Bird of the year is back – reminding us why joy matters in difficult times

Join us this Saturday for plenty of hedgehog-related activities, (if rainy, we'll be in the Church Hall!) 🦔🦔🦔 #Fife

Tiny, confused, and wondering where the weekend went. #MondayMotivation 📷 Paul Browning

Celebrate with FCCAN on 4th October at Lochore Meadows 11am—4pm🎈🍁 @fifecouncil.bsky.social fccan.org.uk/events/wee-d...

In September, as the weather begins to turn, we say farewell to breeding seabirds and hello to feeding shorebirds. Read on below to find out more about shorebirds and how to enjoy them without disturbing them!

Saline Community Garden, 'The Drying Green' is open on Saturday 27th September noon—3pm Pop along & say hello!👋🌿

📢 Don't miss out on this wonderful opportunity to hear our plans on this vital project – working at a super-landscape scale to restore red squirrels across Northern England and Southern Scotland! 🐿️ Book now! ⬇️ www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/events/2025-09-16-red-squirrel-recovery-network

That’s a wrap on #WildSummitUK! A huge thank you to all our incredible speakers, everyone who came together to deliver this wonderful event, & to all of you for joining us in Bristol or online🙌 We're leaving with a renewed sense of urgency & hope for nature, & can't wait for the next steps🌱

Saline and Steelend Garden & Craft Show — Saturday 6th September, Saline Community Centre 2pm-4:30pm🌱

We've signed up to the Active Hope training course, designed to guide & strengthen local people within their communities to engage with issues such as climate change🌍 Join us in Saline Church Hall on Tues 2nd Sept from 6pm🙂 activehope.training

August is very much the start of autumn for many migratory birds - read the latest BTO Migration Blog for news & tips for what to look out for in the next couple of weeks! Don't forget to add your own sightings to @birdtrack.bsky.social & contribute to #CitizenScience! #Ornithology #Birding

Country diary: So many butterflies, it reminds me of summers past | Susie White

Saline's Community Garden is looking lovely at the moment; the raised beds are bursting with colour & benches are in place. We hope to have tea/coffee facilities in the near future but for now pop along with your flasks & soak up the sunshine— it's a peaceful wee spot🌿🦋 #Fife #environment #gardens

How do we go from thinking to action in a world where the fossil fuel industry is accelerating the climate catastrophe? www.democracynow.org/2025/8/7/fro...

The #PlasticsTreaty talks have ended without a treaty. To call this process a failure is an understatement. The world doesn't need more plastic. People know it, doctors know it, markets know it. We must now restart — not repeat. 👉 Read our statement: bit.ly/4fIWhCC

“The world loses 273 billion tons of glacial ice each year" Over the past decade or so, glacier losses were more than a third higher than during the period 2000-2011 Our ice world is disappearing and it will take us with it www.bbc.com/news/article...

🦇 What does it take to be a bat carer? Find out here: buff.ly/pq1tsJd

Well, that was a quick summer! Sanderlings at Largo Bay today, having just returned from their breeding grounds in Greenland to spend the autumn and winter on the Firth of Forth

Scotland’s aromatic evergreen: juniper 🌿 With its blue-green needles and dark berries, #juniper is a slow-growing shrub or small tree found in open #Highland woodlands. Watch to explore this rich native species and discover where you can walk among it at @visitdundreggan.bsky.social

‘Best job in the natural world’: seed collector enlisted as modern-day Darwin to document the world’s plants

Some delicious eats from the Community Garden — spicy salsa & jolly jam!🍅🍓 As 'The Drying Green' grows, we hope to expand our recipe list🙂🍴 #Fife #environment #gardens

Plenty of blooms in our Community Garden plus a new raised bed ready to be planted! Pop along to take a look & meet the volunteers🌼🌞 #Fife #environment #gardens

Wow, look at these spectacular sweeps of water-crowfoot on the River Devon! I took a wee dip with snorkel and mask to explore the abundant life found within these water-crowfoot beds, and my underwater exploration will appear in one of my future nature columns for the Press & Journal and Courier

To minimize overshoot, global greenhouse gas emissions must be halved by 2030 compared to 2010 levels. theecologist.org/2025/jul/17/...

Have you ever wondered what sort of wildlife lives in ponds? Why not have a go at pond dipping? A fun activity for all the family, make sure an adult is there at all times to supervise 🙂 www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk/wild-about-p...

