
Ruth Tittensor
MA MSc CBiol FRSB
Chartered Biologist, Ecologist, Environmental Historian and Author
Research Fellow
Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Environment, Heritage and Policy, University of Stirling
Current Projects
Rabbit Warrens in Scotland
Forests for Food
Current Writing
The Last of the Summer’s Roses


- Sawing for ScotlandBetween 1960 and 2000, many hardworking, poorly-paid people planted millions of trees across rural Scotland. In that short time, they increased the growing woodlands and forests in Scotland from 6% toContinue reading “Sawing for Scotland”
- Wonderful WordsI was thumbing through my worn Roget’s ‘Thesaurus’ book, looking for a better word than ‘group’ to describe multiples of ecologists or nature conservationists. I could not find a satisfactorilyContinue reading “Wonderful Words”
- The Great Storm, October 16th 1987In the darkness, windiness and noise of the night, we moved the big bed well away from the window and the whole family climbed into it, hoping that the windows wouldContinue reading “The Great Storm, October 16th 1987”