The Findhorn Foundation is often called on to report to government bodies on sustainability, based on what it has developed and learned over the past three decades.

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The birds are being monitored with a radio tracker and at the moment they are to be found in some of the Perthshire glens and also near Findhorn Bay.

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New events include John Muir Festival in East Lothian, to herald the opening of a coast-to-coast route which is named after the naturalist, Findhorn Bay Arts Festival in Moray, World Sheepdog Trials in Tain and European Festival of Brass in Perthshire.

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