Credits
The Nature of Scotland The Magazine of Scottish Natural Heritage Issue Number 9 — Autumn 2010
Published quarterly © SNH 2010 ISSN 1350 309X
Editor: John Walters Tel. 01463 725 222
Cover photo: Autumn colour on Kinnoull Hill, Perth. Inside cover photo: Wind-tossed birch. Welcome page: Ripe plums. Photographer: Lorne Gill/SNH
Photography – all images by Lorne Gill/SNH other than: Keith Ringland 4; Niall Benvie/Images from the Edge 6t; Harri Taavetti/FLPA 7; Scottish Viewpoint 8, 9; Doug Perrine/
naturepl.com 10; Denis Kelly 11l; Willie Kennedy 11r; Brian Morrell 16; Steve Gardner 17; Mark Hamblin 18; David Whitaker 19, 40; Sue Scott 22, 25l; Paul Kay 24, 25r, 27; JNCC 26; David Genney 32; John Hancox 34; Mark Payne-Gill/
naturepl.com 35; Bob & Drew Geddes 42l; Calum Duncan, Marine Conservation Society 42r; George Logan/SNH 43l; Kelly Ann Dempsey 43r; Laurie Campbell/SNH 43m, 60; Pete Moore 44l; Laurie Campbell 45m; Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park 45l;
www.toothandclaw.org.uk 49; Joe Blossom/NHPA/ Photoshot 62; Chris Gomersall/
naturepl.com 63.
Map, 37 – ©Forestry Commission. © Crown copyright and database right 2010.
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