George is a Scot who lives in Forres with his wife Heather and has been a volunteer for over fifteen years, generously contributing to the land and people of the Findhorn peninsula through his work with the Findhorn Hinterland Trust founded in 2015 and its precursor the Findhorn Hinterland Group. His cheerful and knowledgeable presence, […]
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News From The Land – February 2024
‘Value the marginal’ – An appreciation of the ‘edges.’ As I write this, it’s still just the middle of Feb, so theoretically still winter. Winter here has been mostly wet & windy with just a week when snow covered everything with a beautiful glistening white blanket. The winter is usually the time when we get […]
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Outdoor Art Therapy in the Hinterland
As some of you will know, some 20 years ago my art therapy practice began to morph into a more ‘open door’ style, moving seamlessly or rhythmically across the threshold between the studio interior, garden and local woods, dunes and beach, and then moved to taking place almost entirely outdoors, inviting the participation and guidance […]
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RSPB Culbin Sands Nature Reserve Project
Lessons Learned Working on Another Part of the Greater Findhorn Dunes System Introduction In November 2023, staff from RSPB Scotland invited members of the Findhorn Hinterland Trust and the Findhorn Dunes Trust to the RSPB’s Culbin Sands Nature Reserve for a site visit. The aim of the visit was for the RSPB to share their […]
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News from the Land – Autumn ‘23
‘Be still, and listen…’ (Eileen Caddy) While the rest of the world is warming up at an alarming rate, here in the North of Scotland we’ve had a cool summer and an unusually wet and windy autumn. And now the autumn colours paint the landscapes in various shades of glorious yellow, golden and red – […]
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My Archaeological Work in the Findhorn Dunes over 20 years
To walk among the sand dunes at Findhorn is to walk in the footsteps of a Mesolithic hunter–gatherer, a Neolithic farmer with axe in hand, a Bronze Age herds-woman, perhaps an Iron Age child, and a soldier training for the D-day landing. This is not immediately obvious, since so little of the material culture of […]
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Dune Restoration Project Update
The Project is moving apace, with a major focus on exploring some potential sources of funding. We are excited to report that the Hinterland Trust is discussing forming a partnership with our neighbour, the Findhorn Dunes Trust, to apply for a grant scheme. We have continued to work on project design, learning from similar […]
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Chair’s Report – Autumn/Winter 2023
The tail end of the year has been a mixture of blue sky days, wind and wet as the sounds of the thousands of geese returning to the Bay are heard. The work of the trust proceeds from strength to strength with some new projects and possibilities raising their heads and others just carrying on […]
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Dune Restoration Project Update
Findhorn sand dune ecosystem, once the second largest in Europe, is under imminent threat from rapidly encroaching scrub vegetation. Many species found here – lichens, insects, and fungi – are found at only a handful of places in the UK. FHT is taking urgent action to counter this commencing winter 2024/25.