![]() ![]() ![]() She meets the ‘Wolf Man’ of the Highlands, who wants to introduce the first wild wolves back into Scotland for over 300 years a mountain ecologist who ranges alone across the landscape to track the environmental impact of deer on Scotland’s upland ecosystem landowners who are reintroducing species like beaver onto their estates and a female deer stalker, who is trying to introduce more women into the male-dominated world of stalking and game-keeping. This exploration leads her into the complex and often conflict-ridden world of the rewilding movement. Piece by piece and chapter by chapter she unravels the story of that one day spent hunting the hind, interlaced with her discovery that her ancestors were deer stalkers, game keepers and ghillies on a Highland estate, who once took part in increasingly controversial land practices like muirburn and species persecution. In 2019, Jenna Watt took part in the stalking of a hind on the vast Highland estate of Corrour: part of an immersive attempt to understand the ideas that lie behind ‘rewilding’, and what it means emotionally and physically to participate in Scotland’s deer cull. Nature-writers Jenna Watt and Andrew Painting join us to discuss their Highland Book Prize nominated books - Hindsight and Regeneration - the topic of rewilding and their work in sustainabiltiy, conservation and ecology in Scotland's rural landscape. ![]() Location: Christ Church Centre, 6A Morningside Road, EH10 4DD ![]()
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