Scottish Natural Heritage has published its final version of a map showing where Scotland's wild land is, external. The 42 areas include large parts of the Cairngorms and Wester Ross and also ...

New areas of a coral-like seaweed called maerl have been discovered on the seabed off Wester Ross, the Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT) has said. Pink-purple maerl beds offer protection to young cod ...

The order will not affect other fishing activity in the Wester Ross MPA, including hand diving for scallops. Pink-purple maerl beds offer protection to young cod, scallops and crabs.

Highland Council said water vole populations in Lochalsh and Wester Ross were threatened by mink that had spread northwards from Argyll. The mink escaped and were illegally released from fur farms.