Highland Land Mammals Atlas available
19 December 2011
Over the last 12 years there have been over 25,000 records of 37 species of land mammals which can be found in the Highland area.
The Atlas of Highland Land Mammals has been published by the Highland Biological Recording Group (HBRG). The atlas includes maps and four pages of colour photos.
It can be purchased from the HBRG and costs £7.
Country Estate living for the wildcat
2 December 2011
As part of the Highland Tiger project we are using camera traps around the Cairngorms area to gain a better insight into the wildcats that live there.
The money raised through the project is funding new cameras and one of the Highland Tiger team, Roo Campbell, with the help of Andrew Airnes has been setting up the traps around some of the estates in the area.
Here is just one of the images that has been caught so far.
To see more follow the link below to our Facebook page.
A new cat pose for every month
15 November 2011
Yes that's right, the amazing Scottish wildcat is being featured in a new calendar for 2012.
The photographer Trevor D. Russell has put the calendar together and it contains some brilliant shots of the Scottish Deer Centre's cats.
As well as Trevor being fantastically generous by allowing us to use his photos on the Facebook page and helping us to spead the word of wildcat, he has also kindly decided to donate 30% of the profits from the sale of the calendar to Highland Tiger!
Massive thanks from everyone in the team.
Cairngorm Brewery keeping up the good work
28 October 2011
For every bottle of Wildcat Ale sold the Cairngorm Brewery donate money to the Highland Tiger project. So far over the last ywo years they have almost sold a whopping 100,000 bottles!
Thanks to the people at the brewery the project can buy new camera equipment to help in the study of these amazing, elusive animals.
This is a huge boost to the project currently working mainly in the area of the Cairngorms National Park. We would like to say a massive thank you to the brewery and all the folks who have enjoyed a bottle of Wildcat Ale.
Wildcats added to the PTES British Mammal Report
10 October 2011
The People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES) has recently released its State of British Mammals 2011.
This document is the 10th anniversary edition of their annual research and conservation report. It is written with the help of the University of Oxford's Wildlife Conservation and Research Unit (WildCRU) and focuses on how the different species populations have done over the past decade.
We're pleased to say that the Scottish wildcat has been added to the report though unfortunately it is because their numbers are still declining. Hopefully this publication will help to get the plight of many of our endangered mammal species to a wider audience.
