RESTORING UPLAND NATURE

There are few sights more powerful than a Golden Eagle flying high above a ridgeline, or more joyful than seeing a Red Squirrel leaping through the woodland canopy. Both belong to our upland landscapes, yet both need practical, sustained support if they are to thrive. 

Restoring Upland Nature is a young charity with deep roots. We were created to build on the proven success of the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project and to take forward a wider mission; restoring Golden Eagles, Red Squirrels and other upland species, strengthening fragile ecosystems, and engaging people in nature through education, partnership and practical conservation work.

Our work takes place in landscapes that are beautiful, complex and often overlooked. These are places where nature recovery must be built carefully, through trust, science, patience and local understanding. We work with estates, farmers, conservationists, schools, young people and rural communities because lasting change cannot be imposed from outside. It must be grown with the people who live and work in these places.

A donation to RUN helps us do the essential work that sits behind every successful conservation outcome. It helps us plan, travel, monitor, communicate, raise further funds, build partnerships, support volunteers, engage schools and respond to opportunities as they arise.

Your support is invaluable. It helps our charity become stronger, more resilient and more able to deliver lasting change for wildlife and people.

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Restoring Upland Nature (RUN) is home of the pioneering South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project and is a Conservation Partner of the Red Squirrel Recovery Network. RUN is leading an ambitious UK Government funded-project in partnership with a group of core partners, including Forestry England, to restore Golden Eagles to England. 

RUN is dedicated to restoring nature across Britain’s wild spaces. Working with local communities and deploying tried and tested techniques, RUN works to restore populations of some of our most iconic wild animals. Core to this effort is the reinforcement of wildlife populations allowing them to thrive, and revival of habitats which for centuries have suffered from intensive use, degradation and fragmentation.

Partnership working founded on collaboration, listening, and evidence-based learning are fundamental to our approach. In these times of a nature-climate crisis, we need to strive for landscape resilience supporting rural communities and nature.

Our work would not be possible without the generosity, commitment and belief of the individuals, funders, businesses, land managers, communities, volunteers and partner organisations who stand and work alongside us. All are part of the same story: a shared effort to restore wildlife, strengthen upland ecosystems, and reconnect people with the natural heritage around them. We are deeply grateful to everyone who supports our work.