Explore Durrell’s plans to breathe life back into the Dalnacardoch Estate in Scotland. 

Join us this November as we reveal our one-hundred-year vision for restoring an 18,500-acre estate back to a wild and diverse landscape. 
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Located within the Cairngorms National Park, the Dalnacardoch Estate is a unique and exciting opportunity to demonstrate conservation action in Scotland where one in nine species is threatened with national extinction. 

Hear from inspiring speakers about the transition from Dalnacardoch’s traditional use as a sporting estate into a wild and colourful natural environment that benefits biodiversity, local communities, and visitors, whilst contributing to the local economy and livelihoods. 

 A huge thank you to our event partner RBC 

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Tickets

London: 6pm, Wednesday 6 November at The Royal Institution
Jersey: 6pm, Wednesday 13 November at the Freedom Centre

Booking required

Free for members
£20 for non-members

Meet the speakers

Andy Ford
Director of Nature and Climate Change, CNPA

Since graduating with a degree in ecology from Sunderland University, Andy has over 30 years of experience working in countryside management. He worked as a ranger and nature reserve manager in Scotland, England and West Africa before joining the CNPA in 2005, becoming Director in 2021. 

He's joining us to talk about the transformational vision for a carbon-negative and biodiversity-rich National Park with better functioning, better connected and more resilient ecosystems where people and nature thrive together.

 

Deirdre Stewart
Durrell's Programme Director, Scotland

An experienced land manager with over twenty years working history in traditional rural estate management in Scotland, Deirdre joined Durrell in January 2024. She is responsible for overseeing and managing the delivery of our programme on the Dalnacardoch Estate in Scotland.

 

Libby Penman
Scottish wildlife filmmaker and nature TV presenter

An award-winning Scottish filmmaker and wildlife photographer, Libby is the 2024 winner of the Scottish Nature Awards 'video' category. She is a regular cam-op, and on-screen presenter for BBC Scotland and also appears on BBC Two's Landward, Springwatch and Winterwatch. She works in TV as a shooting PD and DV director and has directed and shot documentaries across genres, from wildlife to prime-time travel to mental health with Love Island stars. Libby was one of the winners of National Geographics "wild pitch' competition at the 2022 international Wildscreen festival. 

At the Durrell Lecture, she will showcase the images she captures while exploring the wilds of Scotland. She has a passion for highlighting the country's amazing landscapes and creatures and believes adventures and time spent in the outdoors can give us that meaningful connection to nature and inspire us to want to protect it.