Corrarie is an ideal place to get out and spot beautiful wild flowers, mosses and lichens, pretty much all year round. You can see sphagnum moss, which forms a brilliant green carpet and retains moisture. Also the tree lichens: Oak moss, Sticta fulginosa, and the well-named script lichen. Here too are some recent photos of spring flowers: violets, … More Beautiful wild plants
Here’s a couple of useful websites for things to do during your stay at Corrarie. Explore Argyll Explore Kintyre This is Knapdale, but the Explore Kintyre website refers to many … More Great site for Things to Do
There are plenty of rose hips in the hedgerows all around the country at the moment: the brilliant red ones of Rosa Canina as well as the dark red-black variety of Burnet Rose. I met someone today who reminded me of how these were once popular with school children because you could be paid – … More Rose hips and haws
This autumn was really a wonderful year for rowans. One of the pleasures of driving down the Kilberry Road to Corrarie in September and October is to see the brilliant colours of the rowan trees – first the berries, and then towards the end of the month, the leaves. I picked large quantities of berries … More A Fantastic Year for Rowans
Update 4th August: The Rest is now open again – fingers crossed for some sunshine to dry out the hillside! I heard the news about the A83 (Rest and Be Thankful) landslide this morning but only saw the news and pictures on tonight’s news. After such a wet summer, it may not be surprising that … More Another landslide on the A83
Kilberry Community Council is getting organised to hold a Diamond Jubilee street party in Kilberry – outside the Kilberry Inn, where owners Clare Johnson and David Wilson are donating space and support to the event! Here is a photo of the last time a street party was held there, for the 2002 Jubilee: What’s more, … More Jubilee Weekend 2012
These are just some of the beautiful birds you might see on your visit to Corrarie: keep your eyes open as Argyll has some of Scotland’s rarest winged visitors, as well as many well-known favourites. The Eider, a magazine published by the Argyll Bird Club, offers a wonderful overview of the range of birdlife here. … More Beautiful Birdlife
Visitor book comments are good at prompting posts. Hence this quote was the inspiration behind this post: “Tarbert to Kilberry: possibly the most beautiful road in Britain?” The road which leads from Tarbert to Kilberry is the B8024: it is a staggering 35 miles (56.3 km) long and runs along three large lochs (Loch Caolisport, … More The story of the Road: the B8024
Many visitors tell us that they’ve seen otters, either here in the loch or in the neighbourhood. These delightful animals are used to be quite rare but numbers seem to be on the rise again. This is especially good news as they have helped to combat the spread of the mink, one of the most destructive … More Otters in Loch Stornoway
I was at Corrarie over the weekend and walking on the shore at this time of year it is wonderful to hear the geese calling: you look up and there they are flying in V-formation, gliding down to land on the grassy area close to the sand. These are mainly Barnacle geese, on the way … More The Geese are in
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