A 700-year-old Scottish estate is set for a new lease of life as an eco-tourist attraction after being inherited by a biologist.

Victoria Bruce-Winkler has inherited her family’s estate in Clackmannanshire and has set about regenerating it with aten- year wildlife plan, eco-bothies for rural tourism and new farming practises.

She said there has already been a significant amount of conservation work undertaken behind the scenes, monitoring and managing the diverse habitats and rare wildflowers, wildlife and insect populations.

Brucefield Estate consists of 420 hectares of semi-ancient oak, birch and Scots Pine woodlands, arable and pasture farmland dotted with drystane dyke walls.