Wow! We're blown away by the support since our launch - thank you to all who've donated so far. This funding will help us put down roots - allowing our Tree Nursery to grow more trees year on year.
Now, we're looking to raise £24,000 to grow the trunk.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/eiggtreenu...
A hand holding four native Scots Pine tree seedlings. They're about two inches tall with long roots of about four inches. They will grow into some of the tallest and strongest splendid of Scotland's native tree species
two people standing inside a polytunnel sorting acorns to be planted out and grown into trees for the Isle of Eigg and beyond
A polytunnel full of tree seedlings - abundant green leaves
two women planting a tree in heathery ground on the Isle of Eigg
TREE-mendously EIGG-citing.
You're no April fool, you know a great Crowdfunder appeal when you see one! Launches today.
PLEASE SUPPORT
crowdfunder.co.uk/p/eiggtreenu...
Morning all.
Photograph by Martin Parr, Isle of Rhum in the background, Isle of Eigg, Scotland, 1998.
Isle of Eigg, Scotland, 1920s
Photographer: Mary Ethel Muir Donaldson
#photography
#portrait
#scotland
🚀 Solas Eige are hiring!
SOLAS EIGE is looking for a short term Project Support Consultant to join their team.
📍 Remote working welcome/4 months contract
📅 Apply by 30 October 2025
www.solaseigethelightofeigg.org/blog/project...
🌟 BIG NEWS! 🌟
Solas Eige has been funded!🎉 Thanks to the Scottish Land Fund, Solas Eige can purchase St Columba’s Church and begin its transformation into the Solas Eige Centre. solaseigethelightofeigg.org
#SolasEige #FundingSuccess #IsleOfEigg #CommunityPower #TogetherWeCreate
Eigg from Sandaig, Knoydart #Scotland #IsleofEigg #Knoydart www.damianshields.com
Eigg from Sandaig, Knoydart #Scotland #IsleofEigg #Knoydart www.damianshields.com
Looking west over #Mallaig towards #Eigg and #Rum. The postcard was written on this day in 1908
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More #seaweed from holiday. Gutweed (Ulva intestinalis) is green #alga (plant) often dominating upper-shore #rockpools. Looks a mess out of water, but underwater it's otherworldly: jungle of thin, intestinal tubes, bubbling with oxygen by-product of photosynthesis. Near Morar and on Eigg, Scotland.
Professor Alex Sanmark and Dr Shane McLeod from the UHI Institute for Northern Studies, Viking and Early Medieval Studies, headed to the Scottish island of Eigg on September 18, 2025, to organise two days of work with The Isle of Eigg Guiding Company.
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On a rather stormy crossing to the Island of Eigg for the @thinkuhi.bsky.social Tourism Knowledge Exchange Program , Dr Alex Sanmark and Dr Shane McLeod were escorted by some rather unexpected friends.
Rum and Eigg from Muck
The outline of the Rhum Cuillin across a short distance of sea. A sandy beach and machair in the foreground
#TheAlphabetChallenge
#MforMemories
Rum from Eigg 2018. The last holiday before my lungs kicked off, when I was running the most I ever had. This was taken on my long run, on a gloriously sunny morning, not long before I got lost amongst a field of cattle.
A watercolour sunset with a low, dark grey foreground, a golden pink horizon and a grey/blue/ochre sky. Painted with cobalt blue, Turners yellow and cadmium red pigment.
July sunset under a pewter sky towards the Small Isle of Eigg.
Watercolour on Two Rivers paper
300x200mm
#Watercolour #Watercolor #ArtYear
AFFORDABLE #HOUSING Scotland’s community housing, land & development bodies have launched a new Community Led Housing Alliance to help tackle the national housing crisis and enable communities everywhere to thrive.
@communitylandsc.bsky.social
@nationwidefdtn.bsky.social
@cdalglish.bsky.social
Another wonderful Scottish beach under stormy skies, in Morar looking towards the Small Isles of Eigg and Rum.
Watercolour on Arches paper
320x220mm
Another lovely geology day in the Hebrides. An Sgùrr on Eigg is magic combination of a highly satisfying walk, amazing scenery and a cracking geological detective story (complete with smoking gun).
Or the Geology of Eigg, available for free online geoguide.scottishgeologytrust.org/p/egs/geolog... (*only* available online at the moment, until I get the reprint organised!)
Creative nonfiction piece about a wonderful naturalist on the Isle of Eigg ⛰️ Written by Iona Macduff, Tyndall member and Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholar on the Critical Decade for Climate Change programme at UEA
A photo showing small waves breaking on a sandy beach on the coast of the Isle of Eigg. Further out, the sea is shades of blue. To the right of the photo are the green hills of the island while in the distance mountains can be seen under white fluffy clouds. Photo taken by Corinne Thompson.
Dreaming of an island adventure this summer? 🏝️
Why not head over to the Isle of Eigg for a guided walk with our wonderful Ranger? Head off the beaten track to explore hidden habitats and the wild side of the island. ⛰️ 🌊
Find out more on our website.👇
buff.ly/DdQyAbu
#Scotland #Wildlife
Thank you @morerealisticgoals.bsky.social for including Arthur King on your latest radio show 📻 💞
In honor of this blast from the recent past, take 30% off remaining vinyl copies of Changing Landscapes (Isle of Eigg) through 6/19 with the code: eigg
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We're very proud of our Tree Nursery, and will be showing it off with tours every Monday this summer. Once a month it's Trees and Tunes - first off Eilidh Shaw on 9 June (here's a taste of Eilidh's music youtu.be/5oBebtbT9TY?...)
Buy trees & book tours at treenursery.isleofeigg.org/shop
Small Isles sunrise, first outing for this image I shot whilst away with @rkphotographic.bsky.social in 2023, and still many more share worthy images to go at from that #Arnamurchan visit. #scotland #smallisles #rum #rumcuillins #eigg #sunrise #portuairk #inbhiralltnaluachair #landscape #stormhour
📢 Join us in 2 weeks to hear from Ed Pybus and Neil Robertson on what crofting is, opportunities for small scale food productions, and the specific issues that the crofting community face on the Isle of Eigg. 💡
📅 Tuesday 10 June at 7pm
✅ Register for free here: bit.ly/3Sl0di5
#foodstudies
Still time to register for this summer's Fèis Eige (9th-11th July)! 🎶🪗🎻 🎶
Please submit a Fèis Eige application form here: feiseige.wordpress.com/application-... by Mon 2nd June of possible or email feiseige@isleofeigg.net with any queries.
Further info available at feiseige.wordpress.com
My new photo blog - a week of ever-changing dawns, of light, mood and atmosphere on the Isle of Eigg in March. @isleofeigg.bsky.social
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QUICK! Summer Solstice cancellation for Sweeney's Bothy. Saturday 21st to Saturday 28th June.
www.eiggtime.com/sweeneys-bot...
🔋 50kW/75kWh battery system to Knoydart maxing efficiency of the hydro scheme & generators, results in 20% water conservation by providing frequency response with clean back up power.
🚗 Off-grid DC chargers on Eigg that divert excess solar to EVs and stabilise the grid using fast frequency response
Pastel Eigg I - Sailean Dubh, Ardtoe, #Ardnamurchan
Sunsets at Ardtoe at this time of year can be quite special. Here’s an image captured on a beautiful May evening, when the last light from the sun painted the sky above the Isle of Eigg, out to the west of Ardtoe, with glorious pastel colours.
