Editing National Trust for Scotland (section)

===Coastline and countryside===
[[File:Loch lomond1.jpg|thumb|The Trust owns large areas of upland, including [[Ben Lomond]].]]

The trust is the third largest land manager in Scotland, owning 76,000 hectares of Scottish countryside including 46 [[Munro]]s, 8 [[National nature reserve (Scotland)|national nature reserves]], more than 400 islands and islets, and significant stretches of coastline.<ref name=our-history/><ref name="AboutSNT2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.nts.org.uk/about/downloads/cid_2012_text_only.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722180342/http://www.nts.org.uk/about/downloads/cid_2012_text_only.pdf |archive-date=2012-07-22 |url-status=live |title=National Trust for Scotland: About |date=June 2012  |publisher=The National Trust for Scotland |access-date=16 April 2016 }}</ref> Trust countryside properties include [[Glen Coe]], [[Torridon Hills|Torridon]] and [[Mar Lodge Estate]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nts.org.uk/Countryside/Mountains/ |title=National Trust for Scotland: Mountains|publisher=The National Trust for Scotland |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref>

The trust's management of its coastal and countryside sites is guided by its ''Wild Land Policy'' which aims to preserve the land in its undeveloped state and provide access and enjoyment to the public.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nts.org.uk/Countryside/Wildland/ |title=National Trust for Scotland: Wild Land|publisher=The National Trust for Scotland |access-date=9 February 2018}}</ref> Trust sites are home to a diverse variety of native wildlife. The Trust estimate that almost 25% of Scotland's seabirds nest on its island and coastal sites, equivalent to 8% of seabirds in Europe. The Trust's countryside properties are home to native mammal species including [[red deer]], [[pine marten]], [[European wildcat|wildcat]] and [[red squirrel]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nts.org.uk/what-we-do/countryside-and-wildlife/key-wildlife|title=Key wildlife|last=National Trust for Scotland|date=2019-07-20|website=National Trust for Scotland|language=en|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref>

Since 1957, the trust have owned and managed the archipelago of [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]], Scotland's first [[World Heritage Site]] and the only World Heritage Site in the UK to be listed for both its natural and cultural significance. St Kilda and the surrounding [[sea stacks]] are home to over one million seabirds<ref name="AboutSNT2012"/> as well as three species unique to the islands; the [[Soay sheep]]; [[St Kilda field mouse]] and [[St Kilda wren]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/387/|title=St Kilda|last=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre|language=en|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref>