Tayvallich Initiative

02/06/2026

28/05/2026

This walk is unfortunately cancelled due to forecast of rain (hard to believe that the weather will change from this lovely hot and sunny spell!)

27/05/2026

It was a beautiful warm evening for John Aitchison’s bird walk, with evening fabulous light (and not so fabulous midges at some of the stops). John helped us to listen more carefully and pick out various bird song and calls.

Highlights were a fleeting glimpse of a sparrow hawk after we’d heard smaller birds’ alarm call, a redpoll gloriously displaying its raspberry pinkie plumage from an electricity wire, and a drumming snipe over the wetlands. The evening was capped off with a fly-past of a golden eagle (yes, golden and not white-tailed on this occasion!) at the end of the walk. Thanks everyone one who joined the walk, and thanks to John for leading us.

We’ve also made these signs about TI walks and events being free of charge but that donations are welcome to help support ongoing work, recurring costs, etc.

27/05/2026

Dragonfly Identification Walk, Saturday 30th May 10.30am


Steve Carter is coming to help us identify the amazing dragonfly and damselfly species both rare and common on the Cnoc Leis mires. Please come and join us and hopefully the weather will stay as glorious as it is today!
Please wear waterproof footwear and be mindful that the area we will be walking over is uneven ground, bring a walking pole if you want 🙂

Meeting at Tayvallich shop at 10.30am

26/05/2026

Work Party
Join us in uprooting skunk cabbage on our community lands, as part of our invasive non-native action plan
Meet at Tayvallich Village Shop
Bring garden forks and wellies!
Wed 3 June, 1pm

19/05/2026

Evening Bird Walk with John Aitchison
Mon 25 May at 8pm
Meet at Tayvallich Front Green

We will be walking the Old Carsaig Road from Tayvallich Front Green to Carsaig Green

09/05/2026

A lovely afternoon along the blue route with Innes Manders from Catkin Ecology (and 25 others) talking about wild flowers, grasses and ferns. A great conversation with everyone contributing lots of knowledge about common names, Latin names, uses of flowers … it’s great how descriptive a lot of the names are. Thank you Innes, and everyone who came along

09/05/2026

Celtic Blessing Walk from Tayvallich to Keills. 24 May at 1pm. All welcome!

08/05/2026

We’re glad to see the views — and bench — at Cnoc Leis being enjoyed!

03/05/2026

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 partner, has an ecology business Catkin Ecology (catkinecology.co.uk)

Come along and enjoy!

Sal and Thorkil,
Tayvallich Community Rangers