Copied extract `The Birds of the Island of Tiree` by Peter Anderson.
(Incomplete) Sections on gulls, skuas, razorbills and guillemots.
2002.129.5
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2002.119.2
Draft report about the aggregate resources and requirements on Tiree by Dr Paul J Henney and Jon Merritt of the British Geological Survey.
Review of the available sand and gravel resources on the island and consideration of alternative sources with a view to ensuring that local aggregate requirements are met while keeping the environmental impact to a minimum, plus O/S map showing sites of aggregate resources.
2002.119.3
Report on the Reef RSPB reserve by Alan Leitch and John Bowler.
Plan to `maintain and enhance the Reef as one of the largest and best examples in the Hebrides of an uncultivated, cattle-grazed, wet and dry machair mosaic which supports internationally and nationally important bird assembalges, botanical communities and geomorphological features.`
2002.103.1
Photocopied sheets about Rotorplan, the UK`s 1950s Air Attack Early Warning System.
Photocopy of webpage (www.blackiston.btinternet.co.uk) about Rotorplan, the UK`s Air Attack Early Warning System which cost in the region of £240 million by the late 1950s when it was declared redundant, and photocopied pages describing type of installation for Rotorplan sites including Scarinish (the site on Beinn Gott).
2000.8.1
Photocopy of SNH report on the littoral resource & management options in the Western Isles.
An assessment of the littoral seaweed resource and management options in the Western Isles.
2002.58.6
Photocopied extract `On the Economic Applications of Seaweed` by Edward C. C. Stanford.
Description of seaweeds and their various uses, e.g. food, medicine, manure and the manufacture of kelp; Stanford`s new process that doubled the extraction of iodine.
2002.58.7
Photocopied extract `On the Utilization of Peat` by B. H. Paul
Description of the uses of peat with comments by Edward C. C. Stanford.
2002.36.11
Final report about the fixed link between Tiree and Coll, October 2001, pp 3-91.
The social, economic and environmental implications of a fixed link, concluding that any economic benefit would not justify the effects on environmentally sensitive areas.
1997.87.1
Original and photocopied report `Tiriodh agus Colla: A social and economic geolinguistic study` by Clive James, Caernarvon, Wales in 1991.
The numbers of Gaelic speakers in the Hebridean islands in Argyll from 1891 to 1981 focussing on Tiree and Coll and the relationship between economic strength and cultural and linguistic survival.
2002.31.5
Ring binder containing `A` level material on prehistory and Roman history.
Modules and units for `A` level History on the subject of prehistoric and Roman Britain.