Great to see so many members at our annual congress yesterday! Our theme was ‘standing up for nature – how to win for the planet in an era of turmoil’, and topics ranged from restoring faith in the future to keeping the environment on the agenda in the 2026 Holyrood election. Hugely inspiring!

I really enjoyed speaking at @scotlink.bsky.social Congress today on behalf of @uofglasgow.bsky.social & Ipsos on issues ranging from political accountability to keeping environment on the agenda in May's elections - not an easy ask. The environmental agenda looks in good hands in Scotland.

Heading home after an interesting day at the Scottish Environment LINK annual congress. Always a good discussion - but so many (familiar) barriers to progress & delivery on nature & climate issues. Great to catch up with ‘old’ colleagues, and thanks to staff! @scotlink.bsky.social

Audrey Nicoll, MSP & LINK Nature Champion, highlighted key findings from our "Restoring Scotland's Waters" report, calling for a national strategy: catchment management, riparian woodland, & protecting water stores to boost resilience. Read our full report here: www.scotlink.org/publication/...

Our reaction to the new draft Climate Change Plan: major missed opportunities to reduce emissions in some of the most polluting sectors in ways that deliver meaningful improvements to the lives of people in Scotland. 👇 www.stopclimatechaos.scot/new-draft-cl...

Join Scotland’s Climate March on Sat 15th Nov to demand a better world as part of a Global Day of Action 📢 Assemble at 11am, Glasgow Green. Get involved: climatemarch.scot #ScotlandsClimateMarch #COP30 #mutirãocop30

If Nature could speak, what would she say? 🌱🔊 Check out this blog post written by LINK's Deborah Long: www.scotlink.org/a-letter-fro... @naturepower.bsky.social #NatureIsLife #Scotland #BiodiversityLoss #JustTransition

The Scottish Government needs to take urgent action to save Scotland’s water— a vital resource that sustains us and many important wildlife habitats. 💧🚰 Our "Restoring scotland's waters" report calls for a stronger River Basin Management Plan for 2027. Read report: www.scotlink.org/publication/...

It’s not every day you see a giant bumblebee at Parliament! But today we spotted one urging MSPs to back a strong and ambitious Natural Environment Bill for Scotland’s wildlife 💪🐝🌼 #ScotlandLovesNature

Protect our wildlife 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Today, @scotlink.bsky.social's Nature Champions are dressed as Scottish animals, including our very own wildcat costume. The campaigners are demonstrating outside the Scottish parliament as MSPs debate the Natural Environment Bill 🗳️

Ruffling feathers: #ScotlandLovesNature campaigners at #ScottishParliament today, as MSPs debate the Natural Environment Bill. It’s seen as a vital opportunity to set strong targets for nature recovery. Organised by @ScotLink.bsky.social @scotwildlife.bsky.social @rspbscotland.bsky.social

Today at Scottish Parliament, MSPs debate the Natural Environment Bill. This morning LINK was outside with the #ScotlandLovesNature campaign, representing red squirrels, Scottish wildcats, puffins and bees. 🐿️🐝 This Bill is our VITAL chance for legally binding nature recovery targets. 🌿🐾 #savenature

Berwick Bank could kill more birds than any other windfarm on Earth, devastating colonies of Gannets, Puffins and Kittiwakes off Scotland’s coast. 🚨 We support renewables, but not at catastrophic cost to seabirds already in crisis. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JE...

Each spring hundreds of thousands of seabirds, from puffins to gannets, return to the safety of the Firth of Forth islands to breed. Berwick Bank could kill thousands of them. Please join us to call on SSE and First Minister John Swinney to #StopBerwickBank↙️ www.seabird.org/cancel-berwi...

We’ve united with nature charities across Scotland call on the First Minister to stop #BerwickBank. If progressed it could be the deadliest windfarm for birds on the planet. Green energy is essential for the #climatecrisis, but not at this huge ecological cost↙️ www.seabird.org/press-releas...

