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Do you have a couple of spare weeks this March? Fancy getting some hands-on experience removing invasive plants on an uninhabited Scottish island? Check out this volunteering opportunity from @rspbscotland.bsky.social #ScotlandsRainforest savingscotlandsrainforest.org.uk/volunteer/re...

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Did you know that #ScotlandsRainforest is particularly important for bryophytes? This is an umbrella term for mosses, liverworts and hornworts, simple plants that are studied together because they have a lot in common. 📖 more ➡️ savingscotlandsrainforest.org.uk/wildlife/bry...

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Calling creative communicators 🔊 Can you help @asrainforest.bsky.social & partners create a compelling impact report? Take a look at this opportunity 👇️ Deadline: 10 March.

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Another great opportunity from #ScotlandsRainforest! If you're a communications specialist, this may be a good contract for you. Read the full description through the link: savingscotlandsrainforest.org.uk/jobs/communi...

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Fancy a new job in #ScotlandsRainforest working in woodlands like this?? 👇 @rspbscotland.bsky.social is looking for someone to lead a small team who are restoring rainforest across the Morvern peninsula in the West Highlands. app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car... 📷 John MacPherson

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Huge swathes of Scotland's west coast are blighted by this plant, killing all sorts of wildlife. It should be illegal even to grown in one's garden.

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Let's play 'spot the fern'! A 🧵 Wilson's Filmy-fern is a tiny species, with fronds just one cell thick! Characteristic of Scotland's temperate rainforest, it usually grows in lush bryophyte carpets. At Bracklinn Falls nr Callander, it hadn't been seen since 1999. Can you find it on the photo?

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🌧️🌳 Scotland’s #rainforest is a rare and precious habitat, thriving in mild temperatures, clean air, and high rainfall. 🌿 Want to see a beautiful example of community-led action that is protecting rainforests for future generations? Watch this film 🎥 👉 youtu.be/K1hcIkFz5oU?...

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Join BBC #Countryfile for a trip deep into the heart of #ScotlandsRainforest! If you missed this episode last night, you can catch up now www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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It's our favourite time of year! The days are getting longer as the sun sets later, Spring is on the way 🌷 It also means there's 1 week till we open our 2025 #NatureOfScotland Awards for applications 🏆 Look out for more updates @rspbscotland.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social

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Join @wtscotsocial.bsky.social at Gleann Shildeag on 1 March for a day of community tree planting to help restore and expand #ScotlandsRainforest! There are over 300,000 trees to be planted around the glen this spring so all help is much appreciated!

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Thanks to the team from #Countryfile for coming to visit Morvern and lending a hand getting rid of some of that pesky Rhododendron ponticum! If you'd like to visit #ScotlandsRainforest pop over to our website for maps, guides and more! savingscotlandsrainforest.org.uk

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Fantastic to see all the hard work that's happening on Morvern with the team from @rspbscotland.bsky.social! Find out more about all the projects that are working to save #ScotlandsRainforest savingscotlandsrainforest.org.uk/projects

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Find out more about why Rhododendron ponticum is such a problem in #ScotlandsRainforest savingscotlandsrainforest.org.uk/blog/the-thr...

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If you'd like to try your hand at identifying the lichens of #ScotlandsRainforest, including Norwegian specklebelly, check out the guides from @plantlifeuk.bsky.social on our website!

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Fancy an early Sunday evening treat? BBC Countryfile at 5pm comes from the Sound of Mull, with white-tailed eagles, Hamza, and #ScotlandsRainforest!! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Have you voted for this cracker of a tree yet? No? 🤯 What are ye waiting for? It hosts 100s of species, many #TemperateRainforest specialists & is approx 8m in girth (huge for the Highlands). A testament to nature's resilience 🙏 vote ➡️ https://buff.ly/36YYrsu

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There are multiple vacancies at the moment for amazing roles helping to restore #ScotlandsRainforest! We've tried to gather them all here, so why not take a look, and see if there's something for you:

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🏡The shortage of affordable, accessible homes across Scotland's west coast is impacting our ability to expand & protect precious temperate rainforest. 👱‍♀️ You can help influence that. 👉 https://buff.ly/4b28rnK 📆 Closing date: 26 Feb 2025 @asrainforest.bsky.social @communitylandsc.bsky.social

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"Green is not enough of a word for this richness, this depth, this texture of colour, these hundreds of different species interwoven..."

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Tonight, the Snow Moon rises. 🌕❄️ Named for February’s deep snows, this full moon was also called the Storm Moon or Ice Moon in Old English, reflecting winter’s cold grip. Look below its glow tonight, and you may spot Regulus...one of the brightest stars in the sky. Moonrise: 17:06*

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Would you like to get involved in the work to help save #ScotlandsRainforest? Our Rainforest Futures is looking to identify the barriers, opportunities and next steps to help address the issues around affordable accommodation in the west of Scotland.

