Nature Restoration Fund

Approved projects 2025/26

The following projects have been awarded Nature Restoration Funding by the Highland Council:

  • Arisaig Community Trust - Reviving Nature in Arisaig - £17,238
  • Aultbea Community Council - Himalayan Balsam Removal in Laide/Aultbea - £7,600
  • Balmacara Community Trust - Balmacara Woodland Park Regeneration Project - £13,798
  • Beauly Fishery Board - River Beauly: Improving Atlantic salmon smolt survival - £6,263
  • Broadford and Strath Community Company - Nature Restoration, Broadford Community Woodland - £8,500
  • Broadford and Strath Community Company - Biodiversity Enhancement, Broadford Community Garden - £2,620
  • Butterfly Conservation Scotland - Re-establishing a population of Dark Bordered Beauty - £20,164
  • Butterfly Conservation Scotland - Restoring Habitats for Priority Lepidoptera in Easter Ross & Sutherland Coastal Landscape - £11,219
  • Community Association of Lochs and Sounds - Lochaline Native Oyster Restoration Project - £25,000
  • Culduthel Woods Group - Pond Improvement Project - £9,000
  • Farmer Jones Academy CIC - Gro For You - Ross-Shire Nature Pond - £7,500
  • Friends of Merkinch LNR - Merkinch Warden Programme - £16,650
  • Go Flourish - Fungi, Flora, Fauna - North Kessock’s Biodiversity Boost - £14,426
  • High Life Highland - Nocturnal Forage Restoration - £5,365
  • John Muir Trust - Rainforest Restoration in Britain’s Last Wilderness - £12,315
  • Knocknagael Ltd - Creation of a Species Rich Wetland - £7,000
  • Knocknagael Ltd - Creation of a Species Rich Meadow - £4,270
  • Laide and Aultbea Community Woodland - Newt Pond Restoration - £3,439
  • National Trust for Scotland (NTS) - Gleann Leac na Muidhe INNS Eradication Partnership - £16,000
  • NICE Nairn - Dune Resilience Project Nairn ( Phase 2 ) - £20,110
  • Rogart Development Trust - Restoration of the Mart Site – Wildflower Meadow - £2,177
  • Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - Tern Raft Revival - £16,569
  • Scotland the Big Picture - Torlundy Wild Connections - £21,480
  • Scottish Wildlife Trust - In-Stream River Restoration at Ben Mor Coigach - £11,287
  • Speyside Fields for Wildlife - Glenbeg Habitat Restoration - £15,388
  • Strathdearn Community Developments - Wildflower Meadows & Orchard Creation in Community Areas - £8,151
  • Boleskine House Foundation SCIO - Tree Planting and Wildflower Seed Harvesting - £6,625
  • West Sutherland Fisheries Trust - Eels in Loch Assynt - £4,330
  • Wick Development Trust - Wick Riverside Biodiversity Improvements – Phase 2 - £9,100

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