Scotland’s newest wildlife festival to showcase the best natural heritage assets at the heart of Scotland’s largest National Scenic Area in Wester Ross gets underway later this month.
Held in and around Gairloch, the Wild About Gairloch festival takes place from Thursday June 23 until Monday 27 inclusive.
Attractions range from local walks investigating local butterfly and bat populations to guided circuits of the Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve mountain trail and seagoing journeys out into the Minch to spot whales, porpoises, sea eagles and skuas among others.
And noted authorities such as former SNH area officer John Love will give a talk on sea eagles. SNH has contributed 50% of the total funding of £2850 and is also arranging guided walks around the Beinn Eighe reserve.
Area officer Nicola Tallach said: “This is an exciting event which we are pleased to be supporting both through our grant and activities on Beinn Eighe NNR. The organisers have worked hard to come up with a wide and varied programme which should appeal to all ages and abilities.
“With gentle walks and talks through to boat trips, kayaking and hill walks, visitors and locals will have lots of opportunities to find out more about the special wildlife of Wester Ross.”
More information can be found at the festival website. Many self-guided walks around Gairloch and the local area and the Beinn Eighe NNR can be found on the Walkhighlands website.