The end of a long summer

Well , it’s cold, wet and windy outside which means that autumn is upon us again- the wheatears, corncrake and swallows will be heading off for warmer climates and the geese, whooper swans and redwings will be amongst those arriving for the winter. It seems to have been a good year for our birds this [...]

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Surveys and Vikings

It’s been a while since I blogged but there has been so much going over the last few weeks that is been difficult to sit down and write something. I been doing a wide range of things over the summer which I didn’t expect but all of them have been really interesting. I was luck [...]

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The scent of summer

We’ve been lucky to have some very good weather over the last few weeks which has meant a lot of time out of the office. I particularly enjoy walking

on the machair at the moment as the flowers are in full bloom, not only producing a raft of colour but the smell as you walk through [...]

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conferences, coaches and carrots!

Time for another quick update, particularly as my mum now says the only way she finds out what I’m up to is to read my blog!!!!!.
It’s been another busy month, I was in Musselburgh mid May for a community archaeology conference which was very interesting. We are looking to develop a project on the estate so [...]

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It’s been a while

Yes, I’m still here!, thought I’d better write another update as I was being nagged at by certain individuals (you know who you are!). We’ve had some fantastic weather over the last few weeks so you can imagine that sitting in the office has not been my top priority.
It definitely feels like spring now as [...]

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Bog Slog

I spent the weekend on the mainland doing some training on peatland restoration which is something I hope we can do here on the estate in the future. I attended a work party organised by the John Muir Trust where we were working in an area of peatland owned by the Assynt Foundation – another community [...]

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Walking the walk

I’ve been doing a lot of walking over the week or so as I’ve just got a new GPS unit which has meant I can go out and survey the paths on the estate. Today I walked from Habost to Cross, I’d intended to walk further but the batteries in my camera died!, never mind [...]

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Busy, Busy, Busy

Well its been a busy few weeks, so much so that I’m afraid I’ve been neglecting the blog a bit. I’ve been up to all sorts over the last few weeks and it’s great to have a job that allows me to get involved in a wide variety of projects.
I’m doing more work with the [...]

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Watch the Birdie!!!

This weekend I will be taking part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, an annual bird count that has been taking place for the last 30 years. All you have to do is spend an hour this weekend counting how many of each bird you see in your garden at any one time. The top [...]

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Happy New Year

Wow, I can’t believe 2009 is here already, the new year seemed to come around very quickly and its now a case of getting ready for another busy season. I spent christmas at home on the mainland but I saw in the new year back on the estate, enjoying the various events that were taking place [...]

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