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Wildflower ID Walk – 9 May
Wildflower ID Walk Saturday 9 May, at 2.30pm Meet at Tayvallich Village Shop Ecologist Innes Manders will be guiding us, helping us identify all the beautiful spring flowers as well as some bryophytes, trees and other fauna. Innes is from Kilmichael and, with his...
Dawn Chorus Walk – 22 April
What better way to start your day! Dawn Chorus Walk with John Aitchison, Wed 22 April at 6am Come and join us and experience the beauty of a spring morning and the dawn chorus! We will be walking the Carsaig old road. Meet us at 6am at Tayvallich Front Green! Bring a...
Old Carsaig Road Renovation Works
Work to renovate the eastern part of the Old Carsaig Road between Tayvallich village and the SSEN substation will begin on: Monday 30 March The works are expected to last around 6–10 days. During this period: • Access along the old road will be restricted for walkers...
Barrahormid Trust Announce Houses For Sale as Renovation Projects
Great news that the Barrahormid Trust have been successful in being awarded planning permission in principle as an initial step towards bringing buildings – some of which have been lived in within recent memory – back to residential use. A great opportunity for those...
Cnoc Leis Bench
Who thought three people could carry a bench to the top of Cnoc Leis? Amazing view to have a picnic! Please use and enjoy at the top of the red route 🙂
Dragonfly Habitat
Thanks to all those who came along and helped improve the dragonfly habitat, in the peat bog/wetland area we have below Cnoc Leis. It was fun and we made a good dent into the planned improvements! I am planning 3 more work parties: Monday 23rd February, 1pm Wednesday...
TI Newsletter, Feb 2026
Housing at Polldearg Communities Housing Trust is working with Tayvallich Initiative to do a detailed feasibility study for housing at Polldearg, the land around Taigh Eairdsidh. Some site investigations are currently taking place (you might see a mini-digger at the...
Cattle Grazing
Dave Stewart's cattle are back on the community-owned land, on the lower fields. so please do enjoy their presence. They have the “no-fence collars” on and should therefore stay on the fields. Please also note there will be work carried out on the Old Carsaig Road...
Work Party
Wed 15 Oct, 10am meetings outside Tayvallich Village Shop for a work party improving the Old Carsaig Road path … pruning, sawing, digging, tidying, chatting, laughing. See poster/photo for more details.
TI Community Steering Group Meeting for Renewables – 12 Oct – with voting
Dear AllThere will be a TI Community Steering Group meeting for renewables on Sun 12 October at 5pm to vote on the proposal for a solar project at Mary's Land. Details on the voting procedure are available here: https://tinyurl.com/2510-TI-solar-voting-procedure The...
