Eige : diforc'h etre ar stummoù

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Diverradenn ebet eus ar c'hemm
Diverradenn ebet eus ar c'hemm
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[[Image:Eigg.AnSgurr.Canthusus.jpg|thumb|180px|[[An Sgurr (Eige)|An Sgurr]]]]
[[Image:Eigg.jpg|right|thumb|Un dañvad eus Eige o sellout trema'n [[douar-bras]].]]
[[Image:Eigg island.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<Center>Kartenn eus Eigg, e 1892.]]
 
'''Eige''', pe '''Eigg''' e saozneg, zo un [[enezennig]] en [[Inizi Gall]] e [[Bro-Skos]], etre [[An t-Eilean Sgitheanach]] a zo er c'hreisteiz dezhi ha ledenez [[Ardnamurchan|Àird nam Murchan]]. 6 devezh-arat zo enni, ha 67 den zo o chom eno<ref>2001 UK Census per [[List of islands of Scotland]]</ref><ref>Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) ''The Scottish Islands''. Edinburgh. Canongate.</ref><ref>[http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey]</ref>.
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==Recent events==
 
[[Image:Eigg island.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<Center>An 1892 map of Eigg.<Ref name ="Buckley">Harvie-Brown, J.A. and Buckley, T. E. (1892), ''A Vertebrate Fauna of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides.'' Pub. David Douglas., Edinburgh. Facing P. LVI.</ref>]]
After decades of problems with absentee landlords, the island was bought in 1997 by the Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust, a partnership between the residents of Eigg, the [[Highland Council area|Highland Council]], and the [[Scottish Wildlife Trust]]. The story of this community buy-out is told in [[Alastair McIntosh|Alastair McIntosh's]] book ''Soil and Soul: People Versus Corporate Power'' published in 2001. At the time, the population was around 60; in 2005 it was 87.
 
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The Heritage Trust has formed a company, Eigg Electric Ltd, to operate the new a £1.6 million network, which has been part funded by the [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery]] and the [[Highlands and Islands Community Energy Company]].<ref>[http://www.windandsun.co.uk/projects_eigg.htm "Isle of Eigg, Inner Hebrides, Scotland - 2007"] Wind and Sun Ltd. Retrieved [[20 September]] [[2007]].</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4440896.stm "Island energised by lottery cash"] BBC.co.uk. Retrieved [[20 September]] [[2007]].</ref>
 
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==Geography==
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==Wildlife==
An average of 130 species of bird are recorded annually. The island has breeding populations of various raptors: [[Golden Eagle]], [[Common Buzzard|Buzzard]], [[Peregrine Falcon]], [[Common Kestrel|Kestrel]], [[Hen Harrier]] and [[Short-eared Owl|Short]] and [[Long-eared Owl]]. [[Great Northern Diver]] and [[Jack Snipe]] are winter visitors, and in summer [[Common Cuckoo|Cuckoo]], [[Whinchat]], [[Whitethroat]] and [[Twite]] breed on the island.<ref>"Eigg-ceptional summer". ''Scottish Wildlife'' (November 2007) No. 63 page 4.</ref><ref>[http://www.isleofeigg.org/welcome/welcome_frame.htm "Bird watching on Eigg"] Isle of Eigg Heritage Trust. Retrieved [[27 December]] [[2007]].</ref>
 
==See also==
* [[Religion of the Yellow Stick]]
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==Evned==
Ur 130 a spesadoù [[evn]]ed zo en enezenn, darn anezho zo evned-preizh.
 
==Liammoù diavaez==
*[http://www.isleofeigg.org/ The island's website]