DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> trust buys massive £17.5m <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Highland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Highland</span></a> estate</p><p>March 3, 2025</p><p>"A conservation charity has bought an 18,824-acre (7,618ha) Highland estate for £17.5m after receiving a large private donation.</p><p>"Scottish Wildlife Trust (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SWT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SWT</span></a>) plans to regenerate native woodland, restore <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/peatland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peatland</span></a> and carry out nature-friendly farming on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InverbroomEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InverbroomEstate</span></a>.</p><p>"The area of land near Ullapool, in the north west Highlands, is larger than the city of Dundee.</p><p>"The donation that made the purchase possible was the largest in the trust's 60-year history."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr42n0dqqzno" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/cr42n0dq</span><span class="invisible">qzno</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rewilding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a></p>