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Bùth Bharraigh @buthbharraigh.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Opening hours change tomorrow (1st October) to the winter times. #communityshop #isleofbarra

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Barra & Vatersay Outdoor Ranger Service @barraranger.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Many thanks to Clare who helped Steve this Sunday with the beach clean at Vatersay West. Only 12kg of marine plastic collected which is good as it shows that regualr cleanups are making a big difference to our environment. #marineplastic #CommunityAction #beachclean #vatersay

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Barra & Vatersay Outdoor Ranger Service @barraranger.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Location update: Shoreline Cleanup this Sunday at 2pm. Meet at Vatersay Hall and cleaning the south end of Vatersay West Beach. Do come along and help - all welcome and a great way to meet people and enjoy the outdoors. #beachcleanup #marineplastic #marinepollution #vatersay #communityaction

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Isle of Barra @barraisland.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Details of the film festival in #Castlebay this coming week. Please do come along to one film or more - some great titles. #isleofbarra #HIFF www.visitbarravatersay.com/post/hebride...

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Hebrides International Film Festival

Details of this years Hebrides International Film Festival in Castlebay, Isle of Barra

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Bùth Bharraigh @buthbharraigh.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

As the ferry from Oban is arriving early today (Wednesday), we will be closing at 6pm. #communityshop #isleofbarra

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Bùth Bharraigh @buthbharraigh.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

As the Oban ferry is cancelled today (Thursday), we will close at 6pm. #communityshop #isleofbarra

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Barra & Vatersay Outdoor Ranger Service @barraranger.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Lets hope the weather breaks and we are able to go a nice walk tomorrow. #isleofbarra #autumn

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Barra & Vatersay Outdoor Ranger Service @barraranger.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Join Bruce, aka @barrabirder.bsky.social, on a nature walk at Eoligarry this Wednesday. It is a great chance for some excellent wildlife spotting. Signup at @buthbharraigh.bsky.social #naturewalk #isleofbarra #eoligarry

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Barra & Vatersay Outdoor Ranger Service @barraranger.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Another enjoyable guided walk on Vatersay yesterday afternoon. Lovely views of a golden eagle overhead, eiders in the bay, waders on the beach, flocks of twite feeding on seedheads on the crofts and even a glimpse of the late afternoon sun! #naturewalks #isleofvatersay #goldeneagles #autumnvibes

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Isle of Barra @barraisland.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

These walks have been very popular so don't miss out!

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Barra & Vatersay Outdoor Ranger Service @barraranger.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Big Spring Clean 21 March to 21 April 2025. Spend some time cleaning up around your house, township, work or school. Community Volunteer Effort in Action

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Isle of Barra @barraisland.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

This Thursday at 7pm come along to Castlebay School and watch Pirates followed by a Q&A with Jim Parkyn from Aardman Animations. Not to be missed!

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Bruce Taylor @barrabirder.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Less spectacular than today's Orcas perhaps, but certainly easier to photograph: we spent some time watching one of Barra's Otters this afternoon as it proved what an effective hunter it was. It typically came up with prey on its 3rd or 4th dive, spent 3 minutes eating it, then repeated.

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Barra & Vatersay Outdoor Ranger Service @barraranger.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Many thanks to the 10 people who came along on a sunny Saturday to clean Vatersay South Beach. A total of 68kg of plastic and 120kg of agricultural waste. Many thanks for the fantastic effort! #beachclean #noplastic #marinelitter #volunteers

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Barra & Vatersay Outdoor Ranger Service @barraranger.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Join Steve at 10:30am on Saturday for an hour to clean up Vatersay South Beach. Meet at the Hall.

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Barra & Vatersay Outdoor Ranger Service @barraranger.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Spring is in the air! Join the annual spring clean - tidying up litter from your township, near your home and/or around your place of work or school. Once you have decided on the area you would like to clean give Bùth Bharraigh a call on 01871 817948 and log the area to help avoid duplication.

