We could do with something like this in the Cairngorms. The National Park own very small areas of land and have to work in partnership. In ecosystems big is beautul. @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

New emails raise more questions than answers, says Epstein survivors’ lawyer www.channel4.com/news/new-ema...

A Scottish multimillionaire and former Tory donor’s superyacht has been targeted by protesters 👀 Campaign group Climate Resistance projected demands for a wealth tax onto the $70 million superyacht owned by Irvine Laidlaw 👇

Approving the Rosebank oil field would be a catastrophic mistake for Scotland’s climate, economy, and communities. Rosebank will not lower bills or improve energy security. What it will do is lock us into climate chaos while profits flow to shareholders and Norway’s sovereign wealth fund.

Come on ScotGov, this is unforgivable - and stupid! Funding for paths, etc, has always been part of the agricultural funding farmers could bid for, since 2005. It’s a tiny proportion of the overall farming budget. If land managers can’t get £££, why should they pay for this public good themselves? 😡

If Rosebank is given the go-ahead it will be catastrophic for our climate. MSPs must reject Rosebank!

Today in Edinburgh, we joined @patmillsuk.bsky.social to bring the ‘Tax Us, the Super-Rich’ bus to town. Millionaires have a message for the UK Chancellor: Tax us more. Fairer taxes on wealth could help lift people out of poverty and fund the future we all deserve #TaxJusticeScotland

A very important post for all to read especially Scottish Governmen. Stop appeasing the landowning lobby.

Temperatures are dropping, meaning energy bills are rising. By making the windfall tax on oil and gas companies’ record profits permanent, we could invest more in insulation and lower heating costs for families already struggling to get by.

The PNG Courier's Overseas Correspondent makes a welcome return and may very well never do better than coup d'twat. Flawless.

NB: Comments turned off as legal proceedings are still live ⚖️ #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #BirdingScotland raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/12/t...

Lack of wildlife crime convictions opening the door to other serious crimes raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/11/l...

Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.

Cornish residents demand government ban destructive bottom trawling in marine protected areas: new poll.... westcountryvoices.co.uk/cornish-resi...

New video on the BBC resignations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Well worth a watch. Thanks @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social

A detailed examination of how weak the new Land Reform Bill is likely to be in practice. The only thing I'd add is that if Scotland had implemented @thecommonweal.bsky.social's Property Tax, this is estate could owe a little under £159,000 per year for its land. www.commonweal.scot/policies/tax...

BLOG - Land Reform (Scotland) Bill and the £25 million Estate. An analysis of the impacts of the Bill on a sale of 3500 ha of land that took place in September. In summary, it changes nothing. andywightman.scot/2025/11/land...

The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump. Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.

A great film by @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social Well worth a watch. Stop muirburn and reduce grazing pressure by sheep and deer. Not rocket science!

Engaging weekend in Perth at @revivecoalition.bsky.social conference. Good to see @andywightman.scot who always has such good ideas!

Worrying reports of bird flu (avian influenza) are coming in, including an outbreak in Whooper Swans in the Fens. Other waterbirds are also being affected, and cases are rising. 📷 Sick Whooper Swan by Kane Brides #UKBirding #BirdingWales #BirdingScotland

NatureScot says "decision in next few weeks" on whether to impose General Licence restriction in relation to shooting & killing of golden eagle Merrick raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/05/n...

My column in the Stirling Observer this week. It is time to make rogue landlords pay. Scottish Greens want to tackle vacant and derelict land by introducing a new tax on landowners who hoard undeveloped sites. Right now, greedy companies and wealthy individuals across Scotland are sitting

The result of the Stage 3 vote on the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill is: ✅ Yes - 85 ❌ No - 28 🟣 Abstain - 9 The Bill is therefore passed. You can find out more online at: https://ow.ly/g4AC50XnkZw

This is shocking. @naturescot.bsky.social is supposed to be pro wildlife. Clearly not fit for purpose. ☹️

An investigation by journalists at The Ferret found that local MSP and Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes, the National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFUS) and landowners had “privately piled pressure” on NatureScot to derail the application. www.thenational.scot/comment/2558...

