Grampian

Grampian Woodlands Company

• Promote and inform people about the local forest industry.
• Encourage new forestry and timber related business to North East Scotland.
• Develop and promote existing forestry and timber related business.

Cairngorms National Park

The Cairngorms National Park is the largest in Britain, covering 3,800 kilometres of beautiful and unspoilt countryside. Over 17,000 people live and work in the towns and villages throughout the area and every year thousands of visitors travel here to enjoy the fabulous scenery, from wild moorlands and soaring mountain peaks to spectacular rivers and tranquil lochs.

North East Scotland Biodiversity

North East Scotland Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) is a locally driven process working towards action to conserve important species and habitats (the 'variety of life') for our benefit and future generations. LBAP is a partnership of local authorities, environmental, forestry, farming, land and education agencies, businesses and many individuals involved in biodiversity across North East Scotland (Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray).

The WDCS Wildlife Centre

WDCS's Wildlife Centre is based at the mouth of the River Spey on the southern side of the Moray Firth on the east coast of Scotland. It is about an hour's drive from Inverness.

The centre includes a new visitors' exhibition and a developing series of education and public awareness initiatives. As well as being famed for the dolphins, the Centre's location is within a wildlife haven that is home to ospreys, grey and harbour seals, otters, wildfowl and waders. It is part of a 450ha nature reserve which forms part of the largest vegetated shingle habitat in Scotland.

The Ythan Project

• Provide advice and money to help with the river restoration projects; loch and river survey projects, and algal weed mat and bird monitoring in the Ythan estuary
• Provide money to support the employment of a Project Officer and a Project Technician
• Give advice on natural heritage issues that the project will have to tackle

Aberdeen Red Kites

During the middle ages, the red kite was one of our most common birds of prey. They fed in city streets and were given special protection for their useful street cleansing role. However, persecution and poisoning drove them to extinction in Scotland, and they haven’t nested in the Aberdeen area since the 19th century.