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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Bishop Brian McGee of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles performed the ceremony.
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Guest speaker at last week’s Business Lunch meeting of Lochaber Rotary was the modest but truly inspirational Narek Bido.
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The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are inviting older drivers to come along to the MS Centre in Lochgilphead on Friday June 28 at 2pm where it will share advice on ways to keep them driving safely for longer.
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Oban u3a, ’the university that isn’t a university’, welcomed a special guest this month
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The Community Forget Me Not Choir has hit the high notes after being honoured at the Argyll and Bute Volunteer of the Year Awards 2024.
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Members of Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce and companies from the mainland visited Arran recently to meet businesspeople and learn about the opportunities and challenges of doing business on an island.
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Excitement is mounting as the island gears up for this weekend’s arrival of festival-goers ready for three stages worth of music and good vibes.
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Social care figures show Lochaber has the second highest number of unmet needs hours in the Highlands, which would be highest if adjusted for population.
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Plockton correspondent Charlie MacRae reports on the Plockton Village Hall.
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Four intrepid Argyll men are pulling out all the stops to compete in one of the UK’s craziest races.
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Nearly 40 vehicles were on show for Father’s Day near Taynuilt on Sunday.
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A group from the Argyll and Bute Palestine Solidarity Campaign demonstrated outside a hustings event in Lochgilphead.
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On Saturday May 18 children from Gigha took part in a sponsored cycle organised by the Gigha Primary School Parent Council.
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Planning permission has been granted in principle for a development of four houses at a site in Campbeltown.
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As part of the Slate Island D-Day tribute, a Seafari Adventures boat took the minister and representatives from the community council and RBLS to lay two wreaths out at sea. In Oban, about 50 people gathered for a service at the war memorial on the seafront.
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The motoring event is taking place over Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22, with the B866 at Colintraive due to be closed for the rally for parts of both days.
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Two wreaths were taken out by boat beyond Easdale and Seil islands to be cast into the water in memory of the D-Day landings and the lives lost.
Treshnish Farm
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May and June are my favourite months of the year, as the wild flowers and particularly the orchids appear. There are 14 different species of Orchid on the farm. Some of them are very easy to find, and quite abundant. Others don't flower as regularly or nearly as abundantly. Those...
Marc Calhoun
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Last month I had the privilege of a guided walk with Alasdair MacEachen to two of the abandoned settlements of Nunton Hill. Nunton Hill lies in the centre of Benbecula, between the highway and the sea, and I wanted to visit it due to two books I'd read. The first was Coco is Crubagan: A Hebridean...
Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles
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At the eastern end of my visit to the Àird na Meacan area, the next tetrad looked tempting for a very old and vague record of Mertensia maritima (Oysterplant). Yesterday I went to have a look, but while there was indeed suitable-looking habitat there was no Mertensia. However, I added three more...