Pictured are a group of the Bute Conservation Trust Volunteers (other than Donald who took the picture) - this time to complete the installation of a new stile over the field dyke and to make general repairs to the bridge - new handrail, new wire netting and general...

Not the best of weather today but a handful of our Bute Conservation Trust volunteers turned out to cut and strim the grass at the 'Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Garden' at Ettrick Bay. Well done Billy, Roger, Ronnie on the strimming and Jock on the open area cut with...

The original steps served many years of service but had become badly worn. We’ve installed new steps and handrail to make the route safe and sufficiently sturdy to last a long time.

Although the Tramway Path is regularly walked, grass still creeps in over time making some sections very narrow. Thanks to Stewart Strathie and Ambrisbeg Quarry, recent works have restored the surface to its proper width.  

Yet more damage from fallen trees! - this time across the Suidhe Wood path at Kilchattan Bay on Stage 2 of Bute’s West Island Way. Pictures are some of  team of volunteers cutting and clearing the branches.  

With a full turnout of our Bute Conservation Volunteers we cleared the overgrown approach to the hide, replaced worn screening by planting willow, repaired the entrance walkway and (last but not least) cut an overhanging tree branch that was threatening to cause...

Many thanks to Nat and his son (pictured on the first stage at the south of the island) for completing the West Island Way and giving us an up-to-date report on the experience. Thanks also for the Membership Donation to support the work of the Trust in looking after...

Billy is often behind the camera taking the pictures but in this one he’s seen putting the finishing touches to our replacement frame for the map and information board - as well as having made the new frame. It’s at the popular ancient stone ‘circle’ at the Black...

The Bute Conservation Trust volunteers cut the grass and maintain the young trees at the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Garden at Ettrick Bay. We’ve come across the remains of several camp fires whilst cutting or trimming the grass. We’ve erected signage at the Garden to...

  During the Neolithic Period (approx 4500 - 2200 B.C.) communities constructed chambered cairns for the burial of the dead. Grave goods were often deposited with the dead in order to help them in the afterlife. There are several well-preserved Neolithic tombs on...