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Barra & Vatersay Outdoor Ranger Service @barraranger.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

Many thanks to everyone who came out today to help clear rubbish off Vatersay West Beach. 15 volunteers turned up and a massive 135kg of rubbish was collected. 108kg was old fishing gear and the rest was plastic. Watch this space for the next one!

A group of happy people with a big pile of rubbush they have collected off the beach on Vatersay. Blue sky and blue waters in the distance.

A group of 6 people spead out along a pebbly beach with old bags looking for rubbish. Sky is a little overcast.

Cheering at their acomplishments, 6 people with hands in the air, delighted. They surrounding a pile of rubbish which they have collected from the beach.

An old compost bag full of marine plastic on a sandy beach with stones and the high tide mard behind it. Freshly collected for the beach.

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Bruce Taylor @barrabirder.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

More Whooper Swans on the move over Barra today including this little bunch, taking a break on the sea in front of our house when we got home. #BirdingScotland

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Bruce Taylor @barrabirder.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Whooper Swans are on the move. We had our first spring flocks migrating north-north-west over Barra this morning, heading out to sea on a bearing for Iceland! #BirdingScotland

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Bruce Taylor @barrabirder.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Wintering Barnacle Geese powering into gale force winds on rainy Barra today. Despite the conditions there are strong signs of spring in recent days: 1st migrant Chiffchaff yesterday, a migrating Short-eared Owl last Thursday and 2 salmon-breasted Scandinavian Rock Pipits on Sunday. #BirdingScotland

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Isle of Barra @barraisland.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Join Steve this Sunday - meet at Vatersay Hall at 10:30am for 1 hour to help clean Vatersay West Beach

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Isle of Barra @barraisland.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Need help finding accommodation for your visit to Barra and Vatersay? Contact us and we will find accommodation for you. Visit our website to find out more information. www.visitbarravatersay.com/staying-here

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Staying Here | Visit Barra Vatersay

Finding accommodation or bringing your campervan, motorhome or tent to Barra and Vatersay

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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of mail steamer Lochearn arriving at Castlebay on Island of Barra, Outer Hebrides. Steamer served Tobermory, Coll, Tiree, Barra and Uist until 1955 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2015/02/old-...

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Old Photograph Mail Steamer Castlebay Island Of Barra Scotland

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Bruce Taylor @barrabirder.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

The cold spell has produced a small arrival of Fieldfares around the island in the past few days. A Gadwall, barely annual here on Barra, was new in, sticking close to the ice-breaker Whooper Swan on Loch Tangasdale today! #BirdingScotland #Birds

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Bruce Taylor @barrabirder.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Kestrel surveying the snowy scene at Brevig this morning, one of at least three trying to get through the winter on Barra this year. #BirdingScotland #Birds

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Isle of Barra @barraisland.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The short videos were commissioned by Castlebay and Vatersay Community Council and funded by Barra and Vatersay Community Ltd. If you live in, work in, or are considering visiting Barra and Vatersay then please watch as a wee reminder. www.visitbarravatersay.com/an-excellent...

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An Excellent Visitor | Visit Barra & Vatersay

Barra and Vatersay are fragile places in terms of environment and economy. As a visitor these are top tips on how you can work with us to help protect the islands.

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Bùth Bharraigh @buthbharraigh.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Make sure you have your hat on! We have a wide selection of hats all hand knitted in Isle of Barra. Perhaps there is one for you. #isleofbarra #supporthandmade #SupportLocal #communityshop #outerhebrides

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Bùth Bharraigh @buthbharraigh.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Happy Wednesday ❄️☀️ and enjoy the #snowday. All kids are off school so no doubt there will be some sledging taking place. It is lovely outside but 🥶 and slippy so take care. We are open. #isleofbarra #communityshop

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Bùth Bharraigh @buthbharraigh.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Shop Local, Support Local in 2025 By shopping local in Bùth Bharraigh you will be supporting the following:- Local producers Volunteer opportunities Beach Wheelchairs Visitor Information Service Barra & Vatersay Ranger Service Craft Classes......

