Posts Tagged ‘birds’
Scotland’s second Dark Skies park officially unveiled
The high quality of the night skies above Tomintoul and Glenlivet have received a prestigious award by becoming Scotland’s second recognised International Dark Sky Park. Awarded Gold Tier status by the International Dark-Sky Association, the Tomintoul and Glenlivet – Cairngorms Dark Sky Park is among the darkest Dark Sky Parks in the UK, it is…
Read MoreThe January 2019 issue of Scottish Field is out now
Winter’s here – but so is the new issue of Scottish Field, so let us warm you up with another great read! Our January issue is on sale now, priced £4.50, with 200 pages brimming with everything you’d want. Prepare to be blown away by some breathtaking mountain images taken by adventure sports photographer Hamish Frost,…
Read MoreA bit of movie magic comes to garden centre
A Scots garden centre is offering some Christmas movie magic for youngsters. Cleaner-cum-carpenter Alex Freeman has created a replica of the Polar Express steam train from the movie of the same name featuring Hollywood star, Tom Hanks. The train Alex crafted from wood has become a popular attraction with kids when they see the Polar…
Read MoreTurkducken is a festive sandwich with a difference
One of Glasgow’s oldest and most loved restaurants is encouraging shoppers to forget Christmas sandwiches from high street chains and instead support local businesses. From Monday, 26 November, The Baby Grand, at 3-7 Elmbank Gardens, which has firmly established itself as a city institution in the 34 years since it opened, is gifting Glasgow with…
Read MoreThe free art gallery on the streets of Glasgow
Travelling into Manchester city centre in the run-up to the 2002 Commonwealth Games made for an interesting journey. While state-of-the-art facilities popped up, such as the £32m aquatics centre and the City of Manchester Stadium, old buildings were shrouded from view. Some of the city centre’s derelict structures which escaped demolition prior to the Games, were…
Read MoreDelicious recipes in Feathers: The Game Larder
The makers of Venison: the Game Larder have come back fully equipped with more game bird cooking recipes from master game chef José Souto. He offers a wide selection of recipes, both appetisers and main meals, simple and intricate, each of them truly of a higher class. There’s more: the reader is also given insight…
Read MoreEnvironmentalists honoured for their hard work
Toad patrols, wildlife blogs, beach cleaning and repairing mountain paths are just some of the things happening across Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. Communities across the area came together at the Community Partnership’s annual event ‘A Green Revolution – building sustainable communities now’ in Arrochar to learn about and celebrate local people raising…
Read MoreUrgent help wanted in bid to save Kinloch Castle
A group has been set up to restore a beautiful Scottish castle to its former glory. Kinloch Castle on the island of Rum is a unique and wonderful time capsule. It nestles in the bay of Loch Scresort, surrounded by a shelter belt of trees, planted at the same time as the castle was built.…
Read MoreCapturing the beauty of nature with a paintbrush
Sandra Emslie’s house is a gallery of her work, with practically every patch of wall covered in paintings of the agricultural landscapes of Douneside and Migvie interspersed with scenes of her beautiful garden – Sandra’s other passion. As she leads me through a terrace of colourful flowers through a large, well-tended lawn flanked by ancient…
Read More200 sign up to secure the future of shooting
The British Game Alliance has hit a significant milestone, as 200 shoots have now signed up as members. The BGA is working to grow the market for Assured British Game, and currently have 24 Scottish members, to the benefit of every shoot and game dealer that joins up. Although the primary aim of the BGA…
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