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Roundup of 2012 in Pictures.
2012 Has been a busy year on Ulva. We welcomed many visitors who enjoyed not only walking but also the wonderful fresh sea food at The Boathouse!
We manage many of the habitats for some of our rarer species such as the Lesser Butterfly Orchid below. The Hebridean sheep have been particularly successful as a grazing management tool. The Native tree planting program on the North side of Ulva will further boost the rich bio-diversity of this amazingly beautiful island.
Edinburgh University Archaeology students and staff returned to continue research, concentrating on the shell midden in Livingstone’s Cave. Findings so far indicate that there may have been a Mesolithic Community on the East side of Ulva. It is possible that Ulva was used as a base for hunter gatherers as long as 11,000 years ago, possibly earlier. Research is on-going and we will update this information as and when we receive it.
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- Here is Blackthorn Blossom in May
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- Spring Primroses
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- The yellow flowers of Gorse herald Spring on Ulva
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- These rare orchids flower June/July in a grass meadow managed in order to encourage this species.
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- 2012 was a very successful year for the Hebridean Sheep
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- Each year we maintain the graveyard, cutting bracken and weeding around the old gravestones
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- There are a few Red grouse on Ulva.
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- We have planted approximately 200,000 native tress in the past 2 years.
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- Edinburgh University have been researching a shell midden in Livingstone's Cave.
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- This very rare plant grows on the South Shore of Ulva
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BBC R4 Open Country from Ulva
Helen Marks recently visited Ulva and recorded for Open Country on Radio 4. Follow this link to listen to the programme ‘BBC Radio 4 Open Country’
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- Alasdair Cross and Helen Marks recording for Open Country
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- Helen Marks with the Waulkers in Sheila's Cottage.
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- Recording in Livingstone's Cave
