After the end of the last Ice Age, in the lower mountain zone of extensive heath in Scotland, the Scot’s Pine Pinus sylvestris became the primary forest growth forming what we call Caledonian Forest. Today, restoration focuses on deer management and the joining together of the fragmented pockets of original forest. Within it in many places, a widespread understory has developed of Bell heather Erica cineria that is an important nectar source for all kinds of insects including honey bees, moths and butterflies.
Mark Hamblin has worked as a freelance nature photographer since 1995, creating images for international photographic agencies; providing specialist guiding services and working on multi-media conservation projects.
Mark has published and collaborated on several books including Wild Peak, Wild Land - Images of nature from the Cairngorms, Tooth & Claw and 2020VISION. He was also a contributing photographer for the Wild Wonders of Europe project working on stories in Lithuania and The Netherlands.
Mark is a director of the social enterprise company, Wild Media Foundation, who produce communications material for a range of clients as well as working on their own projects. Their current project, SCOTLAND: The Big Picture amplifies the case for a wilder Scotland, and Mark is part of a team of photographers and videographers currently gathering material for a range of media products.
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