The extent of the Abernethy – Glenmore wildfire has been mapped (HERE). In QGIS a grid of 100 m sided cells was overlain over the fire boundary polygon, and clipped to match the boundary. The mean altitude within each cell was calculated using the Copernicus GLO-30 Digital Elevation Model, downloaded via the OpenTopography website. This…
Author: Andy Amphlett
UPDATE (24th August) Copernicus satellite imagery flown on 21/08/2026 gives a cloud free view of the north-east corner of the area burnt in Abernethy Forest. I have therefore been able to revise the maps of the Abernethy – Glenmore wildfire, and have added updated maps to the Google Drive folder (link in blog…
UPDATE 25/07/2026 08.30 This blog was written on Thursday 23rd July, when fire flare ups were first being reported. Police Scotland declared a major incident on the evening of the 24th, with residents of Nethybridge evacuated as a precaution. The current extent of the fire is unclear. There is (currently) no public access to the Glenmore…
In response to my blog post of 10th October (see here) on ‘The near total destruction of a Twinflower population at Creag Bheithe Bheag in the Cairngorms National Park. What went wrong, and what lessons might be learnt for the future?’ I received replies from the CEO of the Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA), Scottish Forestry (SF)…
[Author note. Andy was previously an Ecologist, now retired, working for an NGO in the Cairngorms. He is currently the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) vice-county recorder for East Inverness-shire (https://bsbi.org/easterness)]. Introduction Twinflower (Linnaea borealis) is an iconic and charismatic flower of the Caledonian Pinewood. It is a Nationally Scarce mat-forming creeping perennial,…
[Author note. Andy was previously an Ecologist, now retired, working for an NGO in the Cairngorms. He is currently the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) vice-county recorder for East Inverness-shire (https://bsbi.org/easterness). In recent years he has published a number of scientific papers including several relevant to this project. These include, ‘Identification and taxonomy…