Join Us

Wild Scotland is a membership organisation and we are always happy to receive new members.

There are three levels of membership:

  • Full: for organisations providing commercial wildlife watching experiences in Scotland.
  • Tourism Business: for organisations who provide a tourism service and wish to be involved with Wild Scotland. Or wildlife watching businesses who are not commercial or have been trading for less than a year.
  • Associate: for organisations who do not provide a tourism service, but wish to be associated with the Wild Scotland network.

Further information about the different membership categories and application requirements are outlined in the membership form below. If you would like to find out more, please contact us.


Benefits of Membership

Wildlife Tourism Marketing: joint marketing & individual advertising opportunities
  • FREE entry on Wild Scotland website, includes photo, text and web-link. The website receives over 8000 unique visitors a month.
  • FREE listing in Wild Scotland brochure, distributed at travel shows, entry points to Scotland, WS members’ properties and direct enquiries.
  • Inclusion in Wild Scotland press activity: over 50 articles and interviews placed in 2008/2009 with total advertising value equivalent (ave) of £650,000. Coverage includes The Observer, The Scotsman, Scotland Outdoor magazine, BBC Radio Scotland and online travel and news sites.
  • Press trips through Wild Scotland and VisitScotland. 2009 trips included The Scottish Sun, The Scotsman and two Dutch publications.
  • Opportunity to contribute to Wild Scotland’s blog and news requests. Links to members’ blogs, webcams and video clips.
  • Opportunity to advertise through joint advertising, competition prizes and special offers, such as Bird Fair Prize Draw, VisitScotland marketing activities, Wild Scotland photography competition & BBC Wildlife (Feb 2010).
  • Representation at Travel Shows: e.g British Bird Fair (Rutland Water, August 2009, 22,000 visitors)
  • Use of Wild Scotland logo on marketing material, including VisitScotland.com website.
Business Support and Networking
  • Networking opportunities with other tourism operators and like-minded companies.
  • Regular e-newsletter for marketing, environment, market research, policy and business news. Discounted places on training and seminars run by Wild Scotland, including our annual wildlife tourism conference.
  • Access to wild-scotland.co.uk members’ area containing business advice and further information.
  • Wild Scotland acts as point of contact for agencies and the wildlife tourism sector.
  • Involvement in development of Best Practice Guidelines for wildlife tourism.
  • Business Advice available via workshops and members’ section of website.
Any questions about membership please contact us.