Pigeon Pals

Not everyone likes them and they are a common species, but I think Pigeons are Bonnie birds.

 Can be very friendly and gentle. 

The Town has quite a population of feral Pigeons constantly pursued by Sparrowhawks, which are also increasingly numerous around Nairn.

On another recent issue, the pollution incident I reported at Asher's Court flats. I have heard from SEPA, that Scottish water have inspected the fractured pipe and say it belongs to Albyn housing and therefore their responsibility to fix. SEPA have contacted Albyn housing and await their response.

It Must be Turdsday....again !....Update

                   I have been informed by SEPA that Scottish water will be conducting investigations next week to determine whether there are blockages in the sewer downstream. It would be interesting to know how often Scottish Water rod or power clean the main sewers ?


 In a repeat of last Saturday's pollution incident, the manhole covers were again spewing sewage down both sides of the Merryton bridge riverside paths. A video of the incident can be viewed on the Gurn. Twice within 5 days we have thousands of gallons polluting the environment. With the school holidays just starting, I would not advise kids to play anywhere near the Merryton bridge area at this time. I gave Popeye his first dose of Antibiotics this afternoon, Scottish Water gave him his second dose of Bacteria in a week ! This is a serious problem, and shows that the sewer system here is not fit for purpose, it needs a thorough overhaul ! I reported the incident again to Scottish water and I'm sure others did too.

Riverside Pollution...Again !....UPDATE !

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) replied to my email saying that they were informed by Scottish water of the overflow and are currently investigating.

New pipe, old problem - seems like Nairn sewage system still cant cope with a 20 minute downpour ! I hope we don't get the deluge that they have been getting down south ! I stood under the Nairn A96 road bridge to avoid a 20 minute downpour this afternoon, on arrival at Merryton (sewage Bridge) well named by locals, the smell was ripe and the raw sewerage flowed freely from the manhole covers at both ends of the bridge. The short video and pics tell the story. I phoned Scottish Water to tell them of the sewerage pool on the riverside path. After the renewal of the fractured section of pipe on the west side at Brochers brae, this has done nothing to solve the problem of sewerage overspill due to lack of maintenance and or renewal of Nairn's sewerage system ! This is the start of the Tourist season and thousands of gallons of raw sewerage has now headed downstream to pollute the beaches. Having heard that one of the contractors renewing the fractured section, was of the opinion that the system was choked up and reduced to half it's capacity. Scottish water needs to maintain and upgrade where needed, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR THIS POLLUTION TO CONTINUE !