work gets under way on world s first rewilding centre in the Highlands
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New map reveals hidden history behind Gaelic names for places in Inverness
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A survey of place names have revealed where bears used to roam Scotland’s landscape.
In a blog for NatureScot, an expert said it is far from clear when European brown bears became extinct in Scotland, and it was “therefore fascinating that there are several Scottish place names that might recall in some way or other a human familiarity with those iconic mammals”.