For anyone who needs reminding that Scotland really is a fantastic, magical place, here are some singing seals I saw - and recorded 🎤!!! - on the island of Mingulay today 🦭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎶

Our Phase 5 Commissioning Fund is OPEN NOW!🚀 Up to £30k for our Business & Innovations Challenges. Projects need to include a FORTH2O Partner. Find out more and apply here: forth2o.ac.uk/commissioning-…

The scale of pollution in UK rivers is undeniable. The Angling Trust’s Water Quality Monitoring Network has collected over 12,000 water samples across the country, revealing persistent nutrient pollution and declining river health. Anglers are witnessing these problems first-hand and collecting the data to prove it. The findings have been highlighted in @thetimes, bringing more attention to the crisis facing UK rivers. Times coverage: thetimes.com/uk/environment/… #AnglersAgainstPollution #EndSewagePollution #DirtyBusiness

Fantastic to welcome @ScotGovRural Ministers Mairi Gougeon MSP and @JimFairlieLogie to Rottal, with thanks to @DeeWardRottal for hosting us. Lots discussed, but most importantly, it was great to showcase the work landowners like Dee are doing to help rural Scotland thrive!

💧Great to read this @SEFARIscot case study about Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in action. Take a look at two of our recent @CREW_waters projects that also feature NbS... 🔗 tinyurl.com/RiverwoodsProjec… 🔗 tinyurl.com/WaterScarcityPre… #HydrologicalExtremes

-2C by the Union Canal in Edinburgh. Only a swan could fall through broken ice so gracefully. 🦢

Phase 4 Commissioning Fund OPEN! Up to £50k/challenge: IC1: Wastewater recycling incentives IC2: SME water resilience behaviours IC3: Water storytelling IC4: Sustainable equitable water future IC5: Nature-based water markets (buyers/demand) Info/apply: forth2o.ac.uk/commissioning-…

We had a spotty surprise on a recent visit to Wensleydale in North Yorkshire. While some of the local rivers have dry periods, we wouldn't usually expect to see one without water in the autumn time. Here, @ProfJGrey encounters a very tenacious fish 🐟

One of the great things about living near the Forth at this time of the year is the geese migration. Tonight’s showing was one of the best I’ve seen in years. Here’s a short snippet.

Happy #WorldLakeDay! Scotland’s only “lake,” Menteith, stands out amongst the Forth Basin’s 578 lochs. Why “lake”? A 19th-century map mis-translation of Laich (Gaelic for "low place"). Explore all 579 water bodies at our beta FORTH2O Data Lab: forth2odata.stir.ac.uk/

Commissioning Fund Phase 3 is OPEN! Focusing on smaller awards this round. Join our webinar 14 Aug, 9-10 AM for details. DM or email forth2o@stir.ac.uk for an invite. More at forth2o.ac.uk #CommunityFund #FundingOpportunity

Phase 2 of the FORTH2O Commissioning Fund closes in 1 week! Grants £750-£100K for innovative water projects, including social science approaches. Lead applicants must be FORTH2O partners; academics need a partner co-applicant. Apply by 4 July: forth2o.ac.uk

Delighted to welcome our Cuban PhD student, Perla, to Scotland yesterday! We're looking forward to working with her in-person over the next few weeks.

Great blog from @ResilienceScot highlighting the work being done on #MentalHealth impacts of #HydrologicalExtremes in Scotland. See this CREW project led by Dr Rhian Thomas: 'Building Public Health Resilience to Fluvial Flooding in Scotland'. 🔗 tinyurl.com/56ss7dh7

The rivers around the Forth face many pressures which impact salmon, eels, otters and other wildlife. Some pressures also impact communities that live along our rivers too. Find out about these pressures and how we are tackling them in our feature film youtu.be/YYhYl7A2lNg

A small waterfall on the Scouring Burn as it passes through Laighills Park. To the right of the falls is the paddling pool - once a hive of activity. An attempt by community volunteers to clear the pool was halted by S.E.P.A. and the Forth District Salmon Fishery Board in 2021.

Kate O'Neil, Marine Biologist, was lucky enough to spot a #swordfish in the Firth of Forth yesterday: "I was really excited when I realised we were watching a swordfish, a species that (to the best of our knowledge) has only been recorded in Scotland a handful of times!"