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• Spectacular Sea Eagles on the Isle of Skye

  Considered to be a close cousin of the North American Bald Eagle, the White-tailed Eagle, or Sea Eagle, is one of the largest birds of prey found in Scotland and is the fourth largest bird of ...

• Admire the View from the Summit of Schiehallion

  Rising up as a lone peak to a height of 1,083 meters, Schiehallion is located between Loch Tummel and Loch Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. Viewed from the west across Loch Rannoch, Schiehallion ...

• Scottish Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie

  Widely regarded as one of the most important philanthropists of his era, Andrew Carnegie was born in a small cottage in Dunfermline, Scotland, on 25 November 1835, and was named after his ...

• Visit Bressay and Noss in the Shetland Islands

  Separated from Lerwick by the Bressay Sound, Bressay is the fifth largest of the Shetland Islands, with a population of around 400 people, many of whom travel daily by ferry to work in ...

• Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rùm

  Located on the Isle of Rùm off the west coast of Scotland, Kinloch Castle was built between 1897 and 1900 as a private summer residence for Sir George Bullough, who inherited the island and ...

• Henry Bell – Steamboat Pioneer

  Scottish engineer Henry Bell (1767-1830) is credited with pioneering the development of Europe's first successful passenger steamboat service, a paddle steamer named PS Comet, which ran ...

• SSHF – Honoring Achievers in Sport

  Supported by SportScotland and National Museums Scotland, the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame (SSHF) is part of the Sporting Scotland Gallery located in the Museum of Scotland on Chambers ...

• Experience the Ancient Sport of Falconry

  The ancient sport of falconry may have originated in Mongolia or China in around 2000 BC and is thought to have been introduced to Europe in around 400 AD. In Scotland the sport had quite a ...

• Preserving Aviation History in Dumfries and Galloway

  In the early 1970s a group of aviation enthusiasts decided to excavate the site where a Wellington bomber (HE 746) crashed near the RAF Dumfries airfield on the night of 3/4 June 1943, ...