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.
The Oban Times
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West Highland Housing Association presented a donation to the Dunbeg Development Group. The post Dunbeg group cashes in on cheque appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Honest faith allows us to recognise ourselves as we really are. The post Thought for the week – 16.01.20 appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Lundavra pupils and staff bid farewell to long serving janitor The post Lundavra pupils and staff bid farewell to long-serving janitor appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Portree RNLI seeks new lifeboat press officer The post Portree RNLI seeks new lifeboat press officer appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar has awarded a £10.1m contract to marine, civil engineering and building contractor, L&M Keating Ltd, to carry out upgrade works at Lochmaddy Pier in North Uist. The post £10m contract for upgrading of Lochmaddy Pier appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The Islands Athlete Travel Award Scheme allows up to eight elite athletes from the Outer Hebrides the opportunity to benefit from the program designed to support travel costs in the islands. The post Hebrides athletes to benefit from travel awards scheme appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Alleycats stay top after beating Peaky Bowlers The post Alleycats stay top after beating Peaky Bowlers appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Brendan Wilson also admitted to breaching his bail conditions by being outside after his curfew. The post Oban man fined for challenging others to fight appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Charlotte Smith pleaded guilty when she appeared in Oban Sheriff Court on Monday January 13 The post Oban woman fined £100 for punching man appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Steven Pattison of Solas, Albany Street, Oban, admitted engaging in a fight at Ellenabeich, Seil The post Oban man admits behaving in a threatening and abusive manner appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The school is the only organisation in the Outer Hebrides that has achieved the award other than NHS Western Isles. The post School on Lewis has a gold standard for healthy working lives appeared first on The Oban Times.
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MG ALBA (the Gaelic Media Service) has announced the appointment of Ealasaid MacDonald as the new director of strategy and external affairs. The post New director for MG ALBA appointed appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The 19-year-old admitted overtaking other road users when it was unsafe to do The post £400 fine for careless Dalmally driver appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Flyers handed out to users arriving at the recycling centre in Fort William have sparked anger and fears that the new vehicle restrictions might encourage fly tipping of waste. The post Recycling vehicle restrictions not aimed at domestic users, says Henderson appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Grant Hyslop is in the midst of increasing his 14-cow Black Glen pedigree fold which was established in 2015 with purchases from Oban. The post Highland fold began with Oban stock appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Feeding Kinlochleven stags puts both animals and kids at risk says council The post Feeding stags puts animals and children at risk says council appeared first on The Oban Times.
Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles
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A summary of plant recording in VC104 in the second half of 2019 is available here. Post-2000 records per tetrad look like this: Post-2000 records per tetrad The bright yellow squares have been visited and found to have no vascular plants (only bare rock above HWMS). The bright red squares have not...
Abacus Mountain Guides
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It's been a very stormy week. Continuous strong winds brought snow this week and have left deep deposits in very sheltered places only. Thankfully, these are in all the right places for climbers and skiers!On Thursday it rained up to the summits and now the old snow has settled and has a decent...
Lochaber Chamber of Commerce
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With news breaking that that the calculation of business rates could be devolved to Local Authorities (LAs), meaning that the rates could vary wildly across the multiple regions in Scotland, a joint representation has been made by Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC). The Scottish Chambers of...
Glenloy Wildlife
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Happy New Year! As I write, overnight snow is melting, it is pouring with rain and the wind is gusting. To date this decade we have had mild, wet and windy conditions – not ideal for wildlife or naturalists at this time of year. Unfortunately, this has been typical of the last three winters...
