http://www.mmscott.co.uk/rssnews.asp Michael Scott: Natural History Writer | News We are delighted to look forward to another busy year of cruising, with lecturing trips to Cape Verde in April; Spitsbergen and the North Cape in June; some unusual ports in Iceland in August; and http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=41724 http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=41724 25 January 2012 We have just returned from an amazing 32-day cruise, organised by Noble Caledonia on board the 5-star expedition ship Island Sky. It took us and 90-odd lucky passengers to places I certainly never http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=33957 http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=33957 25 January 2012 I am delighted that the Edinburgh publishing house, Birlinn, have now republished my Scottish Wild Flowers guide, which Harper-Collins had let go out of print.  I took the opportunity to fully http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=29640 http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=29640 24 January 2012 I was delighted to work on a wonderful new book, published by Dorling Kindersley, entitled The Natural History Book, and subtitled, with just a hint of hyperbole, The Ultimate Visual Guide to Everythi http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=30455 http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=30455 30 October 2010 I was on the island of Islay on 25th and 26th October, looking (amongst other things) at the amazing populations of Greenland white-fronted and barnacle geese that spend the winter there. The r http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=31031 http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=31031 29 October 2010 Somewhat belated, Dorling Kindersley have informed me that I shared, along with other authors of Oceans: The World's Last Wilderness Revealed, in the 2008 Louis J Battan Author's Award K-12 Categ http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=29641 http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=29641 06 September 2010 Scottish Natural Heritage has just published a "scoping study" into the prospects for Marine Ecosystem Objectives, intended as a means of ensuring the wise management of the seas around Scot http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=26464 http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=26464 03 May 2010 The first photos are now available online from the Above and Below Image Library that Sue and I have set up.  The launch page for the library is here, and you can see a sample of the photos we of http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=21989 http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=21989 15 November 2009 I'm pleased to help publicise the wonderful flora and scenery of the Cairngorms Mountains of Scotland in a feature article in the winter 2009 issue of Plantlife, the membership magazine of the charity http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=21988 http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=21988 15 November 2009 We are again working as lecturers on a number of cruises during 2010, and we would love to see old friends and acquaintances on any of these trips. We'll be working on our old friend Boudicca for Fre http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=20085 http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=20085 05 September 2009 I was commissioned by British Wildlife magazine to review the likely impact of climate change on the Cairngorms mountains of Scotland.  I thought I knew what this was likely to say, but, as I spo http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=20082 http://www.mmscott.co.uk/news.asp?id=20082 05 September 2009