There are lots of opportunities to join us at BTO! Discover jobs and apply at www.bto.org/jobs #Ornithology

Rarity finders: Savannah Sparrow in Shetland David Cooper produced one of the birds of the year while out and about on his Unst stomping ground in mid-May:

Hot stuff coming through ☀️ Birds have lots of ways to cope with hot weather and you can give them a helping hand! Putting a bird bath in your outdoor space can provide a welcome source of water for drinking and bathing ⛲ 📷 Ray Kennedy

We've been keeping a not-so-wee secret 🙀 Feature-length documentary ‘Clinging by a Claw’ is coming to Scotland's silver screens 🎥 Saving Wildcats and SCOTLAND: The Big Picture bring you the story of the wildcat's journey back to the wild. BOOK NOW ➡️ savingwildcats.org.uk/ClingingbyaClawPremiere

With strong public support and international backing, Scotland’s proposed ecocide law could hold polluters criminally accountable. Find out what’s at stake and what happens next in our latest blog by @jodiebettis.bsky.social: buff.ly/Lyyxf9A

Plenty of visitors earlier today at the wee museum to read our themed displays & natter about West Fife villages — a perfect Sunday!🙂 #Fife #heritage #museum

It’s #WorldSandDuneDay!🌾 Sand dunes are dynamic landscapes, in constant motion under the influence of wind and weather. They're also home to incredible species that have adapted to survive the shifting sands. Let's celebrate these amazing, diverse habitats! 📷 (1) Debove Sophie

It's National #Insect Week 🐛 🦋 🕸️ 🐞 🦟 Our Volunteering Officer spotted these beauties. Look closely and you can see some of these ladybirds emerging from their pupal cases - neat! Want to learn about woodland critters? Grab a copy of our pocket swatch book 👉 buff.ly/ojzF8gS

REPAIR CAFÉ hosted by Grow West Fife 🔧🔨🚲🕰️ Saturday 28th June Saline Community Centre 10am — noon #Fife #environment #recycling

Ready to share your #WordsOfTheWild? ✏️ Head over to our website to enter our nature writing competition today. 👇 buff.ly/n9EqqRn #Scotland #wildlife #writing #Competition

Soar, flap, flail...? Whatever gets you to the weekend.... Happy #FlyDay! 📷 James Gregory

call me crazy but I don't think we should.

Grey Seals are known to scratch themselves even underwater but managed to capture this youngster…I’m sure it’s enjoying itself…

Job is done. The seabirds nesting on the cliffs of the Isle of May have been counted :) happy days

📯📅 Opens this Sunday! (15th June) #Fife #heritage #museum

"There's a lot of evidence that shows that the stronger a community's social cohesion is, the better chances they have of resilience from climate hazards," said Rishi Sugla, a  climate resilience scientist at the University of Washington. www.npr.org/2025/06/10/n...

Huge thanks for the donation of willow trees to the Community Garden which have now been planted beside one of our (also donated!) benches🙂🌿 Do pop along to see our progress this Summer... #Fife #environment #gardens

Our next event! 🥾🥾🌿 Nature Walk, Friday 13th June @ 7pm from West Park cemetery car park

Study of a fir tree, c.1842 by Emily Brontë, best known for her classic novel 'Wuthering Heights' #WomensArt

To celebrate #volunteersweek2025 we'd like to thank all our members who have helped with projects across the villages this year — you're all marvellous! 🌿😊👍 #Fife #environment

🌼Plant Sale on Today!🌼 Saline Church Hall 11:30am - 2pm Pop along for lots of goodies, homebaking & a peek into the Flower Show exhibitions... #Fife #plants #environment

To celebrate the Saline Scarecrow competition there are some knitted scarecrow friends dotted around the village... Give them a good home of you spot one! 🌾🏠 #Fife

The Scarecrow competition has officially closed & a huge thank you to all who took part, the entries are incredible! It was difficult to judge but the results will be announced at the Plant Sale on Saturday 31st May, Saline Church Hall from noon😊🌾

Ready, set, Springwatch! 💚 Starting in ten minutes... Who's tuning in for more amazing nature?

🌾SCARECROW🌾COMPETITION🌾JUDGING🌾IS🌾UNDERWAY! 🌾 ...Results announced at the Plant Sale, Saturday 31st May, Saline Church Hall🏆