Controlling gorse on East Lothian reserves
If you have walked around the base of Berwick Law recently, you would have noticed large areas where extensive clumps of gorse have been cut back.
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Balanced Horizon is local lead for Scotland’s Farm Cluster Connections
Balanced Horizon, in partnership with East Lothian Climate Hub, is taking on the role of local facilitator for a new national programme called ‘Farm Cluster Connections’.
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Senior Landscape Ecologist joins the team
Mike Thornton has recently joined the Balanced Horizon team as a full-time Senior Landscape Ecologist for our Muir to Forth programme.
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The Making of East Lothian’s Landscape
Travelling through East Lothian today, the landscape feels timeless: a fertile rolling coastal plain of largely arable fields rising southwards to rising foothills and the higher moorland of the Lammermuirs and Moorfoots.
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Become a Horizoneer: Balanced Horizon Launches New Online Community
Balanced Horizon is excited to announce the launch of its new online community based on the Patreon Platform officially titled “The Horizoneers”. This initiative aims… -
Biodiversity implications of Scotland’s Land Reform Bill
Scotland’s Land Reform Bill is in its final throes with the intention that voting will be completed this week. It has some important implications for reversing biodiversity loss, particularly for those larger landowners whose holdings exceed 1000 hectares.
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Restoring Life to the Firth of Forth: A Month of Native Oyster Action
It’s been a busy and inspiring few weeks working alongside the incredible team of Restoration Forth – Find out more …
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Arts & Experiences Charity Auction and Autumn Feast
Online Auction: November 2–7, 2025 and Autumn Feast & Live Auction Finale: Friday, November 7, 2025 at The Barn, Harvest Moon, East Lothian
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Beach Cleaning and Citizen Science
Walk along a Scottish beach after a storm, and you’ll likely spot ropes, bottles, and fishing gear tangled in the sand. These fragments may seem small, but they tell a bigger story, one where citizen science is helping protect our seas.
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Mapping Muir to Forth Nature Networks
We have been pulling together a wide range of environmental datasets using Geographic Information System (GIS) software to identify potential landscape scale corridors for the…