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New additions to the Scottish Wildlife Trust team

, by Ian McNab
Two new members of staff have joined the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s team at Ben Mor Coigach Wildlife Reserve. Abi Ball and Michael Suender will work alongside Anne Campbell, who continues as Crofting Officer.   Abi  joined as Reserves Manager for North Scotland in January   Michael joined as Reserves Project Officer at the start of December   Anne will continue…

Fire on Stac Pollaidh: the value of working together

, by Ian McNab
Following last month’s wildfire at Stac Pollaidh, CALL Co-ordinator, Lizzie Williams, highlights the importance of collaborative action to tackle fires, and urges caution to minimise future risks.   Six weeks after the wildfire which blackened the slopes of Stac Pollaidh, it now glows fluorescent green with regrowth. We know that this vigorous first flush belies the full ecological cost of…

CALL continues

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
The 5-year Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership Scheme – supported though the National Lottery Heritage Fund and a range of other funders – officially ended in June 2022. But the CALL partnership itself existed before the Landscape Partnership Scheme, and it has continued since. Towards the end of the Landscape Partnership Scheme, Partners discussed options for taking forward the…

Heat Seekers – surveying with drones

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
This article first appeared in Issue 113 of Scottish Wildlife. Become a member of the Scottish Wildlife Trust today and enjoy three issues of our magazine each year. Katie Harrower from BH Wildlife Consultancy reveals how the use of thermal drone technology could potentially revolutionise the way that herbivore surveys are conducted over large areas. With woodland creation and habitat restoration…

Discover Coigach and Assynt’s new heritage trail

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Slow down and immerse yourself in Coigach and Assynt’s long history – follow our new Heritage Trail which runs from the township of Culnacraig at the base of Ben Mor Coigach to Kylesku in Sutherland. Find the map and information leaflet locally and build your own route: instead of using the car perhaps explore sections on foot, on a bike…

CALLP mini-festival of books, music, stories and walks coming soon!

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
  This mini-festival aims to highlight the wide range of fantastic books, guides, music and interpretation that has been created through the Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership to celebrate and share the area’s unique historic, cultural and natural heritage. Working closely with the community groups and individuals who created these brilliant resources, we have organised a weekend of in…

‘North West Regenerate’: another exciting opportunity for the North West Highlands

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
  An exciting local project is being developed called North West Regenerate: Supporting communities to drive – and thrive from – ecological restoration. The project area stretches from Coigach in the south, north to Durness and east to Bettyhill: the same as the NorthWest2045 work (see northwest2045.scot for details). The diverse partners include community groups, local development trusts, and community,…

Partnership scheme comes to an end

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
  Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership Scheme (CALLP),  has come to the end of the current phase of funding. Over the past five years, the scheme has delivered a programme of over 30 projects, supported though the National Lottery Heritage Fund and a range of other funders. As this phase draws to a close CALLP said goodbye on 30…

OWL project will live on through new resources

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
  The CALLP Outdoor and Woodland Learning (OWL) project came to a close on 28 September, with CALLP Education Managers Kat Martin and Fiona Saywell presenting local schools with copies of the Outdoor Learning Guides which they have produced to help support teachers to deliver outdoor learning themselves in the future. It was a fitting end to the project that…

New books available!

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
There has been a flurry of publishing activity among CALLP partners, with three hitting the shelves this month. North West Highlands Geopark has published a Walker’s Guide to Coigach & Assynt. Written by Dougie Cunningham, the book details 26 walks, and is beautifully illustrated with over 110 photographs, and maps for each route. This is the ideal guide to help…

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