Great to hear that beavers are now protected in Wales. Well done. @beavertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social beavertrust.org/welsh-govern...

I look forward to this amendment with interest. @scottishgov.bsky.social need to decide if they are serious about controlling this damaging recreation that dominates our uplands and devastates our wildlife. Well done @markruskell.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @raptorpersuk.bsky.social

I am looking forward to speaking at the @revivecoalition.bsky.social conference on Sat 8 Nov. Come along for a fascinating day to dicuss findings of its Big Land Question project. www.perththeatreandconcerthall.com/whats-on/rev...

Excellent news. Well done to all those who worked behind the scenes to make this happen. Thank you. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social @markruskell.bsky.social

Another example of the thoughtless, feckless and unaccountable actions of the UK gamebird shooting industry, who yet again do what they like, when they like and to hell with the consequences, because there aren’t any. raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/03/s...

The asking price for Far Ralia in the Cairngorms National Park is now lower than what the abrdn Property Income Trust bought it for - a timely and welcome lesson for others speculating in land on the back of government grants and the Woodland Carbon Code parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/11/02/f...

Excellent blogs. Well worth a read. Please follow @nickkempe.bsky.social

Your first look at tomorrow's Sunday National 📰 Firm with Scottish headquarters 'helps Israel extract gas' from Palestine's waters

I spend much of my time in meetings when I could be doing something like spending a week or two on remote Scottish islands surveying seabirds. This RSPB film is about surveys of Leach’s Storm Petrels on islands near Lewis. #BirdingScotland #ornithology youtu.be/lEQmAP90Hak?...

Beavers have returned to Glen Affric, 400 years after their extinction in Scotland :beaver: A family of five beavers and a beaver pair were released last Friday at two sites on Loch Beinn a’ Mheadhoin in the Glen Affric National Nature Reserve 🦫 Full story 👇 treesforlife.org.uk/beavers-rele...

Prof Douglas MacMillan applies a little science to sporting landowners' claims that muirburn by reducing "fuel load" helps prevent wildfire by mapping the Dava Moor fires parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2025/10/30/t...

You were had! @scottishgov.bsky.social @jimfairliesnp.bsky.social Well done to @ariane-burgess.bsky.social for pointing out the fallacy of muirburn preventing wildfires. @raptorpersuk.bsky.social

The shooting lobby is promoting muirburn as a panacea for preventing wildfires. Somehow it rather omits to mention how much muirburn contributes to wildfires. Take note @scottishgov.bsky.social

The wealthiest few are fuelling climate breakdown around the world and it’s everyone else who is left counting the cost, writes head of Oxfam Scotland Jamie Livingstone ✍️

⚡ Scotland already has the capacity to produce more electricity than it needs - yet Westminster wants to turn our countryside into a nuclear export zone for England. 🟥 It is time to end Scotland's energy bill rip off: www.believeinscotland.org/westminster_...

Quick! Today is the last day to sign the petition to protect brown hares from shooting during the breeding season & save their young from starvation. Please consider signing if you haven't already or pass on to friends & family if you have. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... #UKwildlife #mammals

New Title For Prince Andrew The new Private Eye is out now.

Look at this graph, Reform almost all of them went to Private School. If you are Working Class and you vote for Reform, you are a traitor, to yourself. Or as we call them, a bloody fool.

Farage: epic grifter

👑 “If they’re private, they should pay tax. But they don’t.” Dame Hodge calls out the murky blurring of public privilege & private wealth in the Royal Family’s finances, that means we pay living expenses of one of the UK's richest families & they don't pay the same taxes as us.

Great news. Well done for persevering. @treesforlife.bsky.social The process of releasing beavers to new sites should be much easier and straightforward. @naturescot.bsky.social

This is exactly why Scotland must stand against nuclear power…and the fact that we’ll find that waste in 🇬🇧 will be stored here and will take 10,000+ years before it would be considered even remotely safe…wake up Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👇