The Bute Community Land Company held an all-day community consultation yesterday in Rothesay Pavilion, around the proposed plan for the community to buy Rhubodach Forest in the north of the island. It will be developed in a range of ways to sustain jobs, outdoor activities, tourism and community energy.
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Seil Natural History Group is hosting a talk by David Ainslie of Sea Life Adventures at 7.30pm on Tuesday 12th January at the Seil Island Community Hall in Ellenabeich.
Mr Ainslie will be looking at the issue of F’ully Protected Marine Reserves’ – a very hot topic at the moment with the Marine (Scotland) Bill the talking point just now amongst naturalists, marine environmentalists and commercial fishermen alike.
The Isle of Seil Natural History Group has a large membership, a high level of expertise and is particularly active.
It holds monthly talks on a wide variety of natural history topics and organises monthly field trips and mid-week walks.
Anyone is welcome to come to the talks whether a member of the group or not. Anyone interested in joining it should email Richard Wesley – richardwesley@btinternet.com – for details.
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Seil Natural History Group’s monthly meeting is on 8th December in Seil Island Hall at 7.30pm.
Speakers are Andy Acton and Anna Griffiths opn: Lichens of Atlantic Woodlands.
Both Andy and Anna are experienced Lichenologists and have recently produced two laminated sheets for Plantlife on this subject.
These are available from Waterstones at £3.50 each.
The meeting is also open to people interested in joining this large, lively and expert group whose membership is over 100 and growing.
Turn up and take it from there or contact Richard Wesley:
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The six year old Helensburgh Online website, carrying news and information on Helensburgh and Lomond, has just announced its plan to have a redesigned and refocused site online within a few months.
It will become a membership subscription site, charging £52 pa to any business of any scale and any type in the area.
This annual fee of £52 will give each member an entry on the site’s directory and a business card on a dedicated page i.e. joiners. Entries may feature a live link to the member’s own website where this exists.
Helensburgh Online does not intend to charge visitors for access to the site.
The plan is to provide a single port of call for anyone wanting anything in and around Helensburgh.
The development is conceived as being attuned to the Buy Local campaign, as it will feature the local businesses subscribing to it.
In line with this, Helensburgh Online will be conducting a comprehensive survey of the local population and businesses ‘to establish why people are not shopping locally or not all using local tradesmen etc’. This is clearly an important issue, with Helensburgh having lost 15 shops on its waterfront streets.
The survey will start next week and run for a two week period.
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