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Join the hunt: Rare Scottish oil beetles need your eagle eyes

Join the hunt: Rare Scottish oil beetles need your eagle eyes

Join the hunt: Rare Scottish oil beetles need your eagle eyes

19 April 2025

Caithness wildlife enthusiasts are invited to search for Scotland's elusive oil beetles and record any sightings to help conservationists.


Keeping bugs at bay with Caithness crop rotation

Keeping bugs at bay with Caithness crop rotation

Keeping bugs at bay with Caithness crop rotation

13 April 2025

Gardening on the Edge by Diana Wayland


Water cycle is vital for life – even during dry spell

Water cycle is vital for life – even during dry spell

Water cycle is vital for life – even during dry spell

12 April 2025

Weather Watch by Keith Banks


Farmers and crofters seek help to improve mental health

Farmers and crofters seek help to improve mental health

Farmers and crofters seek help to improve mental health

08 April 2025

A lack of sleep and work-life balance were among the areas impacting the mental health of farmers and crofters, according to a new survey.


How the sweet success of sugar spread around the world

How the sweet success of sugar spread around the world

How the sweet success of sugar spread around the world

06 April 2025

Beautiful Botanicals by Joanne Howdle


What happens to blood donations?

What happens to blood donations?

What happens to blood donations?

05 April 2025

Have you ever wondered about what actually happens to the blood you give?


March ends on a high as Wick experiences warmest day so far

March ends on a high as Wick experiences warmest day so far

March ends on a high as Wick experiences warmest day so far

31 March 2025

High temperatures of up to 18C are expected across Caithness this week as Wick experienced its warmest day of the year so far on Monday.


Caithness history talk on Davidson family from 1700s to 1940s

Caithness history talk on Davidson family from 1700s to 1940s

Caithness history talk on Davidson family from 1700s to 1940s

29 March 2025

Caithness Family History Society’s next meeting will feature a presentation on April 8 by Valerie Amin of Nucleus: the Nuclear and Caithness Archives.


PICTURE SPECIAL: Fun, games and learning at Caithness International Science Festival 2025

PICTURE SPECIAL: Fun, games and learning at Caithness International Science Festival 2025

PICTURE SPECIAL: Fun, games and learning at Caithness International Science Festival 2025

24 March 2025

Huge picture drop with this feature on the Caithness International Science Festival fun day at Wick High School.


Thurso woman wins major award as part of PhD research thesis

Thurso woman wins major award as part of PhD research thesis

Thurso woman wins major award as part of PhD research thesis

18 March 2025

A Thurso woman has won a prestigious Lantra Scotland ALBAS award for her research project based around sheep farming.


Top marks for Watten ELC after unannounced inspection visit

Top marks for Watten ELC after unannounced inspection visit

Top marks for Watten ELC after unannounced inspection visit

16 March 2025

A Caithness nursery is celebrating after a recent positive inspection praised the service and the staff.


Inverness Airport “best in Europe” for fifth in year a row

Inverness Airport “best in Europe” for fifth in year a row

Inverness Airport “best in Europe” for fifth in year a row

10 March 2025

Inverness Airport has won the best airport in Europe serving under two million passengers — for the fifth year in a row.


Castlehill event will highlight the role of Caithness in WWII

Castlehill event will highlight the role of Caithness in WWII

Castlehill event will highlight the role of Caithness in WWII

05 March 2025

Caithness Family History Society will host a special talk in Castletown highlighting the strategic importance of the county in the Second World War.


Six-day Flow Country fire shows ‘devastating impact’ wildfires can have

Six-day Flow Country fire shows ‘devastating impact’ wildfires can have

Six-day Flow Country fire shows ‘devastating impact’ wildfires can have

03 March 2025

Rural communities and tourism businesses can be exposed to risks of out-of-control wildfires as spring gets under way, emergency workers have warned.


Have you spotted this small brown bird with colourful rings in Caithness?

Have you spotted this small brown bird with colourful rings in Caithness?

Have you spotted this small brown bird with colourful rings in Caithness?

01 March 2025

Bird watchers in Caithness and north Sutherland are being asked to keep a keen eye out for small brown birds with colourful rings.


Retired Salvation Army officer from Wick set for more literary success with latest publication

Retired Salvation Army officer from Wick set for more literary success with latest publication

Retired Salvation Army officer from Wick set for more literary success with latest publication

28 February 2025

A retired Salvation Army officer from Wick has turned his hand to writing novels and has a new book coming out soon.


Wick’s windy January can be measured on Beaufort scale

Wick’s windy January can be measured on Beaufort scale

Wick’s windy January can be measured on Beaufort scale

16 February 2025

Weather Watch by Keith Banks


ACTIVE OUTDOORS VIEWPOINT: 20 years of access rights is something to celebrate

ACTIVE OUTDOORS VIEWPOINT: 20 years of access rights is something to celebrate

ACTIVE OUTDOORS VIEWPOINT: 20 years of access rights is something to celebrate

11 February 2025

John Davidson looks at the anniversary of Scotland’s ‘right to roam’ being enshrined in law, and says access to the outdoors is vital to our wellbeing


A9 40mph speed limit on Tomatin-Moy stretch will be in place for three years

A9 40mph speed limit on Tomatin-Moy stretch will be in place for three years

A9 40mph speed limit on Tomatin-Moy stretch will be in place for three years

10 February 2025

Speed cameras will enforce restriction and laybys closed as part of dualling works


Farmers’ poor mental health is industry’s ‘biggest hidden problem’

Farmers’ poor mental health is industry’s ‘biggest hidden problem’

Farmers’ poor mental health is industry’s ‘biggest hidden problem’

10 February 2025

Long hours are nothing new to those working in the farming industry, but poor mental health is the “biggest hidden problem”, a new survey has found.


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