Cairngorms Connect – with guest speaker Jeremy Roberts

The John Muir Trust North East Scotland Members’ Group invite you to an evening talk on Cairngorms Connect – Britain’s biggest habitat restoration project.

Covering 600sqkm of the Cairngorms National Park, Cairngorms Connect is one of the most ambitious ecological restoration projects in Britain. This talk will describe what makes Cairngorms Connect such a significant project, the work that is under way, the ambitions for the future, the role of science and monitoring in tracking our progress and developing new approaches – and the importance a shared vision for nature, climate, and people.

Doors open 7pm.

Jeremy Roberts

Jeremy was appointed as Programme Manager for the Cairngorms Connect Partnership in February 2019, since when he has overseen the operation of the partnership across the 600sqkm Cairngorms Connect (CC) area, working closely with the four land managing partners. Prior to this role, Jeremy was Senior Site Manager of the RSPB’s Abernethy reserve (137sqkm – RSPB’s second biggest reserve), a role he did for 14 years. He is one of the founding members of Cairngorms Connect. In 2018, Jeremy led the application process that secured a $5mUSD grant from the Endangered Landscapes Programme – private funding from the Arcadia Trust - that directly supports habitat restoration and community engagement in the CC area. Jeremy first joined RSPB in 1997, and oversaw RSPB Scotland’s nature reserve management, and advisory programme. Before joining RSPB, Jeremy’s early career (in voluntary and statutory sectors) focused on providing wildlife advice to farmers and crofters. In August 2025, Jeremy moved to a new role as RSPB’s Operations Director for the North of Scotland.