring people at the heart of transforming hope into action. Rewilding provides practical hope based on real, positive actions happening now on every continent. Below, we are thrilled to share some exciting news about a specific rewilding action Highlands Rewilding are undertaking at one of our sites.  But first, a short video from Highlands Rewilding’s Founder and CEO on why we are rewilding and how rewilding actions can transform hope into action for our future. I ..read more

Jeremy recently wrote an article for The Scotsman on land reform and rewilding. You can read the full and original article here. Can land reform and nature restoration go hand-in-hand? Jeremy Leggett, founder and chief executive of Highlands Rewilding, insists they can. By Jeremy Leggett Published in the Scotsman on 18th Jan 2024, 04:55 GMT Jeremy Legget at Bunloit Bunloit. Photography: Nicholas J.R. White Land reform in Scotland is long overdue. So too is nature recovery. We have one of the most nature-impoverished landscapes in Europe. Can land reform and nature recovery make functional mar ..read more

Daniel Holm, Head Ranger at Bunloit Fences stretch tendrils of human influence out into the natural world. Used to contain livestock, delineate march boundaries between estates, and protect newly planted woodland from deer pressure. These three land uses cover the vast majority of Scotland's land area, so fences can be found almost anywhere. They are so ubiquitous in the landscape that their presence is often not given a second thought. Fences certainly have their place in various land uses and are very effective in their primary purpose, to keep things on one side or another. This can be extr ..read more

Jeremy recently wrote an article for The Scotsman on land reform and rewilding. You can read the full and original article here. Can land reform and nature restoration go hand-in-hand? Jeremy Leggett, founder and chief executive of Highlands Rewilding, insists they can. By Jeremy Leggett Published in the Scotsman on 18th Jan 2024, 04:55 GMT Jeremy Legget at Bunloit Bunloit. Photography: Nicholas J.R. White Land reform in Scotland is long overdue. So too is nature recovery. We have one of the most nature-impoverished landscapes in Europe. Can land reform and nature recovery make functional mar ..read more

Meet Hannah, who is focussing on identifying more potential partners, investors, collaborators and customers: initiating conversations, negotiating deals and forging alliances that will ensure we are a sustainable nature-based solutions business. She describes her ambition to take nature-based solutions to new heights, “Nature uplift projects, when anchored in appropriate human environments, have potential to strengthen synergies and effectively develop system-wide transformation which results in so much value. Yes, in credits which we will trade into emerging natural capital markets, but als ..read more

We are delighted to share that we have completed the sale, at cost, of Turbiskill Farmhouse and land (19 hectares) at Tayvallich to the local community body, Tayvallich Initiative. This sale brings a second house into community ownership with long-term letting. We hope that land sale to communities will be a key part of our model, and it is hugely encouraging to have completed this sale within the same year as our purchase of the Tayvallich Estate. Where there is demand for community ownership of land we want to fulfil this part of our community prosperity aim, by empoweri ..read more

As we advance our model for nature recovery, community prosperity and ethical profitability, both Highlands Rewilding and the natural capital landscape around us are developing quickly. With the backdrop of world business, NGO and civil society leaders, including our CEO Jeremy, meeting to accelerate climate action at COP 28,  we provide insight into natural capital developments and our pioneering model in our latest annual report: Building Natural Capital. Summary Much is planned for the year ahead across our three ‘open air natural capital laboratories’ for verifiable natural capi ..read more

Wild boar (Sus scrofa) were once common throughout Britain, and played a unique role in ground disturbance and the numerous ecological processes associated with it. We can’t be certain how long boar have been absent, but habitat loss and hunting seem to have made them extinct in Scotland by the 17th century at the latest (along with their natural predators) (1). In recent years, however, boar have been making something of a comeback. European boar have escaped from farms or been released illegally, and have begun to re-hybridise with their domesticated cousins. The resulting ‘feral pigs’ have ..read more

In late September we hosted one of the regular visits by scientists collaborating with us. This time it was four soil scientists and ecologists associated with Oxford University’s Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery and Nature-based Solutions Initiative. Such visits are a core part of our work as we develop our programme of scientific research in-house and in collaboration with others. On this occasion, we had planned to briefly visit each of our three estates; Beldorney, Bunloit, and Tayvallich. But Storm Agnes intervened after the party had travelled from Beldorney to Bunloit, and so there ..read more

Highlands Rewilding is delighted to announce that we have been successful in our bid for funding under the Facility for Investment Ready Nature in Scotland (FIRNS) scheme, co-funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund in partnership with the Scottish Government and NatureScot.   Our project, ‘Joint Ventures for Scalable Community Benefits from Rewilding’, is one of 27 projects in the first round of funding from this innovative Scottish funding programme. The £194,700 grant, 50% from NatureScot and 50% from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, will fund an 18 month project across th ..read more