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I’m assisting Trees for Life with the Wild Pine Project to locate unrecorded remnants of Scotland’s Caledonian Pine Forests. In Gleann Fionnlighe nr Fort William we cored several old trees. My analysis shows the oldest originate in early 1600s so very probably wild, not planted. #ThickTrunkTuesday

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🦡 Anyone who has ever tip-toed across a deer or cattle grid will admire the nonchalance of this badger caught on trailcam at #LochArkaig Pine Forest 🔊 (sound up) Skills! 👏

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Take a walk in #ScotlandsRainforest this Sunday with @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social at Glen Nevis, and discover the rare plants and lichens found in this incredible habitat. This event is for everyone but is particularly aimed at families. Find out more:

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Exciting opportunity to learn how to ID the lichens, mosses and liverworts found in #ScotlandsRainforest with Oliver Moore from @plantlifeuk.bsky.social this April!! More through the link:

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Fancy working in #ScotlandsRainforest? @rspbscotland.bsky.social is currently looking for two people to join their Saving Morvern's Rainforest project, including a team leader and a trainee. Find out more:

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We've just entered Lesser Celandine season😍💛 Look out for these bright blooms in woodlands, hedge banks, damp meadows and stream-sides🔎 🌼What #wildflowers have you seen this year? Or if you need some inspiration 👉 bit.ly/4fYmqf0

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"Identifying and protecting Ireland's rainforest fragments would strengthen another weapon against climate breakdown, says Eoghan Daltun, a rewilding farmer in west Cork’s Beara Peninsula, and author of 'The Magic of an Irish Rainforest'." In today's Guardian. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Did you know that #Scotlandsrainforest is home to many liverworts, simple plants that are similar to moss? This is spotty featherwort, or Plagiochila punctata. You'll see it growing on trees and rocks in very damp places, and it often forms a sort of humped shape. 📷 Gordon Rothero

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Meet the team assembled to equip local people up and down the West coast with the skills needed to earn a living saving Scotland's rainforest. #OurRainforestFutures has been made possible thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. 🧵 1/6

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🗳️ Voting is now open for European Tree of the Year! 🌳 Last year, you voted & chose the #SkipinnishOak as the UK Tree of the Year. Now this spectacular Scottish oak is up for the European title (yes just like Eurovision!) 👉 Vote here https://buff.ly/36YYrsu Oh and please share! 🙏

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Have you seen The Ghost Rainforest? Follow an emotional journey deep into the heart of #ScotlandsRainforest.

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Temperate rainforest details😍🔍 We love being up close and personal with these magical little worlds🍃 📷 Ian Price

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Super opportunity to hear the important findings of the #DiversiTree project, 'Diversifying the tree species composition of our woodlands to increase resilience.' Mon 3 Mar. 2pm Thanks to hosts Community Woodland Assoc. Book ➡️ https://buff.ly/3WCNQ3f @hutton.ac.uk @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

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Exciting opportunity to make a real difference to Scotland's landscapes, trees, people, wildlife, climate...👇

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Snowdrops pushing through, woodpeckers drumming, and the light stretching a little longer each day. Winter is loosening its grip...slowly, subtly. Have you noticed any changes in nature recently? ☀️ #ThoughtfulThursday

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Allow us to (re)introduce ourselves. We are the Woodland Trust Scotland. We aim to plant native woods & trees, halt the loss of ancient woodland & restore native woodland to health. We own & care for ~60 woods in Scotland, covering 11k+ hectares. All are free for you to visit & explore. 👉

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Ardura Community Forest, on the Isle of Mull, is a haven for nature and people 🌿 Dedicated volunteers have been restoring the temperate rainforest, protecting veteran trees, and supporting nature-based recreation. Find out how businesses can sponsor this project here: uk.fsc.org/ecosystem-se...

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Lichens aren't plants, but what are they? April Windle explains in this fascinating podcast from 2022. https://buff.ly/3K14Ua9 #ScotlandsRainforest

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Winter is a great time to look for some of the specialist plants found in #ScotlandsRainforest, like Wilson's filmy fern. Easily confused with a liverwort, Wilson's filmy fern is named after the 19th century botanist William Wilson, who discovered 60 new species of moss! 📷 John MacPherson

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Discover #ScotlandsRainforest in Glen Nevis through outdoor play, games, and hands-on exploration! 10.30, Sunday 16 February with @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social Find out more: mountainfestival.co.uk/ticket/explo...

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The incredible woodlands of #ScotlandsRainforest are facing many threats. The biggest problems are over-grazing by deer, and the spread of a non-native invasive plant called Rhododendron ponticum, but they're also threatened by pollution, climate change and exotic pests and diseases. 📷 Caz Austen

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Did you know that moss doesn't flower? Those flower-looking structures are actually capsules that produce spores. Not all mosses produce capsules, but many are incredibly beautiful, like those of this greater pincushion moss. 📷 Gordon Rothero

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Ireland's temperate rainforest faces similar threats to #ScotlandsRainforest. Good to see so many people working to protect these habitats @irishrainforest.bsky.social www.irishnews.com/life/stunnin...

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Looking forward to #Winterwatch which is back on our screens tonight at 8pm! @bbcspringwatch.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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