North Uist, Outer Hebrides: adventures in outer space. Clinging on to the very edge of Europe, North Uist in the Hebrides is an island of endless white beaches, golden eagles and history galore.

More than 2,000 American mink have been captured since a project to eliminate them from the islands began in 2001. Saving Nature Outer Hebrides said a "total removal" of the carnivorous mammals ...

Berneray lies in the Outer Hebrides, a cluster of 119 islands on Scotland's northwest coast. ... another seaside town on the island of North Uist. This land mass is also pretty modest, ...

Artefacts from a 35-year dig at a Western Isles archaeology site – described as “the most consequential” in Europe – are to return to the Hebrides.

ISLANDERS from the Outer Hebrides are celebrating after winning a share of £3million in the Postcode Lottery. Residents in North Uist and Berneray scooped the windfall after it was revealed that ...

NORTH UIST AND BENBECULA. ... For more information on holidays in the Outer Hebrides, see www.visitscotland.com and www.visitouterhebrides.co.uk For ferries, book online at www.calmac.co.uk.

Mr MacDonald described the area as ‘New Luskentyre’ with North Uist still relatively untouched compared to other parts of the Outer Hebrides. He said: “North Uist is not really known.

There’s very little to spoil Barra and South Uist in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, says Nigel Farrell. UK News Website of the Year 2024 ... and between Uig on Skye to Lochmaddy on North Uist, ...

Tourist John Gray, from Glasgow, has been cycling through the entire outer Hebrides. Pausing for a coffee in North Uist, he said he’d found every island he’d visited far quieter than in previous years ...

Mink arrived in the Outer Hebrides in the 1950s after being brought over for fur farms. ... Breeding populations of mink became established on North Uist and Benbecula in 1999.