Why you should visit the UK s greenest, most eccentric island
After voluntarily pulling up the drawbridge for a year, Eigg is now welcoming (responsible) visitors
The Inner Hebrides island of Eigg impresses with its green credentials and community spirit
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Sailing around Ardnamurchan Point, with the melancholy strains of Mendelsohn’s Hebrides overture tugging at your heart, it’s easy to get caught up in the lost world romance of Eigg, a deeply wild archipelago.
Yes, many of the Hebrides now lie dead to man, but right in front of you hope emerges. Defiant, Eigg-shaped hope. This is an island reborn, following a community buyout that became the first in the world to draw all its electricity from green energy. After voluntarily pulling up the drawbridge for an entire year, Eigg is now tentatively welcoming responsible visitors back to share its remarkable, life-affirming charms.
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Troon to Irvine With brilliant views and sandy beaches in Irvine you can visit Seagate Castle, the Scottish Maritime Museum and Glasgow Vennel, former home of Burns. The route is six miles, taking three hours. A longer detour route also takes in the Smugglers Trail and the famed Dundonald Castle, birthplace of the Stuart Dynasty of Scotland’s kings and queens… who later became the UK’s monarchs too.
Updated: April 21, 2021, 10:38 am
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Two lucky Dundee couples who won big on the lottery have teamed up to help the city’s wild birds.
A team of handy National Lottery winners from across Scotland has donated 25 nest boxes handcrafted during the winter lockdown months.
Local winners Fred and Lesley Higgins, who won over £57M on EuroMillions in 2018, delivered the nest boxes to the Miley Wildlife Reserve in the city.
They will be installed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust and at further locations around Scotland.
A further box with a built-in camera was delivered to Kingspark Primary School, where pupils will use it to keep an eye on nesting birds throughout the spring.
Loch Of The Lowes Osprey Lays Third Egg!
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Female osprey NC0 laid her third egg of the season at the Scottish Wildlife Trust’s Loch of the Lowes reserve at around 7:40am today (Saturday 17 April).
Sara Rasmussen, Perthshire Ranger, Scottish Wildlife Trust said, “Younger ospreys tend to be less productive so we thought that NC0 might stop at two eggs this year, but we’re really pleased that she has laid three eggs in her second season on the reserve. We can’t wait to see the chicks hatch out next month.”
“Our team of staff and volunteers are monitoring the reserve around the clock to help ensure these ospreys have a safe and secure nesting site. I’d like to remind people that accessing the loch can disturb the birds at a critical point in their breeding season. We’d encourage members of the public to follow the Scottish Outdoor Access Code and pay attention to any warning signs that are in place to help protect wildlife.”
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