Law Society Of Scotland Article On Buy A Title Souvenir Plots & Fake Titles

This article it taken from the official magazine of the Law Society Of Scotland, The Journal, 16 April 2012, something you might want to think about if you are considering buying land in Scotland as a souvenir plot.
http://www.journalonline.co.uk/Magazine/57-4/1011036.aspx#.UBG047Se58F

"Registers page: Clients seeking a "souvenir plot", perhaps believing it will confer the right to a particular title, should be warned that they may not get what they hope for.

by Registers of Scotland.

There have been a few articles in the media recently about companies who are selling off tiny pieces of land, known as “souvenir plots”, in the Highlands. Some websites suggest that ownership of the plot carries with it the right to use the title of laird, lord or lady.

Given that some websites claim that the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 “removes the normal requirements to register your land… thus permitting the sale to take place under Contract Law”, the Keeper would like to clarify her position on the subject.

A souvenir plot is defined in the Land Registration (Scotland) Act 1979 as “a piece of land which, being of inconsiderable size or no practical utility, is unlikely to be wanted in isolation except for the sake of mere ownership or for sentimental reasons or commemorative purposes”.

The Keeper is required to reject an application for registration in the Land Register, if the land to which it relates meets the description of “souvenir plot”. However, the fact that the Keeper is obliged to reject registration does not necessarily mean that “ownership” can be obtained by some other means.

A real right of ownership in land (in the sense of a right that is enforceable against third parties) can only be obtained by registration in the Land Register or by recording a deed in the Register of Sasines as appropriate.

Solicitors who are consulted by a client in relation to the purchase of a potential souvenir plot should bear in mind that in some cases, the land in question might not be of “inconsiderable size”; in such cases, no exemption from registration applies.

No title with your title

The Court of the Lord Lyon commented: “Ownership of a souvenir plot of land does not bring with it the right to any description such as ‘laird’, ‘lord’ or ‘lady’. ‘Laird’ is not a title but a description applied by those living on and around the estate, many of whom will derive their living from it, to the principal landowner of a long-named area of land. It will, therefore, be seen that it is not a description which is appropriate for the owner of a normal residential property.

“It cannot properly be used to describe a person who owns a small part of a larger piece of land. The term ‘laird’ is not one recognisable by attachment to a personal name and thus there is no official recognition of ‘XY, Laird of Z’.

“The words ‘lord’ and ‘lady’ apply to those on whom a peerage has been confirmed and do not relate to the ownership of land.

“Ownership of a souvenir plot of land is not sufficient to bring a person otherwise ineligible within the jurisdiction of the Lord Lyon for seeking a coat of arms.”

Highland Titles Glencoe Estates Diamond Jubilee Wood Project At Keil Hill

Highland Titles Glencoe Estates claim to be planting a 60 acre 30,000 tree Diamond Jubilee Wood at Keil hill http://www.diamondjubileewood.com, and also claim that the Woodland Trust examined the site to give advice.

Quotes from their website

"and have been most appreciative of the advice given to us by the Woodland Trust** on the suitability of our proposed project"

"** Highland Titles acknowledges the valuable support given by the Woodland Trust during their visit to Keil Hill to inspect the site with us in 2011."

"Our plans have already been laid with the active support and expertise of various conservation bodies."

I was concerned about the suitability of the site for the planting of native Scottish species of trees, so I contacted the Woodland Trust to enquire as to whether they did conduct a site inspection and what the results of the inspection were. Below is the reply from Andrew Campbell, Senior Advice and Partnerships Manager for the Woodland Trust.

Dear xxxxx

Your e-mail has been passed to me for my attention.

We are aware of Highland Titles and their web-site regarding their Diamond Jubilee Wood.

I did visit the site in October 2011 following an enquiry by the owner about the suitability of the site as a Diamond Jubilee Wood as part of the Woodland Trust’s UK Jubilee Woods project.

We did not approve the site as a Diamond Jubilee wood candidate on the grounds of area (the possible planting areas identified as suitable for native tree species was less than our required 60 acres) and the limited people engagement opportunities during the establishment stage on the site.  Following us turning this Diamond Jubilee Woodland proposal down we have had no further correspondence with the owners or their local agent.

For clarification, we are not endorsing this site - this is a project entirely separate from our own Woodland Trust Jubilee Woods project.

