Environment

Forestry and Land Scotland has resumed its peatland restoration work at Meall an Lochain in north-west Sutherland.

A group of inspired villagers set about brightening Lybster up a bit with a colourful display on Harbour Road.

A vivid purple field of wild flowers has been turning heads on the A99 near Reiss.

North MP Jamie Stone marked World Oceans Day by arguing that "plastic-filled whales must be a thing of the past".

Elinor Spencer has been using her lockdown exercise time to clear road verges from rubbish around her home at Achreamie near Dounreay.

Groups of volunteers have been beavering away to keep on top of matters at a popular Caithness woodland.

With the government restrictions of lockdown being gradually eased at the end of last week there has been a tentative return to local beaches.

With the warm sunny weather being experienced in the north an animal charity is warning against leaving dogs in cars.

Thurso councillors think their ward has lost out on a council plan to create new social distancing paths and cycleways.

Wick among the places earmarked to benefit from a Highland-wide initiative to create safe walking and cycling pathways as a response to coronavirus.

The Clap for Our Carers in Wick last night was noisier than previous Thursdays thanks to Seacat catamarans in the harbour blasting their sirens.

The Scottish SPCA is dealing with over eight times as many reports of baby birds as it was just one month ago.

A wildlife charity is asking people in Caithness to keep an eye out for a small but brightly-coloured butterfly, the small copper.

Locals captured the moment in video and still images as a burst pipe sent a jets of water high in the air at a mini-roundabout in Wick.

A Thurso-based taxi firm has taken extra precautionary measures to keep its drivers and customers safe from coronavirus infection.

Bizarre mutated daisy found at Thurso exhibits a condition of abnormal growth known as fasciation.

The owner of a Lyth-based riding stable is urging members of the public to be careful around horses if the animals are encountered while on a walk.

Key workers making essential travel in the Highlands have been kept moving thanks to "unprecedented punctuality across the country", claims ScotRail.

Various Highland councillors and other selfless volunteers in Caithness have been working tirelessly to strim, cut and lift grass in local cemeteries.

Writer and puffin fan Edward Hancox is releasing a book celebrating the enigmatic seabird which is now classed as endangered.