a lover of nature: wildlife, landscape and weather
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26 Mar 2021
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Here’s an aspiration for the state of #forests in an #independent #Scotland 🏴
#RightTreesInTheRightPlace
@andywightman @strathearnrose @FergusEwingSNP @markruskell @scottishgreens @GreenerScotland @scotgov @ForestryLS @scotforestry @BordersForest @forest_policy
26 Mar 2021
68% of Japan is covered in forests, and of this 49% is officially protected and can not be logged or cut. All protected forests belong to one or more of 17 nationally recognized classes, each with a different purpose, management strategy, and use. This thread will list them all.
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naturalscotland retweeted
20 Oct 2022
"Management of Scotland's grouse shooting estates must change radically to cut emissions from peatlands"
This is the new report Dr Richard Dixon is referring to => revive.scot/publication/1610…
20 Oct 2022
Why climate change means management of Scotland's grouse shooting estates must change radically – my @theScotsman column on the new report from @ReviveCoalition on the impacts of muirburn on climate and wildlife scotsman.com/news/opinion/co…
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25 Oct 2022
Just one #lynx for every 10 thousand people in #Scotland.
Surely we can find the space in our🌲🌳 & ❤️❤️ for this native cat that we drove to extinction just a few centuries ago?
Not a big ask!
24 Oct 2022
Lynx territory varies widely across Europe and depends on factors including the availability of habitat and prey. Given that they are solitary and territorial towards other lynx, Scotland currently has room for around 500 of these enigmatic cats.
#LynxToScotland
naturalscotland retweeted
19 Oct 2022
Here's a cheeky little sea shanty ⚓️🎶(an adaptation of #Wellerman) about #SuellaBraverman - we were sad to see her go, because we had to make this much quicker than we anticipated...
@SuellaBraverman @RestIsPolitics #Tofu #Rwanda @NathanEvanss @krishgm #EnoughIsEnough #wokerati
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14 Oct 2022
🌟 VOTING CLOSES ON SUNDAY 🌟
My album ‘The Castalia’ has been longlisted for Album of the Year at the @MGALBA Scots Trad Music Awards!!! 🎉
This is such an honour ☺️
Vote here to get it onto the shortlist: surveymonkey.co.uk/r/STMA202…
Thank you for your support ❤️ x
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24 Sep 2022
I strongly suggest you'll want to read this, even if you're not a farmer.
24 Sep 2022
If you are a farmer, and you are feeling quietly (or not so quietly) disappointed at the prospect of the new Environmental Land Management scheme being derailed before it has even started, now is the time to speak out.
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25 Sep 2022
Former convenor of Scottish Parliament's rural committee makes a formal request to put salmon farming under close scrutiny. "The industry has been unable to address fish mortality rates which are increasing at an alarming rate" tinyurl.com/2bn3ed4b @ScotParl @SP_RuralAffairs
ALT Photo via https://www.speyfisheryboard.com/week-commencing-20th-may-2013/
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1 Aug 2022
Scotch Argus wide angle flight sequence, I was 2cm away from it getting bitten by midges! Menzion Burn, Scotland. @MatthewOates76 @savebutterflies @BC_WestMids #bbcwildlifePOTD @BBCSpringwatch @NaturalScotland @patrick_barkham @martinswarren @IoloWilliams2
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20 Jul 2022
I’m supporting the Protect Horse Island MPA campaign because a new fish farm would damage the protected environment and the local economy, against the will of the local community. Please help stop this new fish farm here #ProtectHorseIsland greens.scot/HorseIslandMPA
naturalscotland retweeted
11 Jul 2022
Nobody can be serious about 50 more years of unsustainable salmon farming.
The only good thing about Boris was how he enabled the publics’ ability to spot an outrageous LIAR.
“Sustainable” @tavishscott 🤥🤥🤥
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11 Jul 2022
After the latest harrowing images of illegal animal welfare breaches, I can’t help thinking nobody is really listening to @SalmonScotland’s disastrous PR.
11 Jul 2022
Leading #aquaculture support companies have become the latest to join Salmon Scotland as members.
These additions come at an important time as the @scotgov Aquaculture Council shapes the long-term future of the #Scottishsalmon sector.
Read more: bit.ly/3c1rwvJ
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naturalscotland retweeted
6 Jul 2022
West coast salmon farmer swallowed up by global giant @MowiScotlandLtd pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/new… via @pressjournal
Toxic salmon pharming comes to Wester Ross @SaversSea @AilsaMcL @klondyker @liusaidhbeattie @FinlayPringle @WesterRossSalmo
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naturalscotland retweeted
10 Jul 2022
I've spent the last week filming inside lice-infested salmon farms on the West coast of Scotland - please boycott Scottish salmon! @rspcaassured @scotseafarms @marksandspencer @ScotlandSalmon @ScottishSPCA @Animallawyersuk @ciwf @onekindtweet @Ecohustler
vimeo.com/726672302
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naturalscotland retweeted
11 Jul 2022
Systematic, systemic and endemic animal welfare abuse in salmon farming in Scotland.
@MairiGougeon claims this is:
“Food for life”
“Healthy food”
“Blue food”
“Nature positive”
“Vital part of our economy”
“Sustainable growth”
“Scotlands key export”
“A vision for the future” 🤷🏻♂️🤬
11 Jul 2022
Welfare complaint filed vs Scottish Sea Farms for 'unnecessary suffering' in the Sound of Mull & Loch Creran @rspcaassured @scotseafarms @ScotlandSalmon @APHAgovuk @policescotland
@ukwildlifecrime @ScottishSPCA @CVOScotland @ProfCMDwyer @LynneUSneddon
tinyurl.com/22ep6rdt
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naturalscotland retweeted
11 Jul 2022
Superfood from Scotland’s pristine coastal waters update
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11 Jul 2022
“They pose threats to the environment and human health. Excrement, excess feed and chemical residue fall to the seabed, creating toxic zones that can kill or drive away lobsters, scallops and other marine life.”
#salmon #aquaculture in #Scotland is #toxic too.
10 Jul 2022
This article says it all.
theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…
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naturalscotland retweeted
8 Jul 2022
And #salmon #aquaculture is even worse than #fishing as it involves industrial fishing, disease, parasites, artificial feed additives, chemical pollution of coastal waters and overcrowding welfare issues. @GSI_salmon need to be called out loudly for this corporate propaganda
7 Jul 2022
#Fishing is absolutely the fundamental opposite of what we have to do to #SaveOurOcean. Industrial fishing is an #Ecocide crime. The #FishingIndustry are criminals.
#BoycottFish #BoycottSushi #BoycottSeafood #BoycottSalmon
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