Quinag Archives - Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

A Volunteering Thank You

23rd September 2021, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Volunteering has been an integral part of the Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership, right from the very beginning. What makes us unique from other partnerships was the amount of volunteer community groups who signed up to support projects over the 5 years. When I started my role in year 2 of the scheme there had already been a…

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Quinag’s wildlife and history in the spotlight

17th February 2021, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

The John Muir Trust is working with the Assynt Field Club on a project to assemble and make available as much information as possible about the landscape and wildlife of Quinag, funded through the CALLP community grants scheme. They are also looking at the human activities, past and present, that affect them. Where possible, they plan to summarise the lengthier…

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Quinag path project helps protect iconic mountain route

19th January 2021, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

A popular route up one of our most iconic hills will be easier for walkers, and less damaging to the mountain, thanks to work that has just been completed by the John Muir Trust on Quinag. It was funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, through the Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership scheme, and through the generosity of John…

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The Big Climate Fightback: Tree Planting at Little Assynt

19th December 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Guest Blog by Alison Roe Saturday 30th November Quinag looms high on the horizon, glowing gently in the afternoon sun as I pull into the car park by the tree nursery at Little Assynt. I’m here for the tree planting event, organised by CALLP in partnership with The Woodland Trust, and we’re definitely lucky with the weather. Rain and…

Land and Conservation Management

Thanks to You for 25 Years

25th November 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

The 19th November 2019 saw the 25th Birthday of the National Lottery and its funding of community projects such as us. The quiz this year was slightly different to the last. Instead of a December Christmas theme we had a Birthday party! Plenty of snacks and, of course, birthday cake, where shared amongst the 31 attendees as well as laughs…

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Orographic Performance comes to Little Assynt All Abilities Path

30th July 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Last Tuesday we had some visitors to Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape by the name of Oceanallover. Currently they are on a tour of Scotland, performing their amazing Orographic piece. When we were first contacted about hosting a performance, we were intrigued and a look at their website and past events just made us want them to perform in the…

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John Muir Trust blog on Hill to Grill

18th April 2018, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

One of our helpers for the Outdoor and Woodland Learning project’s Hill to Grill programme this year was Quinag Conservation Officer Romany Garnett from the John Muir Trust. Here is her blog post about all the activities the Ullapool High School pupils got up to over several days learning where venison comes from. Read it here

People, Training and Wildlife

What's On… at Quinag!

28th June 2016, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Fancy an amphibian encounter or the benefit of the expertise of local Naturalist Ian Evan to explore the wildlife and plants of Quinag? Or perhaps you would like to make a contribution to conservation with your time and effort as a JMT volunteer? Romany Garnett, Quinag Conservation Officer with John Muir Trust shares the schedule of public activities. Download the JMT…

People, Training and Wildlife

Primary 7 Go Wild!

10th June 2016, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Since April, Primary 7 pupils from Lochinver, Stoer, Achiltibuie and Ullapool have been part of an exciting transition project ‘Discovering Wild Places’. It has given the pupils the opportunity to work together to discover, explore and conserve wild spaces, and share their experiences, fulfilling all elements of the Discover level of the John Muir Award, before they head into S1…

Little Assynt Tree Nursery, People, Training and Wildlife

JMT Quinag 2016 Walks Schedule

5th May 2016, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

John Muir Trust has released the dates for the Quinag 2016 Walks Schedule. Get the most from the landscape by joining Romany Garnett, Quinag Conservation Officer, to explore the many aspects of Quinag, including not only the three corbett peaks, but also its ancient woodland and coast. Download the schedule!