Wild Lochaber Blogs
The latest bleats from the sheep on the street...
Blogs (web logs) and blogspots provide a unique insight into Highland life and nature in Lochaber and The West Highlands.
We have put together a collection of Lochaber blogs to highlight the traditions, culture and wildlife in the various regions, including the West Coast Islands.
We show entries from the last 100 days, organised by region, topic and blog. The titles and text snippets give a taste of each entry with direct links to the main blog entry on the host website. We hope you will find time to explore the full articles and further information on the host blog sites.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any suggestions for blogs you would like to see here.
Treshnish Farm
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The outer edge of Treshnish headland. Where the sheep do not graze. Where the Shags roost.
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Otter Adventures
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One simple question was all it took to start an afternoon of exploring paddling techniques. The question was intended to challenge and stretch my understanding of ‘correct’ paddle technique. Which it did. And I’m still working out the answer. What was I doing? What was the...
The Oban Times
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Loganair to sponsor schools' Gaelic debate The post Loganair to sponsor schools’ Gaelic debate appeared first on The Oban Times.
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If rural communities in Lochaber want to be able to continue to exert some influence on decisions which affect them, then more people need to stand for election to community councils. The post Spean Bridge chairman’s plea to support local democracy appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Pupils from Inverlochy Primary School in Fort William were among a group of young people brought together in Edinburgh this month for the launch of a special display about their work on waste-free products for a sustainable world. The post Inverlochy pupils aim for a waste-free world appeared first...
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West coast ferry operator CalMac has won a prestigious hospitality award for its innovative Modern Apprenticeship partnership with City of Glasgow College. The post Excellence award for CalMac’s commitment to training appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The project to reduce energy use in Glenuig Hall and increase recycling in the Glenuig area has been hailed a success. The post Glenuig Hall project a success appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Glenfinnan Community Council report The post Glenfinnan Community Council report appeared first on The Oban Times.
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On what must have been the wettest day so far this year, Neil Malcolm organised a site visit to Glen Duror and accompanied the pupils from Duror Primary School along with some field archaeologists to the bothy in Glen Duror. The post Duror pupils visit archaeology project appeared first on The Oban...
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Following decades of campaigning by the Comhairle and its partners, control of the Outer Hebrides foreshore and seabed, currently in the hands of The Crown Estate, is set to return to the local community on a pilot basis. The post Foreshore and seabed management returns to local community appeared...
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Bòrd na Gàidhlig members undertook a road trip recently, visiting some of the Gaelic communities in Argyll and Bute and Lochaber as part of a series of board meetings. The post Bòrd na Gàidhlig comes to Oban appeared first on The Oban Times.
Scottish Islands Explorer
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Here are two Outer Hebridean shorelines that feature in The Times 50 Best Beaches in the UK. Take time to look around and see how they compare and contrast.Scottish Islands Explorer - much to attractDigital Edition: takes you to the attractive instantly
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Some of the artificial islets, usually created in lochs and particularly prevalent in the Western Isles, could be older human sites than Stonehenge. Absorb the BBC report.Scottish Islands Explorer - follows routes to any islandsDigital Edition: helps break down insularity
West Coast Mountain Guides
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Yesterday, our Skye Munros team completed the course by reaching the summits of their final 3 Munros on the main Cuillin Ridge; Sgurr nan Gillean, Am Basteir and Bruach Na Frithe. The weather remained very changeable, with some clear spells, but overall, it was a bit on the damp and windy side,...
Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles
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Joanna and Julian have had a look at parts of NG60P in Sleat that had not been surveyed before, particularly small areas of woodland. They added about 50 taxa to the tetrad including Platanthera chlorantha (Greater Butterfly-orchid) and new to NG60, Carex canescens (White Sedge). Bridgette re-found...
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Recently Neil reported Tellima grandiflora (Fringecups) as a garden throw-out from a lay-by in Glen Varragill and said there were other things in the discard pile too. On my way back from Geary I had a look and indeed there were, the most interesting of which is Geranium pyrenaicum (Hedgerow Crane...
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Yesterday Neil and I went to the Geary Ravine SSSI and then moved south to take in some woodland along the coast in the same tetrad. We got to parts of the Geary Ravine that I had never managed before but still failed to re-find any of the quite long list of things found by John Birks over 45 years...
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Tetrad NG46Q was unique in the vice-county in having 100% land but no records since before 2000. In fact it only had eleven ever. On Tuesday Neil and I sorted that out with the total now being 148. Much of the lower area was petty dull until we reached the Abhhainn Gremiscaig (as it is on the OS...
Marc Calhoun
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I have posted before on the Burma Road of Lewis, also known as the Hamnavay Track (see the Feb 17, 2015 post). It is a 10-mile unpaved road, gouged out of the moorland and hills in the interior of Uig, that leads from Ardroil to Hamnavay Lodge.I have walked this road about 10 times over the past 20...
