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.
Lochaber Chamber of Commerce
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The Quarterly Economic Indicator Survey (QEI) provides an opportunity for members of the Chamber to highlight challenges and issues facing business communities in Lochaber and to make these known to policymakers in Holyrood and Westminster via Scottish Chambers of Commerce. This will be the first...
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Get onboard the One Lochaber Mentoring Programme Lochaber Chamber of Commerce is currently delivering the first year of its new ‘One Lochaber’ Leadership Development course to a cohort of attendees from across local businesses. The one-year course will qualify students with a Level 5 Management...
West Coast Mountain Guides
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Dave: I was out with Eddie today at Creag Dubh introducing him to the crag, refining his stance management and giving him lots multi pitch tips and tricks on our 3 routes and 3 abseils. We started on Brute VS 5a a great route with an awkward first belay which gave… More The post Creag...
The Oban Times
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Move follows the launch of Lynx UK Trust's consultation on the reintroduction of Lynx in Central Scotland. The post National Sheep Association tackles Scottish Lynx release plan appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The basic criteria are that the interventions must protect public health, focus on essential journeys and should be delivered quickly, providing a visible improvement that has an immediate benefit. The post Comhairle gets cash for temporary physical distancing measures appeared first on The Oban...
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The life and challenge and successes of the school before lockdown was also shared in the annual presentation ‘that was the year that was’, narrated by school captains Janie Patterson and Ian Kammerath. The post Ardnamuchan High celebrates year of success despite lockdown appeared first on The Oban...
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Four traditional Oban Skiffs will be joining a number of other West Highland wooden sailing boats at Tarbert, Loch Fyne, on September 4-5. The post Traditional Oban Skiff is oarsome appeared first on The Oban Times.
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This week the team discuss taking more photos after lockdown (or indeed taking more photos during lockdown) , doing the “tourist” thing and watching the world going by, Fiona is off to a boat launch....... The post Something for the Weekend 14th August 2020 appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Scottish SPCA auxiliary inspector, Maggie Adkins, said on arriving at the moorland site, it was clear the eagle had a serious head injury and was also being eaten alive by midges. The post Injured sea eagle may have hit wind turbine on Lewis appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The proposal for the facility in the garden ground of Otter Bay were given the green light by Argyll and Bute Council’s planning, protective services and licensing (PPSL) committee last week. The post Kilmelford holiday let plans approved appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Police Scotland contacted after abuse of personnel at the Rest The post Midnight closure ahead as reports emerge of A83 workers being abused appeared first on The Oban Times.
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Council outlines range of projects to help economy recover but there's a warning that 'many people will be out of work.' The post Council economic fightback praised but job worries remain appeared first on The Oban Times.
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The upgrade will see the station’s current programmable logic controller (PLC) computer system replaced with a new design to put the station at the cutting edge of energy technology to improve Cruachan’s efficiency. The post Cruachan Power Station set for £1M upgrade appeared first on The Oban...
Treshnish Farm
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Flying at Croig, early evening Port na BaCroig pierComing in from the fishing boatCalgaryCaliach headlandAlong the trackSun setting through FuchsiaIt hasn't been sunny all the timeSome of the sunset light from some of our August nightsAnd this morning the sun came out again
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Wild angelicaDevils bit scabiousGreen veined white?KnapweedPeacock on Devils bit scabiousA field of KnapweedKnapweed, in Wigwam 1 Heather on the SitheansSo many Scotch argus this year, difficult to photograph - this one was in the dome, sitting target! Common lizard outside...
Abacus Mountain Guides
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What do you need rock climbing shoes and flip flops, good planning and a bag full of enthusiasm for? Climbing Am Buachaille at Sandwood Bay, that's what. Especially if you have done no outside rock climbing before! This is the challenge that Andy and Ethan set themselves, with an atitude of...
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By SallyWith a day off yesterday and plenty of dry rock around, Caspar, Ruari and I were in need of a good day out in the mountains. Our options were either a big multi pitch route - Minus One Direct perhaps - or all of the Ben Nevis ridges, and it was very hard to decide. That was, until we got...
Glenloy Wildlife
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Great start to the season with our first full week’s holiday. A returning family with two young boys brought the warm weather from down south with them, and we had one of the sunniest weeks in August that we can recall. Nights were sufficiently cool to allow them to catch up on some sleep. The [...
Plants of Skye, Raasay & The Small Isles
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Ludicrously, I had never been to Spar Cave near Glasnakille on Skye – until last Tuesday. It is well worth a visit, but one needs to be prepared for a steep climb down, slippery rocks on the shore and total darkness in the extensive cave. Spar Cave Unsurprisingly, there was no plant life...
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My latest effort with the moth trap produced three moths that I have not seen here before, which takes my total number of adult moth species seen here to 190. Common Footman Dotted Carpet Northern Spinach Meanwhile, out on the hill there were several Brown China-mark (Elophila...
