BENBECULA
Fifty Years of Hedgehogs: Turning Prickly Pasts into Ground-Breaking Translocation Tales
Dark Island Hotel on Benbecula, Monach Suite
Tuesday 25th June, 6:30pm - 8pm
Hosted by RSPB
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For fifty years, hedgehogs have been a prickly predicament for local wildlife on Uist and conservation groups alike, with previous projects employing standard eradication techniques to lethally remove the invasive species. But now, we're flipping the script with a ground-breaking approach to live capture and translocate hedgehogs back to the Scottish Mainland. This approach will not only provide positive outcomes for the conservation of native wildlife on Uist but has the potential to support declining populations of hedgehogs back on the mainland.
Join us for a 45 minute presentation and open floor discussion to hear more about the development of the new approach to relocate these charismatic creatures, while safeguarding Uist's delicate ecosystem.
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Tea and coffee will be provided.
Free. Please book your space by emailing outerhebrides@rspb.org.uk ​
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Thank the bee for your G&T!
Nunton Steadings, Isle of Benbecula
Wednesday 26th June, 2pm - 3:30pm, and Friday 28th June, 12:30pm - 2pm
Hosted by North Uist Distillery in collaboration with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust
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Join us at our Nunton Steadings Visitor Centre to celebrate this year's Outer Hebrides Wildlife Festival with a special gin tasting experience.
You will enjoy 4 x 25ml perfect serves of each of our award winning flavours of Downpour Gin and a 5ml sample of our Oak Aged Negroni cocktail. We also have driving packages for those unable to taste on the day, choose 2 x 5cl minis and tonics to take home and try at your leisure. You will also receive a £5 discount off any 70cl bottle of gin purchased in the shop that day.
Our Gin ambassadors will talk you through our Downpour Gin, botanicals, the distillation process, recipe development, our distillery and island life. We’ll be joined at this very special event by Gill Perkins, CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, who will explain about the essential role that bumblebees play in pollinating the botanicals that go into our gin. Find out more about the lifecycle of these small but mighty pollinators, and how you can help them thrive on the islands.
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£25 per person. Booking essential: https://www.northuistdistillery.com/collections/shop
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Contact details: visitorcentre@northuistdistillery.com
