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In the News (Fri 27 Nov 09)

  
  Clan SKENE
James Skene of Skene was a loyal supporter of King Charles I but for his support he had to flee to the continent where he served with Gustavus Adolphus, the "Lion of the North".
One notable historian, William Forbes Skene belonged to the Skenes of Rubislaw and was appointed Historiographer Royal for Scotland in 1881.
Skene, was the second son of a Robertson Chief, and was himself known as Donchadh mor na Sgine, or Big Duncan of the Skean.
www.electricscotland.com /webclans/stoz/skene2.html   (1295 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Heritage & Culture - Myths & Mysteries - Wizard laird's dance with the devil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
LOCH of Skene is a dark and forbidding place at the best of times, particularly so on cold evenings in the dead of winter - the type of weather there in Aberdeenshire that makes the waters freeze over.
The exterior of Skene House, near Loch of Skene, Aberdeenshire.
The Skene family are said to have been a sept of the Clan Robertson.
heritage.scotsman.com /myths.cfm?id=1016562006   (1259 words)

  
 Technical Report C - The Costs of Wild Geese to Scottish Agriculture: Islay & Loch of Strathbeg Case Studies - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
In the study of Loch of Skene, damage costs were not shown for individual components, only for grass, crops and restricted cropping.
For the Loch of Skene area, where geese were more dispersed over a larger number of farms, damage costs were £3100 per farm in 1994/95 or £17 per hectare.
Approximately half of all the damage at Loch of Skene is to grassland, but at Strathbeg only 36% of costs are attributed to grassland (43% if one heavily-affected arable farm is removed from the sample – see footnote to table).
www.scotland.gov.uk /cru/kd01/purple/trcwg-04.asp   (5918 words)

  
 Phillips Grey
Occasionally, however, this veil is withdrawn, and then you may see the sovereign brow of Palmoodie encircled with his diadem of snow, and the green summits of many less lofty hills arranged round him, like couriers uncovered before their monarch.
One day,when we were at Loch Skene on a fishing excursion with him, he pointed up to the fl crag overhanging the water, and said—"You see the edge o’ that cliff; I ance as near dropped fracit intil eternity as I dinna care to think o’.
By climbing up the rocks close to the stream, the distance to the loch is considerably shortened; and Philips, who had often clambered to the top of the Bitch Craig, a high cliff on the Manor Water, proposed to his brother that they should "speel the height." The other, a suppel agile lad instantly consented.
www.electricscotland.com /bordertales/vol1story104.htm   (2234 words)

  
 Traditional and Digital Photography - Images By John Peters
Loch Skene is the only large natural upland loch in the Southern Uplands outwith Galloway.
The loch is unpolluted and relatively undisturbed and I know a couple of anglers who fish here for wild brown trout.
Another waterfall can be located east of Loch Skene - Dob's Lin named after Halbert Dobson, a covenanter who sought refuge there from religious persecution in the 17th century.
www.a2jlp.co.uk /photos/greymarestail.html   (692 words)

  
 Moffat MRT Callout 2002
The six were part of a larger group of a group of 20 - 26 persons from the Peebles area have attended to walk the Grey Mares Tail.
The six persons that are missing were last seen at Loch Skene whereby they made towards the fence line at Lochcraig Head.
The team were called to search in the Comlongon area of Clarencefield for a 39 year old housewife who had gone missing while suffering from depression.
www.moffatmrt.org.uk /callouts/rescue2002.htm   (352 words)

  
 Rare Fish Settle In New Lake Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The eggs, from endangered vendace, were taken from Bassenthwaite Lake, Cumbria, to Loch Skene, in Dumfriesshire.
The Castle Loch population disappeared at the beginning of the 20th Century and Mill Loch shortly before the end.
The Environment Agency's senior technical specialist Cameron Durie said: "Adult fish caught in Bassenthwaite in 1997 and 1999 provided eggs that were hatched and the young fish introduced to Loch Skene.
www.flmnh.ufl.edu /fish/InNews/rarefish2005.html   (297 words)

