During 2024-25 we developed the vision of a landscape-scale biodiversity partnership in the Mosset catchment, focusing on the Sanquhar/Chapelton area of Forres. The partnership aims to build collaboration between local groups in the area - ourselves at Forres Friends, the Forres Community Woodland Trust, the Sanquhar Dam Restoration Group, and landowners Gordon and Macphail. All of the area is well used by the people of Forres for walking, cycling, bird watching etc. We received funding from...

Accounts from Forres locals recorded by local storyteller Margot Henderson, sharing accounts of how the land was managed over the years.