Dr Paul Rooney is an internationally esteemed environmental scientist whose central focus is sand dunes. He calls himself a sand dune nerd. He visited to offer the team and the community his views on the sand dunes of Barra and Vatersay and how we can best care for them. He spend time on site with groups of pupils from Castlebay and Eoligarry Primary Schools. They share their thoughts for the blog and you can read these below. Amy It was a boring Monday morning in school but

Over the past few weeks I have been writing an introductory summary for a new website muiristir.co.uk Muir is Tìr  is a project that is looking at coastal erosion in Barra and Vatersay in the Western Isles of Scotland.  Three sites are being surveyed, and it is hoped that some Nature Based Solutions will be identified to combat the effects of erosion brought about by climate change. In describing the site at Vatersay I came across a dilemma.  That is how to describe the sea t