📢We're recruiting for an exciting new mountain woodland #PhD on "Mountain birch genetics & recovery in Scotland"! Full funding is guaranteed for this project involving molecular genomics & high-altitude field experiments at #Corrour & Mar Lodge. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

The brilliant Feargal Sharkey sums it up "The whole industry’s got to go. Absolutely, without exception" Time to end the privatisation rip off diverting 1/3 OF YOUR WATER BILL into shareholder dividends and debt Are you listening DEFRA? www.mirror.co.uk/news/feargal...

Oldshoremore, Polin and Sheigra beaches, photographed yesterday. It's a bit of a rough wee walk to link the three but so worth the effort. www.walkhighlands.co.uk/sutherland/o...

Moorland Association's amateurish attempt to analyse Hen Harrier tag data is full of holes (much like a shot Hen Harrier) raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/06/09/m...

Catching the sunshine when walking across the vast spaces of the Flow Country in Caithness this morning.

I have written today to the new leader of Gateshead Council to express my anger at reports that the Council will no longer fly the Pride flag or support Pride events under his leadership and to correct his inadequate and frankly ridiculous description of Pride as a 'socio-political radical action'.

Curlew chicks roam soon after hatching, downy and long-legged on open ground. Parents guide them with soft calls, rising to defend them with looping alarm flights if needed. #SpringStories

It's that time of year again when puddles turn yellow, everything gets covered in a weird dust, and the ranger service panics cos it looks like the woodland is smoking 😱 It's fine though, it's just scots pine releasing flippin' great clouds of pollen. Endlessly fascinating, especially in slo-mo!

It’s Strong Message Here day! I’m on the radio with @aiannucci.bsky.social at 9:45, looking at the language used around AI. Is it just 'a thing' which is beyond debate? What does non-zero actually mean? And we examine the language of Tony Blair's argument… www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

🤿 On the 24th & 25th May conditions in the Moray Firth were PHENOMENAL! Incredibly calm & the visibility was excellent! 📷 Loved capturing the views amongst the kelp forests & looking down to see decent sized Saithe/Coley! #snorkelling #freediving #underwaterphotography #marinelife #scotland

A new improved final section of the West Highland Way into Fort William has been waymarked as the 'high route'. The route heads around the flanks of Cow Hill before descending into the town, avoiding a long stretch of the original on tarmac. Our updated guide: www.walkhighlands.co.uk/west-highlan...

Happy #WorldPeatlandsDay! 😍

Chloe Hadjimatheou’s investigation into the story behind the publishing sensation The Salt Path uncovered a trail of deceit, questionable claims and dubious medical diagnosis at odds with the inspiring story of triumph over adversity portrayed in the bestselling books and film.

“Men's deaths are epic, women's deaths are tragic: is that it? He has misunderstood the very nature of conflict. Epic is countless tragedies, woven together. Heroes don't become heroes without carnage, and carnage has both causes and consequences. And those don't begin and end on a battlefield.”

BBC News - Repairs to paths on An Teallach completed two months early www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sure, you saw the march... But did your coverage come with a Blind Date segment with Cilla introducing some of those incredibly eligible specimens from the day? Thought not Go on and give our news and politics podcast (with a difference!) a whirl… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

LAUGHABLE front page from The Express… A newspaper that backs Reform whose leader and MPs voted against laws on: Stalking Harassment Drink spiking Upskirting …and sharing intimate images without consent. A pathetic excuse of a newspaper.

The village of Lochcarron, lined up along the north-western shore of Loch Carron in Wester Ross. It offers a number of shops, cafes and restaurants and the largest selection of accommodation between Kyle of Lochalsh and Gairloch. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot... #Scotland #WesterRoss

Shot Buzzard found in Bransdale area of North York Moors National Park – Police appeal for information – Raptor Persecution UK raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/05/19/s...

I began a long walk 30 years ago #Munros #hiking www.christownsendoutdoors.com/2026/05/thir...

Hail and hearty on the Glen Spean Munros yesterday. Some excellent views in between the showers and clag. @tgomagazine.bsky.social @mtn-trng-scotland.bsky.social

Corncrakes are secretive birds with a very loud voice. After returning from Africa, males call “crex crex” from tall vegetation until they attract a mate 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨 Once widespread across Scotland, populations have declined sharply. They are now only found on some islands and parts of the northwest coast.

