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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 2d

#ScotlandsRainforest grows in a zone with high rainfall right through the year. But with Wildfire Warnings becoming more common in Scotland’s springs and summers, how much of a threat do fires pose to this already vulnerable habitat? buff.ly/zlUM1Fh
📷 Samuel Lindsay

A fire burning in an area of rainforest, with young birch trees on fire, and blackened by the flames.

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 2d

Can you help remove invasive rhododendrons from #ScotlandsRainforest? @actinargyll.bsky.social is contracting for rope specialists to help tackle some of the most challenging sites. Is this role for you? buff.ly/iYWJKVp
📷 Caz Austen

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 6d

Trees for Life and Woodland Trust Scotland are looking for volunteers to help collect native tree seeds! While most restoration work in #ScotlandsRainforest is through encouraging nature regeneration, sometimes people need to give the trees a helping hand. Find out more:

Tree seed collection - Trees for Life

Working with The Tree Seed Collection Project is a collaborative project between Woodland Trust Scotland and Trees for Life. The project is funded by Woodland Trust Scotland, thanks to support from…

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 6d

This is your last chance to apply for an amazing opportunity with National Trust for Scotland and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh for a two-year role working on some of the finest lichen habitats in Scotland, including #ScotlandsRainforest! The closing date is tomorrow
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📷 Laura Corbe

A group of lichens of all different textures and colours all growing together

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 19d

@asrainforest.bsky.social partners joined us in West Cowal this week🌿 We explored Ash & Hazel refugia, saw cattle grazing trials at Kyles of Bute, and shared ideas on tackling Rhododendron at scale. Showers, lichens & an Osprey rounded off an inspiring day in #ScotlandsRainforest!
📷 Ian Dow/ACT

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 9d

Both Knapdale and Loch Arkaig have had the honour of being included in the first four Nature30 sites to be announced by NatureScot. This recognises areas that deliver positive, sustained, and long-term outcomes for biodiversity 👏 buff.ly/waKiLiD
📷 Jill Donnachie & Richard Thompson

Looking up the trunk of a mossy oak tree with polypody ferns and dark branches above

Looking out from the shores of a rippling loch towards trees and islands, with the blue sky beyond.

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Sep 5

Join the work to save #ScotlandsRainforest! Find out about latest the latest job opportunities here: buff.ly/7uvYC7H #jobs #vacancies #jobvacancies

Jobs — Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest

Whether you’re a scientist, a project manager, a fundraiser, or a communicator, there are lots of roles that support the ongoing work to restore and protect Scotland’s rainforest. There are also…

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Sep 4

Great video from Scottish Forestry 👇
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#ScotlandsRainforest

Forestry Supports Scotland's Rainforest

Discover how the Woodland Grazing Grant is helping a Highland farm improve rare woodland and boost biodiversity.

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Sep 4

There's not much still in bloom at this time of the year in #ScotlandsRainforest. But one flower to look out for is Devil's-bit scabious. The story of its name goes that the Devil, apparently upset at the flower's healing abilities, bit off its roots. 😈
📷 Jenny Tweedie

A purple globe-shaped flower with pin-like stamens and a blurred background

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Sep 2

Event: Walking and talking trees. Discover how farmers Katharine and David Lowrie are transforming their farm to dramatically increase biodiversity by planting new native broadleaves on a third of their land. 9 Sep 2025 10AM-1PM, Tighnabruaich. buff.ly/QRNqbrS
📷 Niall Benvie

An oak sapling viewed looking down onto the leaves

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Sep 2

You can see fungi all-year-round in #ScotlandsRainforest, but autumn is a particularly good time to look out for different species.
📷 John MacPherson Laura Corbe

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Aug 28

Fly agaric will be starting to appear in the birch woodlands of #ScotlandsRainforest, a sign that autumn isn't far away. These fabled fungi form symbiotic relationships with the trees around them, but they're toxic to humans. 📷 Ben Andrew

A fly agaric toadstool with a blurred dark background

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Aug 27

As the seasons change in #ScotlandsRainforest, there are lots of early signs of autumn to look out for, like the red berries on rowan trees. Did you know that rowans have a long association with magic in Scotland?? 🧙 Find out more: buff.ly/LSxMd7n
📷 Andy Hay

Big bunches of red rowan berries hanging from a tree

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Aug 26

You might see filmy ferns growing in #ScotlandsRainforest. They're easy to mistake for moss or liverworts, but they're very very tiny ferns! The one you're most likely to see is Wilson's filmy fern, named for William Wilson, a 19th century botanist. 📷 John MacPherson

A hand running over a green mass of tiny ferns growing on a vertical surface.

