Credits
The Nature of Scotland The Magazine of Scottish Natural Heritage Issue Number 15 — Spring / Summer 2012
Published twice per year © SNH 2012 ISSN 1350 309X
Editor: Jim Jeffrey Tel. 01738 458528
Cover photo: Red squirrel. Photographer: Neil McIntyre
Inside cover photo: Detail of pine wood. Photographer: Niall Benvie/SNH
Welcome page: Wild cherry blossom against a grey sky. Photographer: Lorne Gill/SNH
Photography – all images by Lorne Gill/SNH other than: Sue Scott/SNH (main) 5, Laurie Campbell 5 (images 2 and 5 in strip), 7, 9 (images 3 and 5 in strip), 39 (r), 50/51, 54, 55; Laurie Campbell/SNH 40; David Whitaker (main) 9; Becky Duncan/SNH 14, 15, 16 (bottom), 17, 23, 43 (r); Frank Greenaway 18; Dave Genney/SNH 19, 45 (l); Michelle Melville/Highland Council 20; David Pickett/SNH 21; Plantlife 27; Lighthouse Photographs 29 (t);
toothandclaw.org.uk 42; Trevor Godden/SNH 44 (l); Galloway Fisheries Trust 44(m); Carol Jones/SNH 44 (r), Robin Reid North Harris Trust 45 (m); Christine Skene/SNH 46 (r), P & A Macdonald/SNH 48 (l and r), 58; Marek Malecki 48(m); Charlie Phillips 57: Turizem Bohinj 60, 61 (b), 62; Joze A Mihelic 61 (t), 63
Map, 37 – © Fitzpatrick Woolmer. Based on Ordnance Survey mapping. © Crown copyright and database right 2011. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number SNH 100017908.
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