Prison officer convicted of illegal trading in protected birds’ eggs
Fifth three year old prison officer Keith Liddell from Inverness has been convicted of illegal trading in birds eggs and given 220 hours community service.RSPB Scotland has welcomed the victory against...
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Coastal Connection moves to Offshore Connection from Oban
Two Oban brothers hosted an open day today to showcase the latest addition to their maritime services business.Cameron and Stsruan Smith of the busy Coastal Connection company had their fleet of, now...
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Rare Arctic Goose protected by Forestry Comission purchase
Thanks to the purchase of a site in North Lanarkshire by the Forestry Commission, Scotland’s only population of a rare arctic goose will be better protected in future.The Commission has bought 90...
View ArticlePublic invitation to a medieval wedding reception
[Updated with time, below.] The Argyll Mausoleum team at Kilmun in Cowal been asked to help celebrate the wedding this Friday, 31st May 2013, of two people they describe as ‘a lovely local couple’,...
View ArticleGPS tracking solves mystery of Taiga Bean Geese breeding ground
Scottish Natural Heritage has announced that the mystery of the breeding location for Scotland’s only bean goose flock has finally been solved.Using GPS tracking, the migration route of one of...
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VisitScotland Chair launches new Scotland’s Natural Playground Guide for Loch...
In Helensburgh yesterday, 31st May, Dr Mike Cantlay, Chair of VisitScotland teamed up with Directors of the Love Loch Lomond Destination Organisation and other local tourism businesses to launch an...
View ArticleMcCall Smith buys Cairns of Coll and guarantees protection in perpetuity
Making the money has has done from the hilarious No I Ladies Detective Agency series of books, has made it possible for writer, Alexander McCall Smith, to buy the uninhabited Cairns of Coll, a little...
View Article5 Argyll projects in 6 category finals of 2013 Nature of Scotland Awards
Sustainable fishing, wildlife gardens, beavers and bean geese, were just some of the projects announced as finalists in RSPB Scotland’s Nature of Scotland Awards at the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday...
View ArticleDave Thompson gets Hebrides: Islands on the Edge to UK-wide broadcast
The first impact of this news was a bit of a shock that this superb series had not actually been on UK-wide transmission in the first instance. This now raises questions about the calibre of the...
View ArticleCalMac puts local wildlife talks on Arran ferry
In another resourceful addition to its services and in partnership with RSPB volunteers, west coast ferry operator, CalMac, is adding to the interest in the ferry service from Ardrossan to Arran and,...
View ArticleFor want of restrictions on wild camping, SNH consigns Loch Lomond’s...
The owner of four of Loch Lomond’s islands is urging authorities to look again at extending wild camping restrictions following the news that the loch’s capercaillie population is no longer...
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‘Life rafts’ for black throated divers a remarkable success
A pioneering project to recreate ideal breeding habitats for one of Scotland’s rarest birds on some Scottish lochs has met with remarkable success.The black-throated diver, a species that only breeds...
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Wild life at Loch Awe Open Day
For most of today, Loch Awe Boats at Ardbrecknish hosted the annual Loch Awe Open Day – an introduction to country sports on and around this beautiful and willful Argyll freshwater loch – the longest...
View ArticleSNH licensing sale of wild greylag goose meat in Orkney, after…?
[Updated below - 6th August] Wild goose meat will go on sale at licensed outlets in Orkney for the first time, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) confirmed today (Monday 5 August).Recently resident...
View ArticleRSPB encouraging Big Wild Sleepout 9th -11th August
The RSPB is promoting its Big Wild Sleepout over 9th -11th August – and trailing ‘tigers, scorpions and wolves in UK gardens’. The faint hearted may just choose to stay inside but testosterone will...
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Union Fighter at Gwynt-y-mor spells out future for Tiree if Argyll/Tiree...
[Updated 23.40 below] The tug, Union Fighter – and no this is not an independence story - is working out of the Mersey, servicing the giant offshore wind farm, Gwynt-y-mor [Sea Wind], in construction...
View Article2013 Artmap Argyll sees Argyll wildlife artist recognised in national...
2013 is the 6th year of the hugely popular Artmap Argyll, with 48 venues open to the public from 23rd – 26th August.Artosts’ studios across Argyll from Oban in the north to Campbeltown in the south,...
View ArticleA first for Scotland in golden eagle breeding
For the first time ever in Scotland, two young golden eagles have been found to lay eggs at just three years of age.Normally, golden eagles breed for the first time from four to six years old.Only once...
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Cranes breed in Scotland for the first time since the Middle Ages
For the first time since the Middle Ages, the secretive common cranes have bred in Scotland, with areas of farmland offering homes.These graceful birds – known for their tall stature, loud trumpeting...
View ArticleAdvice on planning new woodlands with eagles in mind
Already trialled in Argyll, Forestry Commission Scotland has today, Tuesday 4th September, published advice on how to plan and assess proposals for new woodlands in those parts of Scotland that are...
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