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Aug 25

Event: Walking and talking trees. Discover how farmers Katharine and David Lowrie are transforming their farm to dramatically increase biodiversity by planting new native broadleaves on a third of their land. 9 Sep 2025 10AM-1PM, Tighnabruaich. buff.ly/QRNqbrS
📷 Niall Benvie

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Aug 22

Help the Our Rainforest Futures project by filling in their short survey! buff.ly/YAQTW0e What you tell them will help shape a funding bid for 5 years of work across the rainforest zone, which will mobilise and equip people to get stuck in to saving #ScotlandsRainforest.
📷 John MacPherson

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Aug 21

Great article by @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Magic mushrooms: how scientists discovered fungi are the secret ingredient for restoring the world’s forests

Healthy fungal networks help trees and plants grow, making them key to successful reforestation. The only problem? Almost nothing is known about this subterranean ecology

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Aug 20

Glasdrum Wood, on the edge of Loch Creran, is a remnant of #ScotlandsRainforest that's rich in woodland flowers, mosses, liverworts and lichens. This National Nature Reserve is also home to 20 species of butterfly!
📷 John MacPherson

A beautiful Scottish river valley with mountains on the horizon and temperate rainforest coating the rolling hills. The sun is just coming up and glinting on the river.

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Aug 18

Our blog has loads of great articles about #ScotlandsRainforest: from tick facts to photography, birch to bird cherries, and fascinating facts about the doctrine of signatures. Find out more:

Blog — Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest

Blog with events and news from the Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest, with guest posts from partners such as the Woodland Trust, Butterfly Conservation Scotland, Plantlife, and RSPB Scotland.

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Aug 18

"Lochaber nature restoration partnership, Loch Abar Mòr, will use volunteers to collect seeds before they are dispersed over burnt ground on Glenuig Estate. "

Drones to scatter seeds over wildfire damaged land in Lochaber

A nature restoration group is to target its Seeds from the Sky project at areas of a Lochaber estate.

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Aug 15

Looking to get involved in the work to save #ScotlandsRainforest? There's a great role available right now. Invitation to tender: Developing a Governance Body for a Fund for Scotland’s Rainforest. Find out more:

Invitation to tender — Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest

The Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest is looking for a contractor to scope out the governance body for a potential new Fund for Scotland’s Rainforest. Deadline for applications is 9am Monday 8…

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Aug 15

If you're visiting Scotland's rainforest zone this weekend, please take care! A wildfire warning is in place. Avoid open fires or barbecues, be careful with cigarettes and take your rubbish home. 🥵 🔥 🚒 🌳 #ScotlandsRainforest

Wildfire Warning: 13-19 August 2025

A 'very high' risk of wildfire comes into effect from tomorrow, Wednesday, 13 August and remains in place until Tuesday, 19 August.

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · Aug 14

Find out more about what @actinargyll.bsky.social have been up to in the last few weeks with their August update - including a visit to #ScotlandsRainforest by @jennimintomsp.bsky.social (check out those brollies!)
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MSP Jenny Minto with staff from ACT and Plantlife standing in Scotlands Rainforest holding green umbrellas

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Aug 8

The magic of a Scottish rainforest.

A wonderfully majestic old oak in Glenuig, on the northwest coast.

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · Aug 11

Goat willow is an awesome substrate for lichens characteristic of #ScotlandsRainforest. This 📷 features at least 8 species. We especially 💚 the octopus suckers (Gabura fascicularis)! 👏 to volunteer Laura for sharing images of #Dunollie Wood. More ➡️ buff.ly/fq6BpKu @asrainforest.bsky.social

A willow tree truck densely covered in a range of colourful lichens, mosses and liverworts, at least eight species but probably many more. Credit Laura Corbe - WTML

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