Chris Coles
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Chris Coles
@37gravir.bsky.social
Tenant crofter, Isle of Lewis. Crofting for local food, wildlife and community tourism. Director, Pairc Trust; Vice-chair, Co-chomunn na Pairc.

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Hello, I'm Chris, an ornithologist masquerading as a microeconomist for the past few decades, now crofting 5ha in Pairc, Lewis.

We're building an exciting project for local producers of food, arts and crafts under the Made in Pairc banner & fighting to keep the Ravenspoint community hub thriving.
A brief window of opportunity between the expiry of this sheep in a bog & its burial for both hungry local carrion feeders and me with a field camera. Golden eagle on the Isle of Lewis.
January 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Female snow bunting feeding on the road outside Marvig, Pairc, this morning. #birds #outerhebrides #isleoflewis
December 2, 2024 at 5:12 PM
We’re at Ravenspoint Christmas Fair in Kershader, South Lochs today until 16:00 and tomorrow 11:00 to 16:00. Prints, postcards, greetings cards and notebooks of Pairc landscapes and wildlife on offer and refreshments available.
November 29, 2024 at 11:57 AM
600 more Woodland Trust trees planted with a friend on his croft over the weekend. Now a dusting of snow temporarily halting the garlic bed preparation. #crofting #woodland #isleoflewis #westernisles #outerhebrides
November 18, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Beautiful, chilly late autumn morning in Gravir. #outerhebrides #lewis #crofting
November 16, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Well, that’s the wee campsite almost certainly cleaned and rested for the season (barring any intrepid unseasonal guests).

Van dropped off for some timely underbody protection ahead of ice next week; 20-odd mile sunset ride home via operations meeting at Ravenspoint.
November 15, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Hello, I'm Chris, an ornithologist masquerading as a microeconomist for the past few decades, now crofting 5ha in Pairc, Lewis.

We're building an exciting project for local producers of food, arts and crafts under the Made in Pairc banner & fighting to keep the Ravenspoint community hub thriving.
November 14, 2024 at 11:15 AM