Scottish beaches are always crowded! 🦭 📍 Mingulay, Outer Hebrides 📸 Chris Cachia-Zammit #ForTheLoveOfScotland

A new photo trail has launched at Brodie Castle in Moray, encouraging visitors to explore the wider estate and capture the beauty of the surrounding landscape. > brnw.ch/21wMszv #ForTheLoveOfScotland

You can find this view from the front gate of which castle in our care? 🤔 Your prize: a gold star from the social media team. ⭐ #ForTheLoveOfScotland

5 additional seabirds have been added to the red list of birds at most need of conservation, one being the great skua. We’re working to protect this incredible species – find out more from our ambassador, Cal Major. > brnw.ch/21wMweK #ForTheLoveOfScotland

What do you think is the most dramatic waterfall in Scotland? 🤔 📍 Grey Mare's Tail, Moffat 📸 Darren Maudling #ForTheLoveOfScotland

10% of our work is funded by gifts in Wills. We couldn’t care for our special places without this generosity. If you want to help protect Scotland's nature, beauty and heritage, please consider a donation as part of your legacy: nts.org.uk/support-us/way… #ForTheLoveOfScotland

It's not just castles we care for! Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Cottage & Museum has welcomed a donation of fossils from Dingwall Museum, adding to the oldest pieces in our collection. > brnw.ch/21wMAOq #ForTheLoveOfScotland

The Hermitage is the most magical stretch of forest in Perthshire's Big Tree Country – walk through the forest and explore the pine-scented paths that lead to the roaring Black Linn Falls. > brnw.ch/21wMDbG 📍 The Hermitage 📸 Cal Thompson #ForTheLoveOfScotland

A member has been reunited with an eighteenth-century dress at the Ramsay Exhibition, 55 years after she modelled it at Edinburgh’s Georgian House. > brnw.ch/21wMF7k #ForTheLoveOfScotland

Leith Hall’s Head Gardener, Sarah Ramsay, shares her top tips for growing in small spaces. > brnw.ch/21wMGgJ #ForTheLoveOfScotland

It's a Dirty Job (But Somebody's Gotta Do It)! 💩 A quarter tonne of human waste has been removed in an annual clean-up of the toilets at the remote Corrour Bothy in the Cairngorms. > brnw.ch/21wMHMG #ForTheLoveOfScotland

Dogs! Castles! Mountains! What more do you want?! 4 dog-friendly places to visit for your next weekend walk. 📍 Craigievar Castle, 📸 Laura 📍 Ben Lawers, 📸 Rosie 📍 Castle Fraser, 📸 Maggie Cameron-Power 📍 Glencoe, 📸 Louise Jane #ForTheLoveOfScotland

What's the name of the castle that's hiding behind the flowers? 🤔🏰💐 #ForTheLoveOfScotland

The answer is 🥁🥁🥁 Kellie Castle in Fife! Kellie's oldest towers date back to the fourteenth century, but the whole interior was overhauled in the late nineteenth century by the Lorimers, a family of artists who restored the castle from ruin.

Scotland’s seas have 20 offshore marine protected areas, which aim to safeguard our precious deep-sea ecosystems. But 10 years after their designation, they still lack proper protection. Please add your voice to save Scottish seas: scotlink.org/deepseas #OceanRecoveryNow

How well do you know the places in our care? ⭐ for anyone who can tell us where this photo was taken! #ForTheLoveOfScotland

And the answer is... Culross Palace in the Royal Burgh of Culross! This ochre-hued manor house was built in the late sixteenth century, and is an exceptional example of a merchant’s home.

Autumn in Scotland is something else! 😍🍂 📍 The Hermitage, 📸 Paul Watt 📍 Corrieshalloch Gorge, 📸 James Hadley 📍 Killiecrankie, 📸 Linda Donnelly 📍 Mar Lodge Estate, 📸 Nicola King #ForTheLoveOfScotland

Back The Glenlivet Upper Drumin whisky distillery site for a week of digging. Opening up and moving spoil heaps today! Got a machine to do the heavy lifting for once! National Trust for Scotland #PioneeringSpirit

Culzean Castle's ranger team have been carrying out bat box checks to determine if they're in effective locations across the estate. 53 boxes were checked using an endoscope for minimal disturbance and 23 bats were found to be using them! #ForTheLoveOfScotland