Wildlife Croft Skye

10/02/2025

Croft grown trees 🌳🌳🌳

Please check our website www.drumfearntrees.co.uk for our full list of available fruit and native trees!

We have hundreds of Birch, Alder, Rowan, Hazel, Oak, Willow, Dog Rose and many more native trees and shrubs.

Still over 30 different varieties of Apple left for sale, 2 types of Pear and a few Medlar too! Do get in touch if you have any questions!

29/01/2025

Chips, chips and more chips! Our own ramial chipped wood for the first time, mostly Alder, with a bit of Willow and Birch. This will make a super moisture-retaining and w**d suppressing mulch, all while slowly feeding the soil biology! This happy Bramley apple tree will hopefully have a great summer, regardless of the vagaries of the Scottish weather!

18/10/2024

October sunrises

06/11/2023

📷 Asad Iqbal, The Highland Collective

05/11/2023

Stonechat Bothy, October 2023
📷Asad Iqbal, The Highland Collective

31/10/2023

🐞 We’ve had some really exciting wildlife firsts this month! A male Black Grouse dropped in one Sunday afternoon, there’s been a Water Shrew, and this cool looking Spiked Shieldbug.

🐝 We’ve been quiet on Facebook recently, but we’ve both been keeping busy with lots of projects, including sprucing up Stonechat Bothy, making willow baskets, and growing native trees and fruit trees to sell.

🌳 You can follow Phils tree business (Drumfearn Trees) and my basket making journey over on instagram.

🌄 We’ve also set up an instagram account just for Stonechat Bothy too!

🍏 Food has taken a bit of a back seat lately, but we did make a wee batch of apple and quince chutney, and a really delicious medlar crumble! We’ve a good supply of jam and potatoes to keep us going, and chard, kale and spring onions happily growing.

27/08/2023

Skye friends I hope you can come to this free event. Feel free to share with anyone interested

Skye and Lochalsh Arts and Crafts Association An Crùbh Free Ads - Skye & Lochalsh Sleat Community Trust / Urras Coimhearsnachd Shlèite Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Wildlife Croft Skye The Corncrakes of Skye
Sleat Support, Buy, Sell, Swap and liftshare Sleat, perfectly Skye

21/08/2023

Come along and see what apple varieties are growing locally and what you can make with all of the apples! Those are our Croft apples in the pictures 😍

A day all about apples! Join us along with local experts to learn all about apples. Bring your own apples and bottles and use the press! Book a space or drop in!

Book a space here for the Broadford event :
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/701911013737?aff=oddtdtcreator

Book a space here for the Achmore event:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/702067471707?aff=oddtdtcreator

This event is part the Highland Community Waste Partnership. We are a new team working on lots of projects to reduce waste in the area and have more events coming up! Keep an eye out here in the coming weeks.

17/08/2023

13/08/2023

🍎 🍐 The apples are turning red and the orchard is packed full of apples, pears, and even medlars! Very soon there will be brambles everywhere too…

🐝The orchard was full of dragonflies, butterflies and bees yesterday

🍂 Working our way through the courgettes, as our thoughts turn to planning for autumn

10/08/2023

⛅️ The sun is out on Skye today ⛅️

🌊 🐚 Perfect for a beach adventure 🦀 🐟

🍂 We have availability for weekly stays at Stonechat Bothy in October. Take a look on our website or get in touch for more information and to book your autumn break 🍎 ⛰️ 🦌 🌄

04/08/2023

17/07/2023

12/07/2023

We have a few spaces available on our weekly veg box scheme. If you're interested in organic veg grown on the Isle of Skye then please get in touch (at email address [email protected]) and we'll send you more details

We have 3 collection points where we drop our boxes and customers come and collect from. If you were to sign up with us today you're first box would be:
Roag (nr Dunvegan) - Tuesday 18th July
Broadford - Friday 21st July
Portree - Friday 22st July.. and then weekly thereafter

We're now in the full swing of harvest with more crops coming ready each week. Our boxes have 6-8 portions each week, depending on what's in season. And since everything is so fresh it keeps really well and is full of goodness - skye soil in an edible form! What's not to enjoy.

Please get in touch with any questions

09/07/2023

🍏🧺🦋 Did you know 🍏🧺🦋

Behind Stonechat Bothy there is a secluded orchard complete with a picnic bench for our guests to use and enjoy during their stay. It’s full of wildflowers and butterflies and birdsong.

