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6 hours ago

Live acoustic music tonight in the bar from Dave and Ian ... See MoreSee Less

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Annandale Arms Hotel

18 hours ago

This has been a fabulous week, based around golden eagles, involving both very interesting and interested people. Look at the quality of the imagery. What can you say.............! ... See MoreSee Less

Annandale Arms Hotel

1 day ago

Tonight's talk is at 6.30pm with speakers Dave Anderson, on Eagles in Scotland, Keith Brockie, on Eagles in Art, and Lorcan O'Toole, on Eagles in IrelandFull house last night at The Annandale Arms Hotel for Moffat Eagle Festival talks by Justin Grant – Raptor Worker, Gavin Ross of Police Scotland – Raptor Persecution, and Roy Dennis – Restoring the Wild.Roy Dennis is 80 years old and has devoted his life to returning eagles, osprey, red kites and red squirrels to Britain. But, he says, there is still plenty to do. And he is thrilled by the can-do attitude he gets from young people today. As The Guardian explained recently: 'The first hint emerges when Dennis, who still climbs trees, despite his age, remarks that no one over 60 should vote. He explains that older people are making decisions over the climate crisis and wildlife loss that they won’t be around to be accountable for; he recently decided voting should start at 12, the age of his youngest child, Phoebe, but she told him it should be 14. It is easy to say radical things, but Dennis’s vision of how to halt the extinction crisis and restore lost habitats and species in Britain deserves attention because it is rooted in 60 years of pioneering conservation action.Conservation is always a team effort, but without Dennis’s labours there would be many fewer white-tailed eagles, osprey and red kites over our skies, no beavers in the rivers and fewer red squirrels in the trees. Today, well past retirement age, Dennis is busier than ever, overseeing ambitious reintroductions, building artificial nests for golden eagles, giving online talks, and discussing his new book, Restoring the Wild. Like Dennis, the book is modest, deeply informative and profoundly hopeful, in that it shows a new generation how to bring back lost species.'You might well find his new book interesting: www.roydennis.org/product/restoring-the-wild/ ... See MoreSee Less

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