Aigas Field Centre
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Aigas Field Centre is a nature centre based in the home of naturalist
/author
Sir John Lister-Kaye
. The centre was opened in 1977 by eminent ecologist
Sir Frank Fraser Darling
, and provides nature-based holidays for adults and environmental education services for school children. It is located at Aigas
, next to the River Beauly
, 8 km west of Beauly
and 20 km west of Inverness
, in the Highland
of Scotland
.
Natural history
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Author
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Sir John Lister-Kaye
John Lister-Kaye
Sir John Philip Lister Lister-Kaye, 8th Baronet OBE is an English naturalist, conservationist, author and owner and Director of Scotland's premier field studies centre, Aigas Field Centre, among other business interests...
. The centre was opened in 1977 by eminent ecologist
Ecology
Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...
Sir Frank Fraser Darling
Frank Fraser Darling
Sir Frank Fraser Darling was an English ecologist, ornithologist, farmer, conservationist and author, who is strongly associated with the highlands and islands of Scotland.-Early life:...
, and provides nature-based holidays for adults and environmental education services for school children. It is located at Aigas
Aigas
For the nearby town with a similar name, see Crask of AigasAigas is a small crofting hamlet, in Inverness-shire, Scotland, now within the Highland Council area...
, next to the River Beauly
River Beauly
The River Beauly is a river in the Scottish Highlands, about 15 km west of the city of Inverness.It is about 25 km long, beginning near the village of Struy, at the confluence of the River Farrar and the River Glass...
, 8 km west of Beauly
Beauly
Beauly is a town of the Scottish county of Inverness-shire, on the River Beauly, 10 miles west of Inverness by the Far North railway line. Its population was 855 in 1901...
and 20 km west of Inverness
Inverness
Inverness is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...
, in the Highland
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands is an historic region of Scotland. The area is sometimes referred to as the "Scottish Highlands". It was culturally distinguishable from the Lowlands from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands...
of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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