You won’t see any people, vehicles, houses, or streetlights from here. You’ll be completely immersed in the natural world 🌳 ⛅️

08/07/2023

We had a really fun adventure with these amazing people earlier this week, and will be going again as soon as we can🤞🏻🤞🏻

TIMETABLE 10th July – 28th July 2023

EARLY ADVANCE BOOKING ADVISED
All trips are subject to weather and demand and may change at short notice. We will sail if the weather and sea is safe to do so. We will not sail if there is heavy rain. We will sail if there are showers or mist.

BOOKING
We are accepting bookings now.

BROCHURE
Our brochure is on our website www.divers-eye.co.uk giving details of the trips below.

MONDAY, 17th / 24th July
10:00 | WATCH WILDLIFE Waternish Pt Extended – Puffin Colony * Return – 4½ hrs /£60pp
15:00 | WATCH WILDLIFE Family Friendly; Seals, Seabirds, & Fun Return – 1½/2 hrs /£80 *
19:00 | EVENING WILDLIFE Lochbay Seals, Seabirds & Heritage Return – 2½ hrs /£30pp


TUESDAY, 18th / 25th July
10:00 | WATCH WILDLIFE Waternish Pt Return – 3½ hrs/£50pp
14:00 | WATCH WILDLIFE Lochbay Seals, Seabirds & Heritage Return – 2½ hrs/£30pp
19:00 | FISHING Family Friendly - Mackerel Fishing (inc rods) Return – 1½ hrs/£100 *

WEDNESDAY, 19th /26th
10:00 | WATCH WILDLIFE Waternish Pt Return – 3½ hrs/£50pp
14:00 | WATCH WILDLIFE Lochbay Seals, Seabirds & Heritage Return – 2½ hrs/£30pp
14:00 | GO ASHORE EXPLORE Isay Island Return – 3½ hrs/£40pp
18:30 | WILD SWIM / SNORKEL Destination varies - tbc Return – tbc

THURSDAY, 20th* / 27th
10:00 | WATCH WILDLIFE Waternish Pt Extended – Puffin Colony * * This trip on 20th July is now a Private Charter and Fully Booked
15:00 | WATCH WILDLIFE Family Friendly; Seals, Seabirds, & Fun Return – 1½/2 hrs /£80 *
19:00 | EVENING WILDLIFE Lochbay Seals, Seabirds & Heritage Return – 2½ hrs/£30pp

FRIDAY, 21st / 28th July
10:00 | WATCH WILDLIFE Waternish Pt Return – 3½ hrs/£50pp
14:00 | WATCH WILDLIFE Lochbay Seals, Seabirds & Heritage Return – 2½ hrs/£30pp

SATURDAY, 22nd July
10:00 | WATCH WILDLIFE Waternish Pt Return – 3½ hrs/£50pp
14:00 | FISHING Family Friendly - Mackerel Fishing (inc rods) Return – 1½ hrs/£100 *

SUNDAY, 23rd July
10:00 | WILD SWIM / SNORKEL Destination varies - tbc Return – tbc
15:00 | WATCH WILDLIFE Lochbay Seals, Seabirds & Heritage Return – 2½ hrs/£30pp

🧜‍♀️ 🐋 🐬 MAKE A BOOKING 🐬 🐋 🧜‍♀️

We are now accepting bookings for the duration of this schedule.
To book opportunities please get in touch now with the following information.

1. Your name

2. Contact Phone and/or email

3. How many passengers are in your group.

3. What trip you would like to do from the selection above.

4. What day / date / time you would like to do the trip.

5. Your availability if your preferred date is not available

DEMAND
A scheduled sailing requires minimum numbers to sail. If insufficient numbers are not achieved, you will be notified and given the opportunity to reschedule.

SNORKELLING & WILD SWIMMING
To join the boat to swim or snorkel, you must have all your own equipment and be competent and confident to snorkel or swim independently. Children under 18 must be accompanied by a responsible adult. We offer transport to inaccessible locations and no guiding or other services.

RECENT TRIPS
Our brochure and facebook posts, give details of trips, their expectations and recent sightings.

GETTING IN TOUCH
Phone | 01470 592219,
Email | [email protected] | Divers Eye Boat Trips

07/07/2023

Bringing in huge amounts of raspberries and blackcurrants today 😃

Managed to beat the Blackbird family to these ❤️

27/06/2023