I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.

Today was a missed opportunity for nature. The UK Government has to do more.

There's more to the forest than you might expect 👀 🌲 Bog woodland is a special and often underappreciated habitat at RSPB Loch Garten, Abernethy. With the help of volunteers, we’re working hard to restore it 👇️ youtu.be/zFQqTj6qx5c

Soul food at Loch an Eilein. No politics. No grifters. Peace, calm and the quiet gratitude for sixty six years round this star of ours. @cairngormsnews.bsky.social @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social

This deserves to be circulated. A former Red Cross staff member got in touch. She testifies about @zackpolanski.bsky.social's role. For transparency: her name is Brea Thibodeau. The whole thing is a desperate smear.

200 year old wisteria, Japan, photographer unknown

A restful scene above Glen Callater the other day 🙂 Plenty of snow melt keeping the burns flowing 👍

The Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms Project is a partnership between Buglife, @savebutterflies.bsky.social, @cairngormsnews.bsky.social, @naturescot.bsky.social, RSPB and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS).

4,000 Dark Bordered Beauty moth eggs have been released in the Cairngorms National Park 🙌 Partners, volunteers and landowners are working hard through the Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms project to secure a future for this endangered moth 💚 Discover more: www.rzss.org.uk/news/moth-er...

#BrokenNews: Left Wing Voters

The same adder was there again yesterday, in the same spot. In fact it's there every day on my way to work. Creatures of habit 🙂 #rangerdailydiary

I 'borrowed' this from an anti-Reform group on Facebook. I wish I knew a name to give the credit to, but I don't. It's a very useful summary of the career of that nice Mr #Farage. Such a fine, honest, upstanding fellow...

Happy International Workers’ Day 🚩 A time to celebrate our fellow workers and stand up for Labour rights - dignity at work, equality, fair income and safe working conditions. 💪 Here’s a wee snippet of The Internationale. #InternationalWorkersDay #TheInternationale

It's a year since a wildfire devastated the Goyt Valley. Last week, two fires in the #PeakDistrict affected 800,000sqm of moorland and today another has shut down Snake Pass. This @moorsforthefuture.bsky.social film serves as a reminder - and a hopeful wake-up call. Watch now: tinyurl.com/5esu5vvx

It’s Strong Message Here day! Listen on BBC Radio 4 at 9:45, and listen to the longer podcast version on BBC Sounds (or your favourite podcast provider). www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @aiannucci.bsky.social

To say that Philip Larkin wasn't a particularly pleasant person would be an understatement. But every May I recall this poem, and I could forgive the person who wrote it almost anything...

On Baosbheinn today - an amazing mountain that gets very little attention - didn’t see another person all day.

A sunny walk in the Cairngorms to a long-abandoned shelter. #Cairngorms #hiking

This might be the sunniest day in the history of the world. I loved every second of it. #CreagMeagaidh #MunroBagging @walkhighlands.co.uk

Don't miss out! Applications are OPEN for the Nature of Scotland Awards 🏆 Do you know an inspiring young champion, innovative project or brilliant business working to protect Scotland's incredible nature? We want to hear from you! Submit your application today 👉 www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

Reform UK promised tax cuts; Worcestershire got a 9% hike. But elsewhere, Reform UK councils kept their increases modest - so that’s alright then. ➡️ Watch Page 94, the Private Eye podcast: youtu.be/SAS64Tqu6ZI

A Russian-orchestrated plan to have Trump demand that Denmark give him Greenland was central to the destruction of pro-US attitudes all across Europe.

The man who took on the Russian oligarchs’ corruption… The Trawl Meets - Sir William Browder. Out now wherever you get your pods. Link below 👇

Saw two beautiful adders basking in the sunshine in different locations on Islay’s Oa peninsula today.

The new bridge at the Spittal of Glenmuick car park has been opened today by Balmoral Estate. This means that access is back to normal for Lochnagar and neighbouring Munros, the circular walk around Loch Muick etc. www.walkhighlands.co.uk/cairngorms/b... [Photo does not show current conditions]

Bereaved family members of Covid victims write to Nigel Farage urging him to sack his Croydon candidate who said COVID was a "staged event" by the US military, with vaccines used to control the population. Reform has not responded to our story revealing his views bylinetimes.com/2026/04/15/r...