  
 Introduction to West Borders Routes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The map shown on the right shows several hill walking areas at the western end of the border hills.
Another obvious water system on the above map is the humble Moffat Water, running SW from the watershed near Birkhill just SW of Loch of the Lowes to join the Annan below Moffat.
The final water system to note is the route through from Tweedsmuir to St Mary's Loch via the Talla and Megget reservoirs.
www.walkscotland.plus.com /intro/indexpages/bords_index2.htm   (495 words)

  
 Loch of Skene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Loch of Skene is located about 15 km west of Aberdeen in Scotland.
It is a shallow (<2 m deep) eutrophic lowland loch surrounded by fringing reedbeds and birch-willow carr.
The loch supports an internationally important roost of Icelandic Greylag Goose Anser anser, as well as Icelandic Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus.
www.jncc.gov.uk /page-1911-theme=default   (279 words)

  
 Paintings gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
An award winner, with a commendation gained at the Gordon Forum for the Arts in 1997, the painting has also been sold.
Ian's first proper painting painted in 1996, a view over the Loch of Skene, Aberdeenshire, where he used to live.
Painted as a 60th birthday present for his dad, wi coos (with cows) as his dad used to be a dairycattle man on the farm there, which looks over the loch.
www.alliwantisaharley.com /Galleryone.htm   (250 words)

  
 Loch Skene and Grey Mare`s Tail - GCR database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Loch Skene and Grey Mare`s Tail - GCR database
Loch Skene and Grey Mare`s Tail (Quaternary of Scotland)
Many designated sites are on private land: the listing of a site in these pages does not imply any right of public access.
www.jncc.gov.uk /earthheritage/gcrdb/GCR.asp?GCR=907   (115 words)

  
 The Scotsman - Scotland - Loch of Skene algae danger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The Scotsman - Scotland - Loch of Skene algae danger
The public has been warned to stay away from a beauty spot after the discovery of a potentially toxic blue-green algae.
Notices have been posted at the Loch of Skene, a popular sailing loch about nine miles west of Aberdeen.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=901042006   (223 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Apr; one Loch of Skene and one singing Scolty Hill (both NES) both on 3
Apr; one RSPB Loch of Kinnordy (ANG) 5
Apr; one Drummond Castle and one SWT Loch of the Lowes (both P and K) both on 1
www.the-soc.zenwebhosting.com /migrants-2006.htm   (1359 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Aberdeen - Loch of Skene algae danger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Aberdeen - Loch of Skene algae danger
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news.scotsman.com /aberdeen.cfm?id=901042006   (243 words)

  
 The Costs and Benefits of Managing Wild Geese in Scotland - Literature Cited   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The Economic Impact of Grey Geese on Agriculture around the Loch of Strathbeg.
de Oteyza E. Impact on Agriculture of the Lower Donside caused by Greylag Geese roosting at the Loch of Skene.
DETR (2001) Guidance on Using Stated Preference techniques for the Economic Valuation of Non-Market Effects".
www.scotland.gov.uk /cru/kd01/purple/cbmwgs-13.asp   (222 words)

  
 Webshots Community - Guestbook for Loch Of Skene   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Webshots Community - Guestbook for Loch Of Skene
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 Links to the Skene Surname on this Website
History on the Skene Families of Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Photo of Johanna Bertha Erber, wife of William Skene
The Life of William Skene (1841-1925) in Aberdeen, Scotland
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~ourfamilyrealm/pages/skene.htm   (58 words)

  
 Basin Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Found the RSPB page but it is still in the process of being designed, so keep searching.
The Grampian Bird News has all the latest news in the Grampian region and reports snow buntings at Loch of Skene.
I just want to check this last site about red headed smew on Hogganfield Loch".
sites.ecosse.net /montrosebasin/bndec97.htm   (458 words)

  
 Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
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Sat 12th Easy Morning D 09:30 Woodend Hospital, Eday Road, to Loch of Skene, coffee at Flora’s, Cullerlie (01330 860848) [Led by Sandy]
Sun 13th Full Day B 09:30 Old Mill Inn, Maryculter, coffee at Surfers Café, Stonehaven (01569 762378), lunch at the Crown Hotel, Inverbervie (01561 361213)
www.ctcgrampian.org.uk /runs_oct_02.html   (188 words)

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