Posts Tagged ‘ayrshire’
Dumfries-shire town of Moffat named as Europe’s first Dark Sky Town
Moffat has been designated as Europe’s first ‘Dark Sky Town’. In February, the Dumfries and Galloway town joined Coll, the first ‘Dark Sky Island’ in Europe, and Galloway Forest Park, one of only four ‘Dark Sky Parks’ in the western world, as one of the best places on earth to study the sky at night…
Read MoreDo you believe in Scotland’s big cats?
This month we carry a controversial piece examining the question of whether big cats are really on the prowl in Scotland. At the moment hotspots for sightings seem to be Aberdeen and Ayrshire. In the latter county local police recently warned the public to be on their guard after they concluded an injured horse had…
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