Scottish Water has completed work on the first phase of a major 400-hectare peat restoration project at Loch Katrine.

Scottish Water has completed work on the first phase of a major 400-hectare peat restoration project at Loch Katrine.

Peat is an unusual kind of soil that forms in rainy areas with poor drainage, so the earth becomes waterlogged. In the UK, most of the remaining peatland is in Scotland, but there are also areas in ...

FIREFIGHTERS are urging the public to be aware of the risk of wildfires – as scientists warn the danger is increasing in Scotland. New figures show almost 80 per cent of large outdoor fires ...

Loch Katrine, in the heart of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, supplies water to 1.3 million people in and around Scotland's largest city. But the peat in the hills surrounding the ...

Loch Katrine, in the heart of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, supplies water to 1.3 million homes in and around Scotland's largest city. But the peat in the hills surrounding the loch has ...

DW’s Richard Baynes has been delving into the strange and wonderful world of Europe’s biggest peat bogs. To listen to the full story, click the audio player above. The post This Scottish peat ...

A former ‘ghost distillery’ on Islay and a vast peat bog in Scotland have been included in TIME’s prestigious list of the world’s greatest places for 2025. The two locations, Port Ellen ...

but shallow peat planting which is allowed in Scotland and would take place at this site. “Warblaw," Bannatyne said, "has been classified as a ’sensitive’ site on Scottish Forestry’s own ...