Environment

Caithness projects for Green Health Week (May 3-11) include events at Castletown, Dunnet Forest, Wick and Lybster.

OUT AND ABOUT WITH RALPH: Experienced paddlers can make use of tides to get across the Pentland Firth and explore the once inhabited island

Perthshire farmer and legendary agricultural comedian Jim Smith is bound for Caithness next month to perform at Wick Assembly Rooms on May 31.

Plans for one of Scotland’s largest battery storage sites has been objected to by councillors because it is just two miles from the Castle of Mey.

The charity behind the John O’Groats Trail is already making strides with developing a new walking route in the far north.

A £90k footbridge has been opened across a wide burn on the John O’Groats Trail. John Davidson went along to hear about the impact of the new crossing

A Thurso-based peatland expert has completed a long-held ambition to run across the Flow Country to mark World Heritage Day.

A farming union leader is urging the UK government to call a halt to changes to inheritance tax until a review into farm profitability is complete.

A new footbridge set to be officially opened on the John O’Groats Trail this week will be a symbol of the project’s long-term aims.

The Watten Helps Out community group lived up to its name and helped move lots of discarded rubbish from in and around Watten last Sunday (April 13).

Beautiful Botanicals by Joanne Howdle

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

The Highlands and Islands Climate Hub is working with Highland Third Sector Interface to deliver the Community Led Local Development Fund.

Caithness is set to feature in a BBC special on Scotland’s coasts which airs later this week.

A John O’Groats petting farm showed off one of its latest arrivals with Dottie the blind lamb and said it has many activities planned over Easter.

Leading rural organisations say muirburn licensing delays could risk exacerbating the growing threat of wildfires across Scotland.

A campaign group wants Highland Council to take account of the wellbeing of rural residents in Caithness who are “under attack” over onshore wind.

Dramatic pictures and video shot by a local woman show fire crews dealing with another wildfire at Reaster near Bower on Wednesday afternoon.

Wick weather watcher Keith Banks has highlighted the ongoing dry spell and corresponding wildfire threat it poses.

Members of a Caithness eco group, helping keep the coast clean, were shocked to find remnants of a boozy beach picnic discarded on Dunnet beach.