A new gin inspired by the River Tweed has been launched in the Scottish Borders to help fund conservation work along one of Scotland's most famous rivers.
River Tweed Gin has been created through a collaboration between the Tweed Forum and Selkirk Distillery, with proceeds supporting environmental projects across the Tweed catchment.
The River Tweed is internationally renowned for its salmon fishing, but the river and its wildlife face increasing pressures from habitat loss and climate change.
Covering around 5,000 square kilometres, the Tweed catchment stretches across the Scottish Borders and into Northumberland.
The Tweed Forum has already planted more than 1.6 million native trees across the catchment as part of its efforts to protect and restore the river environment.
Tree planting plays a key role in improving water quality by providing shade, cooling river temperatures, filtering pollutants and stabilising riverbanks.
The charity also works with farmers, landowners and local communities to restore habitats throughout the Tweed and its tributaries, including the Teviot, Ettrick, Gala, Whiteadder and River Till.
River Tweed Gin is distilled using botanicals foraged from the surrounding landscape, including water mint and sweet cicely.
The Tweed Forum describes the finished spirit as a crisp, refreshing gin with fresh herbal aromas and delicate grassy notes.
Priced at £38 for a 70cl bottle, £7 from every sale will go directly towards the charity's conservation work.
Funds raised will help protect the natural, cultural and environmental heritage of the River Tweed while supporting the future of its iconic salmon population.
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Luke Comins, CEO of the Tweed Forum, said: "The River Tweed is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and Special Area of Conservation.
"But the river environment, its salmon and wildlife face many challenges.
"Planting native trees in the right place and at the right scale is one of the best ways to help and provides multiple benefits for the river environment.
"We hope that people from the Borders, north Northumberland and beyond will purchase a bottle of our new River Tweed Gin and help our efforts to protect and enhance this very special river and the salmon fishery it supports."
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