Nature Picture Library is proud to represent images from CALEDONIA, a book by photographer Peter Cairns.

To coincide with the UN International Year of Forests 2011, CALEDONIA is the most spectacular showcase yet for The Great Wood which once covered most of the Scottish mainland. Only a tiny fraction of Scotland's original ‘wildwood' remains and iconic species like the red squirrel, crested tit, pine marten and wildcat cling on to a precarious existence. While these and other exciting animals are found in a variety of habitats across Europe, many of them rely on the old pine forests of the central Highlands, making these lonely and isolated remnants especially important.

In words and pictures, Niall Benvie and Peter Cairns make a passionate plea for an expans

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