With regards

Andrew Campbell
Senior Advice and Partnerships Manager

In this newsletter (*** see note at foot) Highland Titles claimed that they were in "partnership with the Jubilee Wood project for The Woodland Trust". This is clearly misleading as the Woodland Trust did not approve the project. Even though they were rejected as being unsuitable, they still claimed to be a part of the Woodland Trust Jubilee Wood project!

If Highland Titles Glencoe Estates are actually planting this wood on Keil Hill, they are doing so without advice given by the experts at the Woodland Trust.

Which must also bring into question the suitability of the site for all the other trees they claim to be planting. If the Woodland Trust could not find 60 acres suitable for the planting of native species of trees, where then are they planting the thousands of trees every year they are claiming?

Readers may also be interested in this blog post.

*** The text in this newsletter has been altered recently. I will put up a link to the original which I have a copy of when I find somewhere to put it and the time to put it there. Thanks to this forum thread for alerting me to this fact http://www.scots-titles.com/forum/fake-scots-titles-exposed-group3/scots-title-reseller-scams-forum12/scottish-highland-titles-no-longer-trading-thread6.52#postid-934

Original Highland Titles newsletter text reads:
"Highland Titles is proud to announce a new partnership with the Jubilee Wood project for the Woodland Trust"

Altered Highland Titles newsletter text reads:
"Highland Titles is proud to announce a new project; creating a Diamond Jubilee Wood with advice from the Woodland Trust"

UPDATE 26/08/2012

The text on the diamondjubileewood.com website has now also changed and so has the story. It now reads:

"Highland Titles acknowledges the valuable support given by the Woodland Trust during their visit to Keil Hill to inspect the site with us in 2011. The Woodland Trust confirmed that the land was entirely suitable for planting, but that as only 50 acres of the proposed new 60 acre wood would be newly planted (the other 10 acres being existing larch woodland and birch) we would not qualify to be included in their Diamond Woods scheme"

Andrew Campbell of the Woodland Trust denies having ever indicated that the land is suitable for planting, either in part or as a whole.

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I have a lot more evidence suggesting dishonest and unethical business practices by several souvenir plot / title vendors which I have not published.. If you are a bona fide journalist or Government department with an interest in investigating this business and would like access to that evidence, please get in touch with me by using the email address on the right or sending me a comment marked "confidential", I will not publish comments so marked

Highland Titles Glencoe Estates Nature Reserve Location

The location of the Highland Titles Glencoe Estates Nature Reserve that they said they acquired in 2011 seems to have moved! They changed their "we are green" web page to say that the land had merely been leased and that it is located at Ardsheal Hill. This lease is said to expire in 2012.

The original location text was given in this extract of their website taken on 03/07/2012.

"Fund raising in 2011 has enabled us to realise the dream of acquiring a 500 acre tract of land close to Glencoe Wood and wholly within the Glen Etive and Glen Fyne Special Protection Area"

And from an email enquiry the following directions were given to the site.

"The Nature Reserve is signed posted once you are in Glencoe Wood, it is basically across the stream on the opposite side to our plots within the Conservation area."

Now the location is given as Ardsheal Hill as per this extract from their website on 04/07/2012

"This protected area, known as the Highland Titles Nature Reserve, is a large predominantly upland site known as Ardsheal Hill"

Ardsheal Hill is approximately 5 miles from Highland Titles' original Glencoe Wood, so how one would access it from that Glencoe Wood by merely crossing a stream I have no idea!

How can the same bit of land be in two different places at the same time!!

It also appears that this land was merely leased, but I can find no reference to any work done on it during the lease term or what might have happened had they not leased it. Golden Eagles in this area were already protected in Scottish law by Scottish National Heritage via the Glen Etive And Glen Fyne Protection Area. There would seem therefore little point in leasing it to protect Golden Eagles, as they were already protected by law on the Ardsheal Hill site anyway.

I don't know about you, but I certainly think there is some deception going on here! Is anybody thinking the same as me that another Glencoe Wood might appear near Ardsheal Hill?

Highland Titles Glencoe Estates Conservation Scam?

What can you do about it if you were to discover that Highland Titles Glencoe Estates are not carrying out the conservation work that you expected? In a two words .... not much!

Here is how it works ......

When you buy a plot of land in Scotland from Highland Titles you enter into a contract to buy that plot of land and the documents that go with it, nothing else. That contract makes no mention of any promises to do anything else, you are not buying a promise to do any conservation work. As they have supplied the land and documents their part of the contract is now fulfilled and as you have paid for it so is your part, that is the end of obligation on both parties.

