SCA News: Isle of Skye

Skye Wind Farms: Public Enquiry

Highland Council's objection to erecting nine 200-m high wind turbines at Ben Aketil has triggered a public enquiry - date yet to be announced. The enquiry is expected to report by autumn 2025 to Scottish ministers, who will make the final decision. People who have...

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A Beautiful Killer on Raasay

The purple-flowered Rhododendrum ponticum was introduced by the Victorians to the UK and has since spread far and wide. Though it has beautiful flowers, its presence is a disaster ecologically. The dense canopy and leaf litter stifle plant growth and the soil becomes...

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Wind Farms

Cllr Helen Crawford (Aird & Loch Ness) placed a motion before the full meeting of the Highland Council on Thursday 19th September calling for a radical overhaul of the way communities and the Highland Council are involved in the multitude of planning applications...

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ReRoot Film Club and news

On August 9th, we watched Seed: the untold story, an award-winning documentary exploring the reasons for, and implications of, losing 94% of seed diversity. There were also inspiring stories of work to nurture remaining diversity around the world. Chef John Coghill,...

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Skye Wind Farms

The Highland Council are expected to consider Balmeanach Wind Farm (next to the existing Edinbane wind farm) at their Planning Meeting on 10th September. For information on this, and other Skye wind farms and associated projects see the Skye Windfarm Information Group...

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50 years of beach litter on Skye: field work summary

by Tom Stanton, Loughborough University Thank you very much to everyone who supported our two weeks of fieldwork on Skye during July, and for all of the work that you put in during the run up to our trip. I wanted to share a top-level summary of what we have done this...

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Ostaig beach clean and litter survey

by Dan Milner Under cloudy but thankfully rain-less skies, Sunday 28 July saw a swarm of litter-pickers descend on Ostaig beach, Sleat, for a day of beach cleaning as part of the 50 Years of Litter on Skye  project led by Dr Tom Stanton of Loughborough University....

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