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Destination Tweed project reaches 100 story milestone
The Tweed Stories project, part of the wider Destination Tweed initiative, is celebrating a major milestone as more than 100 stories have now been collected from local communities about their personal connections to the River Tweed. Further story-gathering events are planned in the coming weeks for the project, which is collating river-based tales and oral […]
Tweed Forum launches new Biosecurity Plan to protect River Tweed from invasive species
Environmental charity, Tweed Forum has launched a new Tweed Catchment Biosecurity Plan (2026-2031) setting out how partners across the catchment will work together to prevent, detect and control invasive non-native species threatening the River Tweed. The River Tweed is internationally-recognised for its outstanding beauty, rich biodiversity and status as the UK’s most prolific salmon river. […]
River Tweed becomes a living classroom with launch of TweedWATCH Education Pack
The landscapes of the River Tweed catchment are set to become a living classroom for schoolchildren across the Scottish Borders and north Northumberland with the launch of an important new outdoor learning resource celebrating the river environment. Unveiled this week by Borders charity, Tweed Forum, the new TweedWATCH Education Pack has been created for pupils […]
River Tweed to be celebrated in creative story-sharing event
Borderers are being invited to bring their stories about the River Tweed to Innerleithen on Saturday 9 May as part of a free drop-in storytelling and story-gathering event celebrating the river and its surrounding woodlands. Hosted by Destination Tweed’s Tweed Stories programme, the Scottish Wildlife Trust-led Riverwoods Blueprint Project, and Innerleithen Community Trust, Tales from […]
Iron Age human remains identified in South of Scotland excavation
Cremated human remains dating from the Iron Age have been discovered during an archaeological excavation at Adie’s Brae near Moffat. The dig was part of the Destination Tweed project’s community-based archaeology programme, Uncovering the Tweed which is investigating important sites of activity along the River Tweed and in the surrounding area. The programme is being […]
Borders farm leads the way with large-scale agroforestry initiative
Borders environmental charity, Tweed Forum has planted more than 1,700 native trees on a Peeblesshire farm in an innovative agroforestry project that’s being delivered on a scale believed to be unmatched anywhere else in Scotland. The approach, which has been implemented as part of the Destination Tweed river restoration initiative, is seen by many as […]