So if Highland Titles Glencoe Estates do not do the conservation work that you thought they were going to do, their is little you can do about it as the contract is fulfilled, you suffer no material loss as you have your land, so you have no claim.

When it comes to the conservation work that they supposedly do, it is literally a case of "Buyer Beware". They have no contract with buyers to do any conservation work, and can even should they choose to do so mislead, and say they have done work which they have not done. Legally there is little you could do about it as you have suffered no material loss.

Highland Titles Glencoe Estates are not a conservation company, they do not sell conservation. As they say themselves on the home page of their website "We only sell plots of land ."

Highland Titles Glencoe Estates as far as I am aware produce very little in the way of details of conservation work they have actually completed. Oh they have done some, but exactly how much, nobody with the exception of themselves seems to know. They do not produce yearly figures detailing for instance numbers of trees planted, locations of planted trees, yards of paths built and to what standard. They publish no figures that I can find detailing their annual income or expenditure on conservation work, making it difficult for anyone to satisfy themselves that a reasonable amount of revenue is actually being spent on conservation work.

If I go to the website of a reputable conservation charity like the Woodland Trust, I can find out pretty much everything they have been doing with locations and figures, and indeed get a copy of their annual accounts. With Highland Titles when I go to their website looking for specific numbers and locations I find ...... virtually nothing.

Is it not strange that a company who claims to be doing so much conservation works seems to have no interest in publishing exact details of their work to date, and let people know what percentage of income is actually spent on that work? You'd have to wonder if they might have something to hide?

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I have a lot more evidence suggesting dishonest and unethical business practices by several souvenir plot / title vendors which I have not published.. If you are a bona fide journalist or Government department with an interest in investigating this business and would like access to that evidence, please get in touch with me by using the email address on the right or sending me a comment marked "confidential", I will not publish comments so marked

Can I Put My Highland Titles - Glencoe Estates Title On A UK Driving License?

This was included in another post in shortened form but I think it is worth repeating in full on a post of its own.

Highland Titles - Glencoe Estates suggest that you may be able put a title such as Lord or Lady on a UK driving license after buying one of their plots, this is not the case. If you want to find out it is an easy task to just ask the people that actually issue driving licences in the UK, the Driving And Vehicle License Agency (DVLA). An information request asking if there is a policy for titles on driving licenses was duly made to the DVLA, here is their reply.


TITLE CODES
When inputting any transaction we have to include a title, to do this we key in a
number rather than the actual title. Below is a list of the title codes: -
1 - Mr
2 - Mrs
3 - Miss
4 - Female with no prefix e.g. Jane Jones
5 - Male with no prefix e.g. David Jones
6 - Female with a different title to number 2 and 3 e.g. Dr, Lady or Ms
7 - Male with a different title to number 1 e.g. Dr, Rev or Sir
8 - Female without a surname e.g. Lady Clydach or Duchess of Swansea
9 - Male without surname e.g. Lord Pontardawe or Duke of Swansea

· If someone wants to be known by an alias use:
Code 8 for Female
Code 9 for Male

The alias must be entered in the TITLE field, not the surname and forename fields.

· When someone quotes distinction letters after their name, enter the surname as
usual followed by a comma and then the distinction.
E.g. Jones, SRN
Davies, MBE

· Service titles should be entered the same way as civilian titles :
E.g. Code 6 (female) - Brigadier
Code 7 (male) - Major


HEREDITARY AND CONFERRED TITLES
· If the applicant is found in “Who’s Who” or “Debretts”, or submits satisfactory
evidence of entitlement to a hereditary or conferred title, the application should be
keyed following the general rules for all title codes.

· Staff are reminded, however, that when keying title codes 8 or 9 the full title and
requested name must be entered. These codes will suppress all other personal
details used to create the Driver Number.

· Always DAM the licence back to check that the licence has been produced in the
correct format.

BOUGHT TITLES
When a Title deed is received requesting a change of title e.g. “Mr” to
“Lord”, a check of “Who’s Who” (held on some Input teams and Business
Support) or “Debretts” (held in Open Resource Centre, A Block) must be
undertaken. This will establish whether the title has been ‘bought’ or has
been obtained as a genuine title. If a title cannot be located in either
publication it is safe to assume it has been ‘bought’. In such cases the
application must be rejected for a Deed Poll or Statutory Declaration as
evidence of a change of name.

