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Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com

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Mountain Leader, wildlife guide, otter groupie, I love nature, and I love science ♥️🦦🌳🪲🪼🌸🦉🦎🦈 Also a wannabe runner, thwarted cyclist, sometime rock climber, lapsed archaeologist. The Isle of Arran is my home and I frequently crop up in other places too 😃.

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Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · Mar 15

Well, here I am on substack. My introduction, and a bit of a "why." Go easy on me. It's the most personal thing I've ever written.
snoweider.substack.com/p/outsider

Outsider

Substack is no longer where the cool kids hang out. How do I know? Because I’m here…

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Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · 29d

👏Well done!

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little-mice-in-sky.bsky.social @little-mice-in-sky.bsky.social · Sep 9

It's the highlight of every child, mine included, I know.
It's an investment, tangible and intangible, not an expenditure.

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Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · Sep 9

I've worked for a few private schools over the years. They frequently have whole departments for Outdoor Ed.

Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · Sep 9

The evidence for the benefits of outdoor education is there for all to see. This would be a game changer.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Should all pupils get the right to an outdoor education week?

The Scottish government must choose to fund outdoor education or a bill aiming to give all children the experience will fail.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · Aug 30

WTAF?!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hundreds of wildfires sparked by 'live-fire' military manoeuvres

Live explosives on army training sites in the UK countryside mean many wildfires cannot be tackled.

www.bbc.co.uk

Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · Aug 25

Slime mould! Fuligo candidans I think. 🤓

A white blob of sticky icky goo on a rotten log.

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Dr Emma Garnett @emmagarnett.bsky.social · Aug 24

It is so so SO refreshing to hear a UK farmer say simply we need to eat less meat.

This whole interview with Guy Watson-Singh is excellent.
I also completely agree we need to spend more on food and much much less on rent.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Just eat less meat’
Singh-Watson may believe he has softened. But for many years he has been an iconoclastic voice among farmers. Take meat: most British farmers reject calls to eat less red meat to reduce damage to the environment and people’s health. Singh-Watson says eat good meat but less often: just 5% of what Riverford sells is meat. He had shared an organic chicken with eight people the previous evening: “I probably won’t buy another one for a month.”
“I spent a lot of time looking at the evidence on [the impact of meat] and it was overwhelming,” he says. “Ten billion people can’t live sustainably on this planet if we are eating anything like the level of meat consumed in a western diet. The only answer is we just eat less meat, dairy and eggs.”

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · Aug 22

HUGE numbers of Adonis Blue at Fontmell Down in North Dorset today, over 200 in 30 mins, one every 5m in places. Just like the old days. Also 4 Silver-spotted Skipper. Grazing looks perfect, but mighty dry. Well done @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Silver-spotted Skipper on Field Scabious

View of main slope at Fontmell Down in Dorset looking brown after the long dry spell

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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · Aug 23

Drying out.

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Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · Aug 22

Creating pathways for pollinators: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Bee buffets’: the pollinator pathways turning drab alleys into insect havens

Corridors of nectar-rich plants encourage pollination and brighten up city streets at the same time

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Reid FRGS @teamwalking.bsky.social · Aug 21

Highlights from this week’s 3 day expedition from Keswick to Ambleside via the Central Lake District fells.

Beautifully quiet, fantastic views and two nights of wild camping. Leave no trace - we even fluffed up the grass!

Join me for an adventure to remember.
www.teamwalking.co.uk/event-catego...

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Huw Griffiths @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social · Aug 21

My whale photo got shortlisted in the Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk ‬ Photographer of the Year competition. It is of a whale's chin! Do me a favour and give it a vote here and check out the other amazing photos: www.surveymonkey.com/r/T23CPZC
@bas.ac.uk

the underside of a humpback whale chin sticking out of the ocean. It is covered in barnacles

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Paul Sokoloff @paulsokoloff.bsky.social · Aug 19

Back in cell service after fieldwork on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, and the plants were stunning!

The Lapland poppy, Oreomecon lapponica, sends up satellite dish shaped yellow flowers with four broad petals arranged in a shallow cup.

The hairy lousewort, Pedicularis hirsuta, with sprays of pink flowers arranged in a whorl along the central stem in amongst tufts of white hairs.

The spider saxifrage, Saxifraga flagellaris, has three yellow flowers on the top of a red stem with a red spray of leaves at the bottom. Thin red runners spread out in all directions from the base of the plant.

The sudetan lousewort, Pedicularis albolabiata, has a showy crown of white flowers with little pink helmets. The white flowers have pink dots, and are located on the top of a green stem.

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Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · Aug 18

Congratulations!!

Gavin Corbett @gavincorbett.bsky.social · Aug 18

I was a Corbett on my final Corbett: Sgurr Dhomhnuill!

Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · Aug 18

Keds... *shudders*
Lovely photos though!

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Tim Jones @timsbirding.bsky.social · Aug 18

Interesting job with Forestry England as Species Recovery Officer working on Beavers and Pine Martens in Yorkshire www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi...

Quick Check Needed

www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk

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Steve Carter @shieldaig.bsky.social · Aug 17

Looking south over Upper Loch Torridon towards Beinn na h-Eaglaise and Beinn Damh; 7:00 this morning.

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Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · Jul 30

Sticking your hand in someone mouth and grabbing their tongue is not helpful!

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Checking airways before CPR on athletes may increase risk of death, study says

First response should be chest compressions rather than preventing ‘tongue swallowing’, researchers suggest

www.theguardian.com

Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · Jul 29

@gavincorbett.bsky.social Hi Gavin- I've had a notification that I have a message from you but can't access it. Can you email me at [email protected] thanks!

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Walk Wheel Cycle Trust Scotland @wwctrustscot.bsky.social · Jul 25

"I think cargo bikes can shift the way that people view cycling" 💭

Our new report explores the potential of #CargoBikes, and what can be done to encourage wider uptake across Scotland.

Read more 👉 t.co/w4PwPTezhq

White, green and navy graphic featuring a quote from Eve in Edinburgh, pictured cycling on a road in a white helmet and sunglasses: "I think cargo bikes can shift the way that people view cycling. They can carry people and goods around the city more quickly and cheaply than cars and vans, and with far less environmental cost. Edinburgh could be a real pace setter here, but there is a desperate need for more segregated cycle lanes."

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Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · Jul 25

The images we see on our news pages are snapshots of the lives of human beings enduring immense suffering.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

The story behind the photograph of a starving Gaza baby

Photographer Ahmed al-Arini told BBC Newshour he had to catch his breath between each photograph.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Jul 24

Tomorrow's front page 📰

Convicted US felon to arrive in Scotland

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Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · Jul 24

Nice to see the Waverley as my ferry arrived in Brodick today (even if we did have to bob around in circles for 20 mins while we waited for her to come off the pier!).

A paddle steamer passing by in Brodick Bay with Goatfell in the background.

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Lucy Jones @challengelucy.bsky.social · Jul 24

Oscar Onley 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💪🏻 💙 #tdf

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Lucy Wallace - arranwildwalks.com @snoweider.bsky.social · Jul 24

Home after a busy few weeks working in Switzerland. It's been a blast but I am so happy to be back on Arran!

Descending from the summit of Pic Chaussy. Young people in sunhats walking away from the camera on a narrow alpine ridge path.

A group on the Glacier at Glacier 3000. Patches of snow, ice and rock mirrored by a mixed sky of clouds and blue.

A.selfie- shades and orange sunhat, with a mountain backdrop.

The dark red pyramid of a black vanilla orchid.

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