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An Autumn Portrait

19th December 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

One of our Community Grants Scheme recipients this year was Griogair MacAllein who led story walks across the area throughout last year. Here Griogair shares a seasonally suitable poem: AN AUTUMN PORTRAIT Griogair MacAllein The forest floor, a canvas wet with dripping raindrops. A child brings 4 twigs – the top, the bottom & 2 sides A frame. Another…

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What to spot: December Edition

28th November 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Hard to believe but here we are on the last What to Spot blog of 2019 in partnership with Coigach and Assynt Living Landscape. It may be the bleak mid-winter but, there is still plenty of wildlife to look out for throughout the area. To make the most of the short daylight hours wrap up warm, take a hot drink…

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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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A Journey through Elphin for Quite an Adventure

18th November 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Having supported The Journey Through Elphin community wall-hanging. project through our Community Grants Scheme it was a pleasure to attend the unveiling of the finished wall hanging at Elphin village Hall. Earlier in the year my six-year-old daughter had won the Elphin Chicken Day Painting Competition in school. She was now looking forward to counting the chickens on the community…

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Here we go a-gathering…

6th November 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Lovely Guest Blog from volunteer Griogair MacAllein. The beautiful Autumnal seascape looking over the Minch from Eisg Brachaidh on the Auchiltibue road was the ideal location for a morning of ‘fruitful’ gathering of ‘DOG ROSE’ hips {Rosa canina}. The seed will be ‘treated’ at the ‘Little Assynt Tree Nursery’ for planting next year. Watched on by basking Common Seals…

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What to Spot: November Edition

1st November 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Continuing our partnership blog with Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape here are a few ideas to help you spot our wildlife during the coming month. During November, it can often look as if there is no wildlife to see. While the more obvious activity from cetaceans, birds and insects has definitely decreased dramatically there is still an amazing range of…

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October Monthly Volunteer Day

28th October 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Autumn seems to of come around so fast this year! A beautiful crisp day with on off showers meant we had a rainbow for most of the session! As our penultimate volunteer day this year we went for an autumnal stroll with a purpose: to collect Rose hips for the Little Assynt Tree Nursery in order to grow more. We…

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Sharing the OWL project with Scourie School

21st October 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Since March this year the OWL project staff team has been working with Scourie Primary School pupils and teachers to assist with their expanding outdoor learning plans. When we were first asked to visit Scourie school the whole school and nursery had embarked upon a weekly morning outdoor session. The school was extremely lucky to have been offered the use…

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Wooden Tom’s Spoon Carving Photos

16th October 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

On the 10th of October, Wooden Tom returned to hold another popular spoon carving course. Unfortunately I couldn’t be there myself (Missed another spoon carving session! One day I will get to have a go!), but Tom sent us these lovely pictures that I would like to share with you all. Enjoy.

People, Training and Wildlife

Going Wild in the Woods

16th October 2019, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape

Last week our 7 day Woodland Activity Leader Training came to an end. This is a little sum up of the week! What are the benefits of outdoor education?: exercise, resilience, learning coping strategies, risk awareness, sustainability, build immune system, develop skills such as problem solving, confidence, suits different learning styles, love and respect for natural world, knowledge, personal development,…

People, Training and Wildlife

An Autumn Portrait

What to spot: December Edition

Thanks to You for 25 Years

A Journey through Elphin for Quite an Adventure

Here we go a-gathering…

What to Spot: November Edition

October Monthly Volunteer Day

Sharing the OWL project with Scourie School

Wooden Tom’s Spoon Carving Photos

Going Wild in the Woods

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