· ‘Bought’ titles do not give rights to a spouse. For example a female applicant
could not claim the title of “Lady” on the strength of her husband buying a title in
his name only. She must submit a Deed Poll either in her own name or as part of
a joint title.

· The applicant should be advised that we are following the practice of the UK
Passport Agency in doing this and consequently, our procedures are subject to
change in the future

· The bought title (Lord, Baron etc) should form the first forename. The title code 4
or 5 should be used to suppress any other title.

· DAM the licence back to check.

So there you are, that is the official line from the DVLA, unless you are in Who's Who or Debretts you cannot have you title put on a UK driving license as a title. The fake titles sold by Highland Titles will not get you into either of those reference books. If you were set on having a Lord Lady or Laird title on your driving license you might be in for a disappointment.

This is yet another example of misinformation supplied by the Highland Titles scam to try to persuade trusting people to part with their hard earned money, please please please don't fall for it.

Highland Titles - Previous Incarnations

When I do searches for information regarding the people behind Highland Titles it seems that nobody has anything good to say about them except themselves. These are some bits and pieces I've come across, it seems they have upset a lot of people before now, here is what others have to say.

This  blog post describes some of the other dubious enterprises used by the people behind Highland Titles to dupe members of the public out of their money - https://theanatomyofascam.wordpress.com

From the Daily Mirror - http://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/money-opinion/p-s-investigates/fee-or-free-telephone-preference-opt-out-282769

"There's the ­Telephone ­Preference Service, run by the Direct Marketing Association, where at no cost you can register your phone number to stop unwanted sales calls.

Then there's Telephone Preference Register's website, www.telephonepreference.org.uk, which sounds official but isn't and wants £9.99 to add you to its opt-out list.

It has just been ruled misleading by the ­Advertising Standards Authority for "leading users to infer it was a Government service".

It gives a mailbox address in London but the site is registered to the Channel Islands in the name of Lochaber ­Highland Estates Ltd.

It's linked to Peter Bevis, 56, who made a packet selling tiny parcels of Scottish woodland, Laird and Lady titles."

From a thread in a fishing forum at - http://www.maggotdrowning.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=124324&whichpage=2

 "I get the impression that posters to this thread would like to know who has - in common sense, if not strictly legal terms - defrauded them and I think I can help. Apologies in advance for the rather long posting however.

Internet investigation by me using the Data Protection registration number quoted by the fraudulent website (Z2497964) reveals that the ‘company’ behind it is indeed called Universal Check Services, of Office 1, 26 Cleveland Road, South Woodford, London, E18 2AN. This also aligns with what is on the Information Commissioner’s Office register, but this also states that the Data Controller is QUALITY DESIGN (CI) LIMITED whose address is PO Box 140, GG, Alderney GY9 3HA, Guernsey (Note: a GY9 postcode indicates Alderney). Some further searching turns up a now defunct web site stating that Quality Design (CI) Limited is registered in Alderney as Company Number 1712.

The people behind Quality Design (CI) Limited are a Dr. Peter Bevis (full name believed to be Peter John Robert Bevis) and his daughter Laura Miriam Bevis. Peter Bevis, a former academic biologist within the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York is a Director of Lochaber Highland Estates Ltd. which sells very small plots of land in Scotland on the basis that the new owners can then call themselves a 'Laird'. Dr. Bevis is either married to or partnered with a Helen McGregor, apparently a former barrister with the Crown Prosecution Service whose legal advice is no doubt invaluable in ensuring that the risk of the family’s activities resulting in prosecution is minimal."

From thefreelibrary - http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Laird+title+sell-off+'a+bit+fishy'.-a0160995732

"A LANDOWNER is selling off an aristocratic title to anyone who pays pounds 20 for a square foot of his estate.

On auction site eBay, Dr Peter Bevis also promises the right to catch salmon in his Highland grounds.

He writes: "Can you imagine your friends' faces when you tell them they must call you Lord 'Whatever' of Lochaber?"

But the angling rights have been called worthless as no mature salmon can leap the Monessie Falls, a waterfall leading to his 60,000-acre Tulloch estate.

Only juvenile salmon can be found in his stretch of the River Spean - and they are protected by law.

Fishery board member Malcolm Spence QC said: "What Bevis is doing is completely wrong. I think it would be a criminal act to fish above the falls.""

It would seem that the people behind Highland Titles have ruffled a few feathers before.

You can read more about their previous exploits by following these links:
http://highlandtitlesscam.wordpress.com/the-fishing-rod-licence-application-scam/
http://highlandtitlesscam.wordpress.com/telephone-preference-opt-out-scam/

Did Highland Titles Buy Their Land For Conservation?

