Archives for August, 2010

Second sighting of "Big Cat" in Sutherland

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Police are warning walkers and other members of the public after two sightings of a large panther type cat in Easter Ross and Sutherland. The latest animal was seen by a member of the public walking between Dornoch Caravan Park and the greenkeeper’s shed at Dornoch Golf Club on Saturday morning. Police are advising members [...]

Look out for St Kilda mailboat

Monday, August 30th, 2010

People visiting Scotland’s beaches are being urged by the National Trust for Scotland to look out for a tiny wooden mailboat which was launched from St Kilda yesterday (Sunday 29 August) to mark the 80th anniversary of the evacuation of the islands. Staff from the conservation charity say the vessel, which is similar to those [...]

Loch Lomond island drama

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Experience Inchcailloch, a very special island in Loch Lomond, on Saturday 4 or Sunday 5 September in the company of some of the characters who used to live and work there: the boatman, the minister who brought his flock across from the mainland each Sunday, the farmer who worked the land and mourners at a [...]

Watch The Great Climb live

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

The BBC will be broadcasting a five and a half hour live climbing marathon later without knowing whether the two climbers will be able to complete the overhanging cliff challenge on Harris in the Outer Hebrides. Top climbers Dave Macleod and Tim Emmett have been practising and checking out routes on Sron Ulladale for weeks. [...]

Dead Red Kite was poisoned say Police

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Tayside Police have confirmed that a red kite found dead near Aberfeldy in July was poisoned. The bird was found in Strathtay and may have been dead for a few months. Recent tests have discovered that it was poisoned, adding to a tally of five buzzards and a tawny owl which have also been found [...]

Freak injury puts Great Climb at risk

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

One of the two climbers set to take part in the BBC’s Great Climb to be broadcast from Sron Ulladale in two days time, has suffered a severe ankle injury which may put the event in jeopardy. Dave Macleod, who has spent much of the last month checking out routes on the overhanging cliff on [...]


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