Posts for February, 2023

Spring Scottish Specialities – 28-29 April 2023
Wild Discovery is running a series of Lepidoptera events aimed at finding some of the UK’s rarest or most difficult to see species. All the profits from these workshops will go to Butterfly Conservation helping to support projects that monitor, protect and manage these superb species.

Our target species are Kentish Glory, Netted Mountain Moth, Rannoch Brindled Beauty, Sword Grass, and Small Dark Yellow Underwing. Secondary possibilities include Large Red-belted Clearwing, Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth, Scarce Prominent, Broom-tip and Birch Mocha. Two nights, two days.

Join us on this half-day workshop to explore Caledonian Pine forest to learn more about Scottish woodland bird specialities and their songs.
This is a not-for-profit workshop based in Upper Deeside.

Do you want something fixed? ♻️
Boat of Garten’s Repair Café runs monthly at the Hall and works with volunteers to help fix household items.
Typical repairs include:
💡 Electrical items – e.g. lamps, vacuum cleaners
🧵 Clothing – e.g. jeans, bags, shirts
💻 IT – e.g. PCs, laptops
🧸 General – e.g. toys, ornaments, small furniture
🚲 Bikes – basic bike maintenance
Bring your items to the Repair Café and we’ll try our best to fix it!
If you would like to volunteer, please contact repaircafe@boathall.org.uk
Oh… and there’s a café too – so you can have a cuppa while you wait…

Join Cairngorms Astronomy Club and TGDT in The Square, Tomintoul for a moon viewing session. This is the first Phase after the New Moon and is a great time to see the features of the moon’s surface.

We’ll have the Celestron telescope and a smartphone bracket that will allow you to take the moon home in your pocket!

As we will be outside, please dress up warm for changeable weather.

Children are very welcome.

Please note that toilet facilities are not available on site.

Funded by Foundation Scotland from the Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund.

Come along and celebrate our Dark Sky Park with a telescope session focused on galaxies.

Hopefully we’ll see our nearest neighbouring galaxy Andromeda, which is the furthest object we can see with the naked eye at 2.5 million light-years away!

Join us for tea, telescopes and brain tingling space facts…

Funded by Foundation Scotland from the Dorenell Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund.

Join us for an introduction to Pictish art and symbol stones.

Sustainable Strathspey’s next Climate Cafe will be on Thursday 23rd February at 7.30pm in the Grant Arms, The Square, Grantown.

Lynn and Sandra of Lynbreck Croft will be talking to us about their farm and their efforts to work with nature to produce food for their local community.

Find out more about their amazing story here: https://www.lynbreckcroft.co.uk/ or, indeed, in their book: https://www.lynbreckcroft.co.uk/our-book/

Non-members welcome.

Do you want something fixed? ♻️

Boat of Garten’s Repair Café runs monthly at the Hall and works with volunteers to help fix household items.

Oh… and there’s a café too – so you can have a cuppa while you wait…

You can always pop in for a look to see what it’s all about too!

Do you want something fixed? ♻️

Boat of Garten’s Repair Café runs monthly at the Hall and works with volunteers to help fix household items.

Bring your items to the Repair Café and we’ll try our best to fix it!

Do you want something fixed? ♻️

Boat of Garten’s Repair Café runs monthly at the Hall and works with volunteers to help fix household items.

Bring your items to the Repair Café and we’ll try our best to fix it!

Oh… and there’s a café too – so you can have a cuppa and see what its all about…