Highland Titles claim to have originally bought their estate to protect it from development, this claim simply does not hold up to scrutiny. In fact they sell quarter acre and half acre plots of their estate for devlopment purposes. Remember when the people behind Highland Titles called themselves Lochaber Highland Estates? This is what they said then and are still saying now. To quote from one of their own websites

"The Woodland Sites being offered may be suitable for leisure use or some sensitive development. The land is not zoned for development though temporary structures are normally permitted. However, planning permission may be possible in the future and so the plots offer an interesting long term investment"

These plots are situated on Native Scottish Woodland, development of them would result in destruction of much of that woodland, yet Highland Titles who claim to be so interested in conservation are actively encouraging development! Does anybody still believe they are very interested in conservation?

How Much Money Is Left After The Wages Are Paid?

Interestingly on her BBC Radio Guernsey interview Alex Flewitt agreed with Murray Norton that Highland Titles are the biggest employer on Alderney with 26 employees. Yes that is what she said, 26 employees, and that is just on Alderney, presumably there will be some in the UK too, otherwise how is all that "conservation work" getting done?

You might like to think about how much is going to be left over for "conservation work" after paying out the wage bill before making a contribution.

There is no mention of numbers of employees in the UK. There is only one that I know of, John MacDanold their ghillie, and I happen to know he also works for the National Trust for Scotland so he is part time. If it is the case that he is the only UK employee, who is doing all Highland Titles' conservation work?

Lady Alex Flewitt From Highland Titles On BBC Radio Guernsey

Lady Alex Flewitt of Highland Titles was recently on BBC Radio Guernsey being interviewed by Murray Norton. Here are some quotations (in green) from that, and my comments.

Alex Flewitt - "Under Scottish landowners law you can become the Laird Lord or Lady of the land"

There is no Scottish landowners law which states this, this law does not exist, this statement is nonsense, they just made that up. The only Lord and Lady titles available in Scotland are those awarded to peers, Laird is not even a title at all.

Murray Norton - "So what would the title be"
Alex Flewitt - "Laird Of Glencoe"

This would infer (to me anyway) that the land for sale would therefore be in Glencoe, this is not the case. The land sold by Highland Titles in not in Glencoe, it is 15 miles or so from Glencoe in a small patch of land which Highland Titles just called Glencoe Wood, though it had never been known by this name before, and has no connection at all to Glencoe. Laird Of Glencoe is not a genuine title, it is a trademark registered with the IPO by Highland Titles. A company called Lord Titles pulled the same stunt as can be seen in this Advertising Standards Authority ruling. "We also noted the titles Lord of the Manor of Wansley and Lady of the Manor of Wansley were registered as trademarks with the IPO, rather than being genuine titles".

Alex Flewitt - "Did a bit of Australian telly out there and eh we got upgraded straight away first class flights and hotel as soon as they see that title they go a little bit crazy"

This is really quite a serious claim. Firstly, you do not actually have a title, all you have done is changed your name to for instance Lord Of Glencoe, Lord being your first name not your title. Secondly it is illegal in the UK to change your name for the purposes of fraud. Should an airline or hotel offer upgraded services on the basis that you are in fact a real Lord, should you not volunteer the information that you are not really a lord, and that Lord is actually your first name, you could leave yourself open to an accusation of fraud, which is a criminal offense. The UK Home Office advice on this is quite clear as can be seen in this document http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/agencies-public-bodies/ips/passports-policy-publications/titles-included-in-passports?view=Binary

Quotation from the official UK Home Office Document:
"There are companies that change an individual's name to include a title. Legal advice has been sought on this issue and the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) policy is based on the advice received.
It is clear an individual can call themselves any name they wish providing is not for a fraudulent purpose. However, it is believed there is no legal basis for a person to change their title: e.g. from Mr to Lord. It follows, therefore, that applicants have the right to change their name, for example, from Mr John Smith to Mr Sir John Smith and adopt "Sir" as an additional forename. But they cannot change their title from Mr John Smith to Sir John Smith"

The service offered by Highland Titles is merely a change of name service and does not confer a real title. Buyers believing they have a real title could inadvertently leave themselves open to a criminal charge of fraud. Furthermore, suggesting that you can get upgraded services etc. by changing your name, is without doubt an encouragement to buyers to break the law by changing their name for a fraudulent purpose.

