←Created page with ‘{{subst:AfC submission/draftnew}}<!– Important, do not remove this line before article has been created. –> The ”’Beltie Burn”’ is a burn in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It begins in the hill of Benaquhallie, and flows for 25 km (15.5 miles) south-east through Torphins before joining the River Dee about 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) west of Banchory<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beltie Burn from The Gaze…’
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The ”’Beltie Burn”’ is a [[Burn (stream)|burn]] in [[Aberdeenshire]], [[Scotland]]. It begins in the hill of [[Benaquhallie]], and flows for 25 km (15.5 miles) south-east through [[Torphins]] before joining the [[River Dee, Aberdeenshire|River Dee]] about 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) west of [[Banchory]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beltie Burn from The Gazetteer for Scotland|url=https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst2673.html|access-date=2021-12-06|website=www.scottish-places.info|language=en-gb}}</ref>.
The burn’s course was altered in the area south of Torphins to clear space for farming and railways, which affected the local wildlife and caused the stream to flood often. However, in September 2020 a project was launched to help [[Riparian-zone restoration|restore]] the area’s biodiversity by rerouting the burn to a more natural course, and creating wetland and [[ habitats for many animals such as [[Atlantic salmon]]. The project was successful, and many species have been reinstated<ref>{{Cite web|title=Breathing new life into the Beltie burn {{!}} The James Hutton Institute|url=https://www.hutton.ac.uk/news/breathing-new-life-beltie-burn|access-date=2021-12-06|website=www.hutton.ac.uk}}</ref>.
[[File:Downstream Beltie Burn – geograph.org.uk – 517355.jpg|thumb|The Beltie Burn as it flows out of Torphins]]
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