Bountiful gifts from the garden
Your garden gives up some beautiful gifts of its own at this time of year – allowing you to bring the outside into the home with foliage and ‘green’ decorations.
Outdoors
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New access ranger will identify visitor hotspots
A new access ranger has been appointed by Arran Access Trust and Arran Geopark to help conserve and enhance Arran’s landscape and heritage.
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Gardens are full of young birds during breeding season
June was noticeably warmer than May. The mean temperature was four degrees higher, and the rainfall was more than 40 per cent less. The light winds of May continued into June giving a prolonged settled spell.
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The hills are alive on Arran
The Arran hills were alive with walkers, runners and cyclists last month as the island finally emerged from lockdown.
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Spring is a great time to be bird watching
Spring is an exciting time of year, awaiting the arrival of our summer visitors and seeing the last of our winter visitors leaving.
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Seagrass forms meadows in the sea
On land we take grass for granted – but underwater, seagrass can only thrive in very specific conditions and so is quite unusual to see.
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Mountain festival will go ahead next year
As 2020 draws to a close our thoughts turn to next year, and hopefully better things to come, having skipped a year for the first time in its 14 year history, the Arran Mountain Festival has confirmed it is to go ahead next year.