Walkhighlands news & reviews

Walkhighlands news & reviews http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news Outdoors news and gear reviews from Walkhighlands Tue, 15 May 2012 11:26:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 New bothy for Jura http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/new-bothy-for-jura/006852/ http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/new-bothy-for-jura/006852/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 11:26:47 +0000 Walkhighlands http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/?p=6852

A new bothy has opened on the Isle of Jura. The Mountain Bothy Association (MBA) work party earlier this month undertook major work to make the old lodge at Cruib wind and watertight and available for use as a bothy.…

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The Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival (EMFF) and the Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) have joined forces this year to expand their popular and long running mountain writing and photography competitions. The Mountain Article competition has categories for prose and poetry…

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A new festival gets underway this Wednesday (16 May) offering a variety of walks and other activities based at St Abbs nature reserve. Running for one week, the festival is a joint venture between the National Trust for Scotland (NTS)…

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Sharp-eyed residents on a Scottish island National Nature Reserve (NNR) helped catch one of Britain’s most notorious egg thieves. Police arrested Matthew Gonshaw after receiving a tip-off from islanders on Rum. Most of the island is managed as an NNR…

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Car accidents involving deer are at their highest at this time of year as young roe deer search for their own territories, warns Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). Deer-vehicle collisions often peak in May, as juvenile deer are out on their…

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This Sunday (13th May) 5 year old Molly, a Collie from Aviemore, is aiming to complete her final Corbett, possibly making her the first canine to climb all the Corbetts. Molly will be accompanied by her proud owner Anne Butler…

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A proposed 22-turbine windfarm at Sallachy, north of Lairg in Sutherland, would result in the loss of a large area of wild land, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has advised. In objecting to the proposals, SNH has also highlighted the adverse…

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Strathclyde Police have announced that the body of a hillwalker missing on Arran has been discovered. Paul Henry, from Stranraer, was last seen at the Ardrossan ferry terminal on Saturday 5 May and is believed to have spoken to a…

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Plans to plant 100,000 native trees at Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve are on target as the half way mark has recently been reached. The National Trust for Scotland has so far planted 51,470 sub-montane birch, willows, rowan and alder…

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Community groups across Scotland, who are running projects to do with managing and enjoying nature, can now apply for a new Community Action Grant. Launched by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), the new scheme is for grants of between £1k and…

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