Wooden Tom’s Spoon Carving Photos

, 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.

Going Wild in the Woods

, 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,…

What to spot: October Edition

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Welcome to our October Edition of what wildlife you can look for when out and about. A lot of migrants are arriving this month to spend the winter with us in Coigach and Assynt. The beautiful red heads of Rowan berries are a favourite of several species including Waxwings, Redwings and Fieldfares.   Waxwings (Bombycilla garrulus) are a stocky bird…

Scottish Wildlife Trust Staff Conference 2019

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
This month we went to join colleagues at the Scottish Wildlife Trust Staff conference in Seamill, Ayrshire. It was a great two days where we got to catch up with other Living Landscape teams, head office staff and learn about other projects going on at the Trust. On day 1 Fiona and Laura held a workshop, a chance to slow…

What to Spot: September Edition

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Welcome to our September Edition of What to Spot. Birds beginning to migrate south, trees beginning to turn golden and a slight chill in the air; Autumn is coming. There is still plenty to see out and about! One of the largest birds we have within CALL is the beautiful Gannet (Morus bassanus). Such amazing birds, diving at speeds of…

Assynt Games 2019

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
As always, this year’s Assynt games was fantastic, all be it a little damp! But many of you didn’t let the rain stop the fun. It was fantastic to meet so many of you, local or visitor, and hear your experiences of Coigach and/or Assynt. This year on our stall saw the return of Fiona’s woodland creature workshop, making new…

What to Spot – August Edition

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Wow, August already and our fourth joint wildlife blog with Coigach and Assynt Living Landscape Partnership (CALLP). Lots of human visitors are just arriving on their summer holidays this month but, for many birds, plants and animals this is autumn and the start of preparations for winter! Many of the birds that passed through, and over, Coigach and Assynt in…

Woodland Activity Leader Training Opportunity

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
We at CALL are delighted to announce that we have places available for the residents of Coigach and Assynt to join us in bringing a new training course to the area. Wild things!, from Findhorn (https://wild-things.org.uk/), have agreed to come over to our beautiful part of the world to deliver their Woodland Activity Leader Training (WALT) programme. So, what is…

The challenges and joys of Outdoor learning in the North West highlands.

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
It can be challenging matching the weather with a suitable location and delivering the theme that schools are currently working on – here’s why? We had an interesting time last week at the Outdoor and Woodland Learning Project here in the CALL corner of the North West Highlands.  Working with Achiltibuie Nursery and Primary Schools on their woodland life cycles…

Coigach Gathering 2019

, by Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape
Saturday saw Laura and Vickii return to the Coigach Gathering for another year. A fun filled day packed with lots of scheduled activities and amazing food. One of our stalls activities was our community survey in a map and sticker form allowing us to hear your views on how we are doing as a partnership as we go into year…

Categories

Sign up to our newsletter

Sign up to our newsletter to keep informed about the latest news from our projects and upcoming events, training and volunteer opportunities.

Sign up to our newsletter

Get involved

Find out how you can get involved with the project through events, training and volunteering opportunities

See What's On