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Bruce Taylor @barrabirder.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I recorded 170 bird species on Barra + Vatersay in 2024. Self found highlights included Black Kite, Cattle Egret, 3 Ring-necked Ducks, 2 American Golden Plover, 2 White-rumped Sands, RB Fly, RB Shrike and thousands of Great Shearwaters. Happy New Year and good birding to all. #BirdingScotland #Birds

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Bruce Taylor @barrabirder.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The recent storms have brought ashore huge amounts of Goose Barnacles on the west side of Barra. This 9 metre tree trunk at Traigh Eais was absolutely smothered in them.

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Bruce Taylor @barrabirder.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

The wintering Turtle Dove present on Barra since late October was still at Glen today, seemingly unfazed by this morning's snow and ice. Not bad for a bird that should be spending its winter days in 30+degrees somewhere south of the Sahara. #BirdingScotland #Birds

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Bruce Taylor @barrabirder.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

An hour's birding scanning the Sound of Barra after work in pleasantly calm conditions produced 30 Red-throated, 45 Great Northern and 2 Black-throated Divers, 2 Slavonian Grebes,25 Black Guillemots, 2 White-tailed Eagles, an Otter and best of all a Velvet Scoter. #BirdingScotland #Birds

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Isle of Barra @barraisland.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

A cold and frosty morning which is unusual for us. It has created some beautiful temporary works of art. Lovely day but be careful of slippy surfaces either driving or walking. #isleofbarra

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Bùth Bharraigh @buthbharraigh.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Well that's a wrap for us for 2024. May you have an enjoyable time over New Year and wishing you all a happy and healthy 2025. We will be open again on 3rd January from 10am to 4pm #communityshop #socialenterprise #communityhub #isleofbarra

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Sarah MacLean 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @smaclean.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

A lovely Christingle service today at Barra Parish Church. It is certainly feeling a bit more Christmassy now.

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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog photography of the Cattle Market at Castlebay on the Island of Barra, Outer Hebrides. Alexander, Lord of the Isles granted the island to the MacNeil clan in 1427 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2018/08/old-...

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Old Photograph Cattle Market Castlebay Island of Barra Scotland

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Bùth Bharraigh @buthbharraigh.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Due to the weather we are cutting our day short and we will close at 2pm. Stay safe everyone. #communityshop #isleofbarra #Windy

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Bùth Bharraigh @buthbharraigh.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

The relative calm before the storm. Wishing everyone safe travelling and hoping everyone gets to their destination before Christmas. 🎄 ✈️ ⛴️ 🚗 🎄 #isleofbarra #homeforchristmas

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Sandy Stevenson @tourscotland.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog photography of the Post Office in Castlebay on the Island of Barra, Outer Hebrides. Lord of the Isles granted the island to the MacNeil clan in 1427 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2019/02/old-...

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Old Photograph Post Office Castlebay Island of Barra Scotland

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Bùth Bharraigh @buthbharraigh.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Some Treemendous lights up Glen. These are also raising money for Borve Graveyard. It must have taken them ages to put them all up but the community loves visiting them. It is a lovely thing to do for the community. #chrismaslights #christmastime #isleofbarra

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Bùth Bharraigh @buthbharraigh.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Shop tour part 2. A wide selection of books from local interest to fiction and cookery to children’s books. Both English and Gaelic. Games too and art supplies and some lovely local gifts including soap, felted soap, candles and mats. #communityshop #isleofbarra #SupportLocal

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Bùth Bharraigh @buthbharraigh.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

There are lots of things that happen behind the scenes at the Buth. Today is laundry collection day. Laundry will be washed, dried and returned later on. I’m glad today was better weather than yesterday!! #communityshop #community #isleofbarra

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Bùth Bharraigh @buthbharraigh.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Christmas doesn’t have to be expensive- in the thrift shop today looking for items to include in our #thriftmas gift range. See the results over the next few days. #communityshop #giftideas #supportlocal.

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Bùth Bharraigh @buthbharraigh.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Trout pate arrived today and we have added to the chiller. Also Hebridean Charcuterie, Ritchie’s of Aultbea puddings and fruit pudding. Great for gifts or treat yourself. #communityshop #isleofbarra #SupportLocal

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