Mysterious cuckoos and close encounters in Appin
A new book exploring Scotland’s wild secrets – A Scottish Wildlife Odyssey: In Search of Scotland’s Wild Places – features Duror and Appin and their wildlife
Leisure
Oban
Arduaine Garden opening postponed due to storm damage
The lower garden may not open again until the end of summer, and the rest not until 2023
Leisure
New film launches 496km bikepacking route linking Argyll islands
A new film called Wild About Bikepacking has launched a 496-km bikepacking route connecting the Argyll islands of Mull, Jura, Islay and Bute
Outdoors
Highland hostels reopen after ‘most difficult’ years
Scottish youth hostels are already half filled this month on average, with Skye, Oban and Glen Nevis proving especially popular
Outdoors
Consultation on Cologin Forest
Anyone living in and around Oban is invited to give their views on a proposed ten-year management plan for Cologin Forest, two miles south of the town
Outdoors
Rewilding Argyll’s rainforests
An Argyll nature trust has been granted over £200,000 to help rid two Caledonian Rainforests of invasive rhododendron, which is crowding out native tress and lower plant species
Outdoors
Gorge-ous plans for Highland waterfall
Work begins on a £2.3 million visitor centre at one of Britain’s most spectacular – and terrifying – gorges
Leisure
How Gordon Buchanan’s ’30 years in the wild’ began on Mull
Wildlife presenter and filmmaker Gordon Buchanan has a remarkable story to tell, three decades since he got his big break in a Mull restaurant
Outdoors
West Coast wildlife charity reaches milestone
From the classroom to the high seas – Hebridean charity inspires 10,000 school kids to protect our oceans