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A seagull sitting on top of a tree stump in Helensburgh's Hermitage Park

Seagulls of the Month: June 2021

July 2, 2021August 2, 2021Joan L Baird

Helensburgh’s Hermitage Park has been busier than ever during the wonderful weather we had in June. It’s meant rich pickings for this particular gull as he spies people eating lunches and picnics from vantage points around the park. Reader contribution Local author, Skye MacKinnon submitted this wonderful capture of a seagull with a busy esplanade […]

An area of tree stumps above Highlandman's way

Chances of Amazonian style fires cut significantly

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019Joan L Baird

Residents assured that raging forest fires of the kind currently razing areas of the Amazon are unlikely now that all the trees have been chopped down.

The devastation caused by Network Rail's tree-felling activities

Network Rail chainsaw massacre roars in the dead of night

August 15, 2019August 15, 2019George Ramsgate

Overzealous nocturnal tree felling continues apace despite protests from sleepless residents.