🚨 Scotland's Nature is at Stake! 🚨 Dr. Deborah Long's recent article makes a clear case: Scotland's struggling nature needs legally-binding recovery targets. The vote this Thursday Oct 30th determines if we can set them! Read more: www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/make-nature-... #nature #scotland

It’s hard to imagine a more important task than restoring nature, which sustains our very lives and is our only home. By supporting real action through the Natural Environment Bill, our politicians can show us that at last they’re starting to make nature a priority. www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

The Scottish government has published proposals for protecting priority marine features (PMFs) such as flame shell and maerl beds outside marine protected areas. Read our new blog to why this matters for Scotland’s seas and coastal communities: www.scotlink.org/new-manageme...

Climate and nature groups will be marching together at the #ScotlandDemandsBetter march in Edinburgh on 25 October. Details below!

Nature-friendly farming helps save wildlife and tackle climate change. But Scotland's farmers and crofters need more support. Join @rspbscotland.bsky.social's call for Scotland's leaders to invest in a future where wildlife and farmers thrive. Take action now: action.rspb.org.uk/page/174887/...

The SNP and Labour have been warned that abandoning environmentally-friendly policies will lose them votes according to new polling

Huge thanks to our speakers from @scottishgreens.org @scotlibdems.org.uk @snp.org and Scottish Labour, and all the delegates who attended @seascotland.bsky.social's first ever Ocean Hustings on Monday! It was great to share ideas on how we can bring our seas back to health. @youth4seas.bsky.social

On 30 October MSPs will debate the Natural Environment Bill - a vital opportunity to ensure that Scotland sets legally binding nature recovery targets. Help inspire MSPs to support meaningful action for nature by sharing these 40 powerful messages: www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/dear-msp-nat...

There's a great job available with LINK member @wtscotsocial.bsky.social 👇

Join our SNP conference fringe event on Sunday from 5-6pm: 🗓️ Credible climate and nature leadership: how the SNP can win votes in 2026 Speakers: Dr Alasdair Allan MSP Dr Chris Pollard @climateoutreach.bsky.social Dan Paris @scotlink.bsky.social Jamie Livingstone @oxfamscotland.bsky.social

Sea Scotland 2025 is now sold out! ✨ But good news — you can still join us online. 🎥 On Monday 6 October from 7pm - 8.30pm, we will hear Scotland’s political parties' ideas and plans for the future of our seas ahead of the Holyrood 2026 elections. Watch live 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKCt...

The UK's Climate Change Act, with its statutory targets for reducing emissions, must not be scrapped. Climate change is the single biggest threat facing both people and nature, and we cannot protect and restore nature without tackling it. Targets are a vital tool, proven to drive action.

'We know protection works' - Calum Duncan, convenor of our marine group, spoke to @parliament.scot Rural Affairs and Islands Committee this morning about fisheries management measures for offshore marine protected areas. Contains information licensed under the Scottish Parliament Copyright Licence.

We're pleased that the @parliament.scot Rural Affairs and Islands Committee has backed proposals in the Natural Environment Bill to introduce statutory targets to restore nature. Nature targets are a key demand of our Scotland Loves Nature campaign. Read more: www.scotlink.org/msps-back-na...

The next Scottish Government must take action to protect and restore the natural environment in the face of climate change and threats to biodiversity. Ahead of the Holyrood election next year, we've published a manifesto for nature. Read more: www.scotlink.org/manifesto-fo...

🌊New blog! Scotland’s policies aspire to empower communities in marine decision-making, but our recent research supported by @esmeefairbairn.bsky.social and delivered by @howellmarine.bsky.social shows big gaps between ambition and reality. Read in full: www.scotlink.org/giving-scotl...

Hundreds of people answered our call to write messages to MSPs about their love for Scotland's nature. Leslie's message is one of 40 collected in a little book that we've sent to every MSP. Read the 40 messages: www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/dear-msp-nat...

