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 “I visited Alladale back in July and fell in love with the place. Paul Lister's vision, along with his incredible team, have made the unthinkable a reality.......

Please come to a lecture given by acclaimed photographer Max Milligan on his new book The Soul of Scotland (Anam na h-Alba) in aid of The European Nature Trust.

The European Nature Trust will, this year, have a presence at the CLA Game Fair. Held at Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire, from the 20th to the 22nd of July, TENT will be providing information on the many projects occurring at the Alladale Wilderness Lodge and Reserve; the Scottish Highland’s home to many of TENT’s wildlife and conservation restoration projects.

Alladale Wilderness Reserve's 4-year old European Elk cow, "Hulda", has given birth to her second calf and the pair are doing especially well in a spell of spectacular Highland weather!

We recently had the privilege of hosting Dr Joe Zammit-Lucia at Alladale Wilderness Reserve. Here he tells us about his experience of staying at Alladale and his thoughts on TENT… 

We are organising a Press Trip to Alladale Wilderness Reserve in September. If you are a journalist and interested in writing about some of the projects The European Nature Trust is working on then please contact: emilia@theeuropeannaturetrust.com 

Acclaimed photographer, and supporter of TENT, Max Milligan, is launching his latest book “The Soul of Scotland” at the Royal Geographic Society, on July the 18th.

The TENT funded documentary "Wild Carpathia" is now available to purchase from the travel channel shop.

Wild Carpathia, the widely acclaimed documentary funded by Paul Lister and The European Nature Trust, is back on YouTube - don't miss it!  

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yn_t3Gi1Bg

 Alladale Wilderness Reserve Head Ranger, David Clark, reports that both the wildcats and the European bison have settled in beautifully to their new home in the Scottish Highlands. Both species took last week's severe storms "in their stride" and David ("Poppy") is delighted with their progress.

 The European Elk at the Alladale Wilderness Reserve have enjoyed a remarkable year.  "Cas" (gaelic for "legs") has achieved an astonishing bodyweight in the seven months since she was born.  "Hercules", the bull, looks magnificent and he has mated "Hulda" again.

This Saturday, 10th December, TENT Director, Hugh Fullerton-Smith, will present at the Green Pioneering Summit in Verbier, Switzerland.  His paper will focus on TENT's current Scottish Highlands and Romanian Carpathian projects. 

With promo YouTube "hits" exceeding 100,000 prior to the first screening on SKY's Travel Channel on Sunday 30th October, all expectations for the full documentary viewing have been passed as we approach week 2 from the premiere.

270 guests, including Her Royal Highness Princess Margarita and Romania's Minister of Tourism, Elena Udrea attended the premier of "Wild Carpathia", the TENT-funded 40-minute documentary in Bucharest on Wednesday 19th October.

Joep van de Vlassaker of Flaxfield Nature Consultancy delivers 3 European Bison cows to Alladale Wilderness Reserve after long journey from Belgium.

We are delighted and very grateful that HRH Prince of Wales, who has a passion for Transylvanian biodiversity and rural heritage, agreed to be interviewed exclusively for the TENT funded production of "Wild Carpathia".

The TENT-funded European Bison breeding project is underway as DEFRA and the Scottish Executive give their approval for the animals to land in the UK.  

Romanian and London premier dates and locations of "Wild Carpathia" documentary are now confirmed.

TENT's Scottish Wildcat Breeding Centre has been completed and the first breeding pair of cats delivered safely from the south of England.

Working with its partners, Forest Carbon Ltd and the Crichton Carbon Centre in Dumfries, TENT has launched "Peatlands +".

Dundee-based social media specialists, Waracle, have been commissioned to build TENT's conservation Facebook game.