A Lancaster bomber, which had been converted for maritime patrol duties, crashed on Beinn Eighe in March 1951. All eight crewmen, who were stationed at an RAF base at Kinloss in Moray, died.
The Beinn Eighe scheme, along with another at Creag Meagaidh National Nature Reserve, is one of two in Scotland, run by government agencyNatureScot, that aim to get local people, not from spo ...
The UK's first national nature reserve is 70 years old. The 18 sq mile (48 sq km) reserve covers Beinn Eighe, a mountain in Wester Ross in the Highlands. It was set up in 1951 to protect an area ...