So powerful to see so many conversations about practical solutions to the climate crisis taking place with MSPs at the mass climate lobby in Edinburgh today. #ActNowChangeForever

Sea Scotland 2025 is almost here! Join our first-ever Ocean Hustings on 6 October as Scotland’s political parties share their ideas for protecting our seas and supporting coastal communities. Grab the last tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sea-scotla...

'Nature-based solutions offer a pathway to a more resilient and sustainable agricultural sector. But implementing them needs the right policies, incentives, and political leadership.'

Investing in nature recovery on farms and crofts is investing in Scotland’s future. Better nature, better farming, and better food means a healthier, fairer and more resilient Scotland. Read @nffn.bsky.social's statement supporting #ScotlandLovesNature www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/nature-frien...

A thank you video from our equality, diversity and inclusion officer Leigh, to all who have been involved in the Nature for All project over the past 3 years - remember to keep up the good work! www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Unr...

The importance of Scotland's Natural Environment Bill can't be overstated. It's our opportunity to ensure that strong targets for nature recovery are set and that future Scottish governments are required to meet them. Email your MSPs asking them to make this a turning point for Scotland's nature. 👇

The Scottish government announced new fisheries management measures for offshore marine protected areas on 1 September, marking an important step in fulfilling its obligations to protect marine wildlife across a large area of Scotland’s seas. Read our reaction: www.scotlink.org/scottish-dee...

This week every MSP in @parliament.scot received a book of messages speaking about people's deep connection to nature, pain at the destruction they have witnessed in their lifetimes, and determination to help nature recover. Read the messages here: www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/dear-msp-nat...

It's great to see the Scottish Youth Parliament launch its 2026–2031 Manifesto: Dear Scotland’s Future. We’re proud to support SYP in raising awareness of the nature and climate emergency and the urgent need for meaningful action. Read the full manifesto: syp.org.uk/manifesto/

We're recruiting! Use your communications expertise to help tackle the nature and climate emergencies as part of a dynamic network of 50 environmental NGOs. Closing date midnight on 14 September 2025 👇 www.scotlink.org/publication/...

Our Chief Officer Deborah Long explains in this video what EDI practices we have embedded since beginning the Nature for All project, while also emphasising that there is still a long way to go to make the environmental sector an equitable, diverse, and inclusive sector: youtu.be/BqwxhYQWhtI

👏Yes this👇. We need action!

🚨BILLBOARD MESSAGE DEMANDS MSPS ACT NOW TO SAVE NATURE 🚨 A pair of billboards appeared on Edinburgh’s busy Market Street today with an urgent message for Scotland’s MSPs. With 1 in 9 species in Scotland at risk of extinction, MSPs must act now! www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/billboard-me...

Want to use your communication expertise and passion to helping to tackle nature and climate emergencies? @scotlink.bsky.social are recruiting! 💼Communications Officer 💷 £28,000 – £30,000 📅 28 - 35 hours per week 📍Edinburgh/hybrid tinyurl.com/2p9rwkde #CommsJobs #ClimateAction

Do you want to make a difference for Scotland’s environment at this crucial time? Join our network of eNGOs working together to restore & protect Scotland’s environment as our new Communications Officer. Closing date midnight on 14th September 2025 👇 www.scotlink.org/publication/...

Today we're shining a spotlight on aspen🌲 Known for its yellow leaves, the tree is also a really important ally in the fight against the nature and climate crises. Find out more 👇 www.scotlandlovesnature.scot/striking-gol... #ScotlandLovesNature

Got a question for Scotland’s political parties about the future of our seas? 🌊 When you register for the Ocean Hustings on 6 October, you can submit your own questions — This is your chance to shape the conversation 🗣️ 🎟️ Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sea-scotla...

📢 Take action on climate change! Join Scotland’s biggest climate lobby in Edinburgh, 18 Sept 🌍 🚶‍♀️Meet MSPs | 📣Make your voice heard | 🎉Workshops & stalls 👉https://www.stopclimatechaos.scot/campaign/mass-lobby-act-now-change-forever/ #ActNowChangeForever