Article: News Diary for Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Article: St Kilda takes its place in the world
The Scotsman;  February 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ...THE remote Hebridean islands of St Kilda, the jewel in Scotland's natural history ... Should the application be granted, St Kilda would join an exclusive club with dual ... world heritage status in 1986 because of St Kilda's global importance for sea birds ...

Article: Life and death on remote St. Kilda
Chicago Sun-Times;  August 19, 1990 ;     700+ words ...ST. KILDA From St. Kilda's clifftops, the tallest in the British Isles at 1,397 feet ... crashing surf below. In 1930, after 2,000 years of habitation, St. Kilda saw its remaining population of 36 souls "go over." The remnant ...

Article: In 1930, the last islanders left. Now St Kilda Day ...
The Scotsman;  July 31, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... 1930, the last of the 36 inhabitants of St Kilda abandoned their homes and were evacuated ... what could become an annual celebration. St Kilda Day: Latha Hiort will be held on 29 August ... been launched as a follow up to the 2007 St Kilda Opera, which was staged across Europe ...

Article: A game of cat and mouse to trap St Kilda rats
The Scotsman;  February 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... ingredients assembled yesterday to save St Kilda from ecological disaster. In the cramped ... will decimate the seabird colonies of St Kilda by eating the birds' eggs, which are ... Russell, the environment minister, and St Kilda's owner, the National Trust for Scotland ...

Article: Historic evacuation of islands will be commemorated on St ...
The Scotsman;  July 31, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... 1930, the last of the 36 inhabitants of St Kilda abandoned their homes and were evacuated ... what could become an annual celebration. St Kilda Day: Latha Hiort will be held on 29 August ... been launched as a follow up to the 2007 St Kilda Opera, which was staged across Europe ...

Article: St Kilda at `high risk' from oilfields
The Independent - London;  July 6, 1999 ;     700+ words ...ST KILDA, Britain's remotest island and most ... astonishing wildlife. With its towering cliffs, St Kilda is the premier seabird breeding station ... is even richer. The waters surrounding St Kilda are a migration route and home for at least ...

Article: Disaster in St Kilda? I smell a rat; Rodent menace: ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  February 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... THE nation's eyes are once again on St Kilda, that magnificent placesome 45 miles ... if anyrat at all is within 45 miles of St Kilda. But the possibility has exercisedour ... conservationists would reallyrather not have around St Kilda's puffins, fulmars, guillemots and ...