OUR
WALKS, TALKS
& GATHERINGS
bring people and place together
Walks & talks
We believe landscapes really come alive when you engage with them. We offer a varied programme of guided walks, talks and workshops throughout the spring, summer and autumn, giving people a chance to delve deeper into the sights and sounds of Dùn Coillich.
For some, it’s a canvas for creativity; we offer dedicated workshops where you can write, draw or develop photography skills.
Others want to reap the rewards that being surrounded by nature can bring, mindfulness walks or joining a guided tour walk to learn about the wealth of flora and fauna that call Dùn Coillich home.
Walks, talks and workshops are booked through our Eventbrite page where you will find full details of timings, where to meet, what to wear/bring and what to expect.
Numbers are strictly limited and booking is essential for all events, so make sure you get in early!
Events 2024
Capture the Scene: Landscape Photography Workshop
Monday 23 September 2024
Your Host
Ian Biggs, local landscape photographer and hillwalker
Learn and develop your landscape photography skills in a small group setting from one of the best in the business.
Love lichens and master mosses!!
Saturday 17 August 2024
Your Host
Oli Moore, Plantlife, Moss and Lichen enthusiast
Get up close and personal with some of the jewels of Dùn Coillich – the intricate mosses and lichens that clothe the walls, trees and stones across the site.
Dùn Coillich: Past, Present and Future
Saturday 22 June 2024
Your Host
Willie McGhee, Forest Manager and native woodland expert
A guided walk where you’ll be introduced to the planted and regenerating trees emerging across the landscape as well as discover more about the ecology and Natural History of Dùn Coillich.
Symbiosis – Relationships in Nature
Saturday 8 June 2024
Your Host
Richard Paul, HPCLT Chairman, Trustee and Volunteer
A guided walk that will use Dùn Coillich to illustrate the complex range of relationships between animals, plants, fungi and their physical environments. How rocks become eagles and eagles become rocks. Set your watches to deep time!
Meet the Badgers – Act two
Saturday 8 June 2024
Your Host
Fred Cochrane, Assistant Project Officer
Another special chance to meet our resident badgers in a dusk badger watch.
Mindful Moments
Saturday 1 June 2024
Your Hosts
Vicky Bickerstaffe, Mindfulness Practitioner
Heather Hamilton, Project Officer
Combine mindfulness with movement in a gentle, immersive nature walk through the landscape.
Capture the Scene: Landscape Photography Workshop
Monday 27 May 2024
Your Host
Ian Biggs, local landscape photographer and hillwalker
Learn and develop your landscape photography skills in a small group setting from one of the best in the business.
Perthshire’s Pearls – rare butterfly and moth hunt
Monday 20 May 2024
Your Host
Anthony Mcluskey, Project Officer Butterfly Conservation and Outreach Officer at Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Keep your eyes peeled for the rare Pearl-bordered Fritillary and Small Dark Yellow Underwing Moth – learn how to spot them and where you might see them.
Meet the Badgers – Act one
Sunday 19 May 2024
Your Host
Fred Cochrane, Assistant Project Officer
A rare opportunity to see our resident badgers emerging at dusk to forage.
GATHERINGS
Getting together is a vital part of connecting with the community, raising awareness of our work, celebrating successes and thanking our volunteers and supporters. Our gatherings play a central part in that.
Events include our twice-yearly community barbeques held at Dùn Coillich. They are held come rain or shine, and the more musical among us might even strike up a tune or two!
Our Annual General Meetings (AGM) provide a great opportunity to meet our trustees, volunteers, representatives of partner organisations as well as our project officers.
Come along to find out more about what we do, and hear about the latest projects. You can also become a member, sign up as a volunteer and find out more about key projects such as our rural skills training scheme.
We also invite inspiring speakers so the local community can hear from key individuals working in landscape regeneration, ecological restoration or wildlife monitoring.
GATHERINGS
Mid-summer gathering and barbeque
Saturday 22 June 2024
Dùn Coillich main car park
2.00 – 5.00pm
Preceded by guided walk from Forest Manager and native tree expert Willie McGhee.
Annual General Meeting
Saturday 27 April 2024
Kynachan Hall, Bridge of Tummel
2.00 – 4.00pm
Including talk on pine martens from natural historian, ecologist and forester, Rob Coope.
