One of the biggest wildfires in British history which struck the Highlands this week shows how Scotland is worryingly unprepared for climate change, experts warn.
Fire unions and gamekeepers both separately urged boosts to mitigation, planning and investment to tackle the growing threat of forest fires. It comes as the huge inferno at Cannich, near Loch Ness - thought to have been started by a wild camper - was brought under control after burning from Sunday until Wednesday.
The blaze could be the biggest of its kind ever recorded in the UK and was visible from space - burning through a 30 square mile area of scrub and woodland. The Scottish Gamekeepers’ Association slammed “incoherent” SNP-Green policies ahead of a planned Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill at Holyrood.
