Month: December 2020

Happy Christmas and New Year from all the SFP Staff!

Solway Firth Partnership staff would like to wish all our supporters around the Solway a very happy Christmas and New Year. The SFP staff will be on holiday from 21 Dec to 4 January.

Solway Firth Partnership YouTube Videos

Solway Firth Partnership has produced a number of videos which are all available on the SFP YouTube Channel. So if you’d like to see some footage of the Solway coast, check out the Kirkcudbright Bay Walks or watch the webinar series click

Historic Farmsteads on the Solway Webinar Now Available

The Historic Farmsteads on the Solway webinar is now available on the Solway Firth Partnership YouTube channel. The webinar, which took place on Thursday 3 December, live with great speakers from both sides of the Solway featured examples of farmstead development over the centuries. To watch the webinar click

Join the ‘Investigating the Mull of Galloway’, a Zoom Webinar

Investigating the Mull of Galloway, a Zoom Webinar, is being held on Thursday 10th December at 7.30pm. The dramatic Mull of Galloway has long been an enigmatic location. There is archaeological evidence of human activity there from the Neolithic onwards, but the site has long been noted for the presence of the system of defensive… Read more »

Upper Solway Flats and Marshes Special Protection Area (SPA) Extended

The Upper Solway Flats and Marshes Special Protection Area (SPA) has officially been extended and renamed the Solway Firth SPA. SPA’s are designated under the EU Birds Directive.  The SPA has been designated in the inner Solway Firth for inshore non-breeding waterfowl and non-breeding gulls, and is an an important wintering grounds location. The Solway… Read more »