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Tayvallich Initiative Community ownership for affordable housing, local jobs, & nature restoration at and around Tayvallich

Feel free to join us at 11:30am at the village shop and café for next autumn walk on Wed 14 Oct … social walk, talk, and...
09/10/2026

Feel free to join us at 11:30am at the village shop and café for next autumn walk on Wed 14 Oct … social walk, talk, and drink hot choc!

A wet n windy community walk up Cnoc Leis today, with a reward for our efforts of hot chocolate at the top. Heavy shower...
17/09/2026

A wet n windy community walk up Cnoc Leis today, with a reward for our efforts of hot chocolate at the top. Heavy showers along with a few dry spells … quite dramatic watching horizontal rain passing over the Sound of Jura. A real sense of the move into autumn: leaves starting to change colour; mushrooms underfoot; fungi on the trees. A good year for hazelnuts; less so for sloes. The dogs had fun too!

Join us on 24 Sept and/or 14 Oct for more autumn activities!

Hello lovely people, We are planning our next Autumn Activity, a walk and a talk and a hot choc on Thursday 17th Septemb...
15/09/2026

Hello lovely people,

We are planning our next Autumn Activity, a walk and a talk and a hot choc on Thursday 17th September. Walking round Cnoc Leis and enjoying the scenery.

Hope you can make it!
Sal and Thorkil

Today!! The sun is out ... enough!! Autumn Activities …Please come along today and help clear the puddles from the Old C...
09/09/2026

Today!! The sun is out ... enough!! Autumn Activities …

Please come along today and help clear the puddles from the Old Carsaig road ... meet at the shop for 10am,

See you there
Sal and Thorkil

Autumn ActivitiesMeet us at Tayvallich Village Shop for:• Wed 9 Sep, 10am: Old road ditch digging fun … help make the ol...
03/09/2026

Autumn Activities

Meet us at Tayvallich Village Shop for:

• Wed 9 Sep, 10am: Old road ditch digging fun … help make the old road path less puddly.
• Thu 17 Sep, 11.30am: Social walk, talk, and drink hot choc!
• Thu 24 Sep, 1pm: Red and Blue route path maintenance and fun!
• Wed 14 Oct, 11.30am: Social walk, talk, and drink hot choc!

Sal and Thorkil,
Tayvallich Community Rangers
([email protected])

Some photos from last week’s marsh fritillary web count on community land. On the first photo, the top arrow points to t...
31/08/2026

Some photos from last week’s marsh fritillary web count on community land.

On the first photo, the top arrow points to the caterpillars; the bottom arrow points to one of the webs in the cluster.

Other photos show: male keeled skimmer; female common hawker; grass-of-Parnassus (Parnassia palustris); white-tailed bumble bee on heather; Scotch argus

We will be doing another count soon, so please get in touch if you want to help. Sal ([email protected])

A fun afternoon at the Community Garden and Orchard (the sun 🌞 came out!) … great to see the fruit trees coming along an...
06/08/2026

A fun afternoon at the Community Garden and Orchard (the sun 🌞 came out!) … great to see the fruit trees coming along and the veg growing … and which ones won prizes at the Tayvallich Flower Show last week. And good to have a chat about plans for the coming months.

Hello!Some very lovely people have been working hard to create the Tayvallich Community Garden and Orchard and are havin...
04/08/2026

Hello!

Some very lovely people have been working hard to create the Tayvallich Community Garden and Orchard and are having a get together on Thursday (6th August) afternoon at 4pm. We would love you to come and join us to see what we have been up to, come and help out -- and tea and cake will obviously be enjoyed too!

If you are interested in helping out and can't make it on Thursday, give me an email or text and we can show you around another time!

The orchard is up the gravel road at Carsaig farm, just below Tor Mhor -- google maps link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ttDmZYQ5rLUwN8VK6 Please walk or cycle if you are able as the road up is not great for cars.

If you need directions or help to get there, please give me a text on 07810186484.

See you there, Sally and Ulla :)

Tayvallich Initiative had a table at the Gala Day on Saturday — and a competition to see who could pull the most Himalay...
28/07/2026

Tayvallich Initiative had a table at the Gala Day on Saturday — and a competition to see who could pull the most Himalayan balsam stems in a minute! Plus there were photos and updates on the Community Rangers’ work on walks, benches and skunk cabbage removal

Work Party Wednesday 22nd July 10am - Let’s get the Himalayan Balsam!We are having another go at clearing the rest of th...
16/07/2026

Work Party Wednesday 22nd July 10am - Let’s get the Himalayan Balsam!

We are having another go at clearing the rest of the Himalayan Balsam from the community land down the side of old Carsaig road and on the marsh where there are some lovely marsh fritillary butterflies and fabulous flora.

Over the last couple of years we have really manged to have a big impact, and less and less is there every year. Soon we can move onto the hall hillside ...

Please wear sturdy footwear and bring gardening gloves!

See you there

Sal 🙂

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Tayvallich Initiative Ltd (Registered Charity SC052450)
Tayvallich
PA318PJ

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