Alex Flewitt - "you have your co-ordinates that you can plumb into your sat-nav, come up to the land, and eh go and find your exact square foot"

It is not possible to exactly locate a square foot of land with any commercially available sat-nav receiver. Garmin, a very respected manufacturer of GPS receivers claim an accuracy of 15 meters on average. "Certain atmospheric factors and other sources of error can affect the accuracy of GPS receivers. Garmin® GPS receivers are accurate to within 15 meters on average."(http://www8.garmin.com/aboutGPS/).

Alex Flewitt - "We've got 19 pairs of golden eagles that reside on the land"

19 pairs of golden eagles could not possibly reside on 750 acres of land, the idea is utterly preposterous. There are only 19 pairs of golden eagles residing in the whole of the Scottish National Heritage Glen Etive And Loch Fyne Special Protection Area which covers a vast area from Glen Kinglas in the south to Appin in the north. http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/strategy/GEConsult/5.5A-GLENETIVEGLENFYNECASE-B437685.pdf map at http://www.snh.gov.uk/docs/B722753.pdf

Murray Norton - "Can I change the passport"
Alex Flewitt - "Anything that has your previous title on it is fine"

This is misinformation and it needs to be absolutely clear that according to the Home Office you cannot put a title that you do not have on a UK Passport. The Home Office advice on this is again very clear as taken from the following document, http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/agencies-public-bodies/ips/passports-policy-publications/titles-included-in-passports?view=Binary

Quotation from the official UK Home Office Document:
"There are companies that change an individual's name to include a title. Legal advice has been sought on this issue and the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) policy is based on the advice received.

It is clear an individual can call themselves any name they wish providing is not for a fraudulent purpose. However, it is believed there is no legal basis for a person to change their title: e.g. from Mr to Lord. It follows, therefore, that applicants have the right to change their name, for example, from Mr John Smith to Mr Sir John Smith and adopt "Sir" as an additional forename. But they cannot change their title from Mr John Smith to Sir John Smith.

As there is a right for an applicant to change their name by deed poll, the presumed title can appear on the personal details page of the passport as a forename with an observation being entered relating to the name change. An observation is required in any case where there is the potential for any name change to mislead; this includes reference to a title and to maintain the integrity of the passport.
In cases where an applicant has adopted a description of a title of nobility as a forename the observation to be entered is:
• THE REFERENCE TO .............................................. IS TO THE HOLDER'S NAME AND NOT TO THE HOLDER'S TITLE.(e.g. LORD; SIR; BARON; ETC.)

This observation should automatically be placed in the passport of any such applicant and there is no need to contact them unless the application form is completed in a way that indicates the customer believes they are applying for a change of title rather than of name. In these circumstances the applicant should be advised of how the data will be displayed in the passport and of the observation that will be entered in the document.

The above observation should also be used in all renewal applications where the children's and adult's birth names are similarly misleading, for example where names on birth certificates are registered as Princess, Prince, Earl, Duke, etc."

Highland Titles Nature Reserve

Highland Titles on their website on the "we are green" page, claim to have recently acquired a 500 acre plot of land using profits, and have set up the Highland Titles Nature Reserve. There is no location given, no map provided showing the location, no disclosure of how much it cost. I have asked organisations like Scottish National Heritage and Visit Scotland if they have ever heard of it, nobody I have contacted has.

The only clue as to the location is that it is near they place they called Glencoe Wood near Duror, and within the Scottish National Heritage Glen Etive and Glen Fyne Special Protection Area. The Glen Etive and Glen Fyne Special Protection Area is vast, covering huge areas of land between Glen Kinglas in the south to Appin in the north. In short, I can't find where it actually is!

An email enquiring as to the whereabouts of the nature reserve got this response.

"The Nature Reserve is sign posted once you are in Glencoe Wood, it is basically across the stream on the opposite side to our plots within the Conservation area."

I could be wrong as I have not enquired with the Scottish Land Registry to find the owner, but I don't think they own or lease the land indicated by the above directions.

What exactly is in the Highland Titles Nature Reserve? I don't know and they are not saying, little information is given on their website.
Here is what I suspect, I can't prove it but I can speculate. I think they did not buy any land, and have said so to try to account for the money they are supposed to be spending on conservation projects. I think that as of this date, the Highland Titles Nature Reserve does not exist on any new land they have purchased.

As always, if I'm wrong and you can point me to where it is, or prove they did actually buy the land, I'll be very happy to report it here.