on the trail of the polecat

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
 The Vincent Wildlife Trust has launched its next national polecat survey, to run from 2014 to 2015, and needs your help to gather up-to-date information on the current distribution of the polecat in Britain.  See the flier in the Downloads section. The polecat is a native British mammal and a member of the mustelid (weasel) family, which includes otter, stoat and…

ceilidh night on Saturday

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
We’re disappointed at having to cancel the Woodland Weekend – and have decided to go ahead with the ceilidh night on Saturday 30th, hoping that this will be popular.  It looks like being a great night, with Mandy Haggith reading from her new book, the beautiful collection of poems entitled ‘Into the Forest’, followed by Henry Fosbrooke and his Woodland…

A, B, Tree!

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
What an enjoyable day last Friday! Romany had put together a great morning of activities, based around the fact that each letter in the Gaelic alphabet corresponds to a tree or shrub.  Local writer and poet Mandy Haggith helped to develop the event, which was enjoyed by children from several local schools, some adults and two very young participants. First…

Wonderful Woodlands Weekend – book now!

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
You might know that Romany has put together a really great programme of activities for the ‘What’s the Use of Woodlands?’ weekend from 29th November to 1st December.  This is based at Glencanisp Lodge by Lochinver, where accommodation and catering is available – the rooms are lovely and the food excellent!  So if you fancy spending a weekend in a comfortable…

what now?

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
You might be wondering what we do next, now HLF has granted us £3million?  Well, it’s a lot of money so obviously we need to spell out how we’re going to make best use of it.  We now enter a Development Phase, which lasts for 18 months.  During that time, we’ll be taking on  a Development Manager and Assistant.  These…

living landscape photo competition

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
There was a great response to our photo competition, thank you to everyone who took part. Well done to Kathryn Nelson who won the 5-11 category and to David Haines for winning the adult category with his photo ‘Autumn wood.’ Prizes have been awarded for 1st place in each category. Thank you also to our judge John McCarthy from Lochinver…

2020vision

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
What a great evening in Lochinver yesterday! Around seventy people turned out on a cold, dark night to be entertained and inspired by this stunning visual treat.  Two of the UK’s top nature photographers Peter Cairns and Mark Hamblin present the show in a really engaging way.  If you can, do try to catch the show in Achiltibuie tonight Friday…

soil, muck and money

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
On a cool November day 29 crofters and land managers gathered in Elphin for a workshop organised by Soil Association Scotland with help from CALL.  Around half were crofters from the CALL area, others having travelled from Gairloch, Ardgay, Brora, Croy and the Black Isle.  We learnt that soil is a living thing and has to be nurtured in order to…

what's the use of woods?

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Romany has been working hard to set up a great weekend of activities at the end of November. This looks at a range of uses for woodland products, from wood-turning to carving to natural dyes, and there are great talks lined up too.  We’ve had a lot of help from some of CALL’s loyal local supporters, which is enabling the weekend…

we've done it!

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
At last, the wait is over – and we’ve done it!  The Heritage Lottery Fund has recognised the strength of our application and given us a Stage 1 pass – so we’re well on the way to our grant of £3million.  This represents a big investment in the area and has attracted media interest – you might have heard about it on the…

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