A wet n windy community walk up Cnoc Leis today, with a reward for our efforts of hot chocolate at the top. Heavy showers along with a few dry spells … quite dramatic watching horizontal rain passing over the Sound of Jura. A real sense of the move into autumn: leaves...

The first part of the Old Carsaig Road — from the Tavyallich end to the SSEN substation — has been upgraded, with thanks to financial support from neighbouring landowners who use the track, and from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation funds under the (now ended) Access &...

Some photos from last week’s marsh fritillary web count on community land. On the first photo, the top arrow points to the caterpillars; the bottom arrow points to one of the webs in the cluster. Other photos show: male keeled skimmer; female common hawker;...

It was a dreich Sunday but a successful pulling of Himalayan balsam plants before they flower and go to seed. Far fewer plants than a year ago, with smaller patches; good progress. “It’s like fishing, but more fun,” said Thorkil as everyone got wet in the rain.

Wellies and waders were called for at a work party on Wednesday when TI volunteers splashed down to help eradicate an unwelcome visitor from the burn running across the water meadow on the Community Land. Skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) is native to western...

It was a beautiful warm evening for John Aitchison’s bird walk, with evening fabulous light (and not so fabulous midges at some of the stops). John helped us to listen more carefully and pick out various bird song and calls. Highlights were a fleeting glimpse of a...