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Future Economy Scotland @futureeconscot.bsky.social · 7d

🌿 Scotland’s peatlands pledge is falling short, but there’s a fairer way forward.🧵

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Rewild Scotland @rewildscotland.bsky.social · 6d

Rewilding can bring back biodiversity whilst still supporting food production and employment. Images from the Rewilding charity SCOTLAND: The Big Picture

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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 6d

A mandatory swift brick for every new home won't be supported by Housing Secretary Steve Reed. That's quite a u-turn from the former Environment Secretary. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes

Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job

www.theguardian.com

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Patrick Barkham @patrickbarkham.bsky.social · 3d

So much global political doom and gloom but so much heartening action happening at grassroots - the more we all take part in local, loving action for the planet (and us), the better we all feel and the more real hope for the future. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Next great leap’: grassroots movement to wild East Anglia goes national

Set up by three ‘eco-anxious’ farmers, WildEast has created UK-wide version of pledge to encourage people to restore nature

www.theguardian.com

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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 11d

Here’s to the birdwatchers! Optimistic, slightly eccentric custodians of wonder and joy and passion and love

At its heart, birdwatching is an act of quiet rebellion, says Natalie Kyriacou. It is the gentle act of noticing – the willingness to see the world around you

www.theguardian.com

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 18d

You might easily take this for tropical rainforest in some faraway country.

But it's an Irish temperate rainforest, a much *rarer* habitat.

And it's equally threatened, only by masses of deer, goats, and sheep, rather than chainsaws or bulldozers.

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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 18d

Innovation awards selection #NatureOfScotlandAwards

Hans Unkles

www.itllneverwork.boats

It'll Never Work | UK's 1st Solar Powered Electric Fishing Boat

A fascinating documentary following the build of Lorna Jane, the UK’s first fully electric commercial fishing boat built by Hans Unkles. Stream online now.

www.itllneverwork.boats

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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 18d

FYI @ailsamcl.bsky.social

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Innovation awards selection #NatureOfScotlandAwards

Hans Unkles

www.itllneverwork.boats

It'll Never Work | UK's 1st Solar Powered Electric Fishing Boat

A fascinating documentary following the build of Lorna Jane, the UK’s first fully electric commercial fishing boat built by Hans Unkles. Stream online now.

www.itllneverwork.boats

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Atlantic Salmon Trust @ast-salmon.bsky.social · Sep 18

📢 West Coast Tracking Project shortlisted for 2025 Nature of Scotland Awards 📢

Find out more at atlanticsalmontrust.org/west-coast-t...

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West Coast Tracking Project shortlisted for 2025 Nature of Scotland Awards - The Atlantic Salmon Trust

We are delighted to report that the West Coast Tracking Project, a partnership between the Atlantic Salmon Trust, Fisheries Management Scotland, and the Scottish Government's Marine Directorate, has b...

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Ian Denton @iand777.bsky.social · 20d

1/5 Wren Roosts
As autumn progresses the wrens in the garden will be seeking out cold weather roost sites.
Here they use the log shed - they love something that is cave-like.
The wren is the last bird to go to roost - often in the half-light, as bats are emerging.
You need to watch carefully.
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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 18d

Hans Unkles a finalist in this years #NatureOfScotlandAwards, please see below Ailsa

www.seafish.org/responsible-...

www.seafish.org

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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 18d

www.seafish.org/responsible-...

Steaming on sunshine: The UK’s first solar powered fishing vessel | Seafish)

www.seafish.org

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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 18d

Hans Unkles a finalist in this years #NatureOfScotlandAwards, please see below Ailsa

www.seafish.org/responsible-...

www.seafish.org

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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 18d

cc @ailsamcl.bsky.social

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Steaming on sunshine: The UK’s first solar powered fishing vessel | Seafish)

www.seafish.org

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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 18d

Please explain or better still, apologise for your appalling legacy @mairigougeon.bsky.social

Ailsa McLellan @ailsamcl.bsky.social · Jul 15

4/4 #Salmon farms in Scotland are foreign owned. They pay relatively little tax, and strive for automation, whilst leaving us a legacy of pollution and damage. This is the antithesis of what should constitute a 'Good Food Nation' @mairigougeon.bsky.social

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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 18d

An appalling legacy from @mairigougeon.bsky.social as she heads towards the salmon fish farming plc

Howard L Wood OBE @howardlwood.bsky.social · Jun 9

LESS THAN 1% OF SCOTLAND'S seas are fully protected. 87% of inshore Marine Protected Areas allow Scallop Dredging & Bottom Trawling. @johnswinney.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australian government to declare almost a third of its oceans ‘highly protected’ in the next five years

Murray Watt tells UN conference in France a review of Australia’s marine parks will ‘lay the foundation’ for increasing ocean protections

www.theguardian.com

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Howard L Wood OBE @howardlwood.bsky.social · May 30

More than a national scandal, it's verging on corruption by senior civil servants who have allowed Regulatory Capture by big fishing trade bodies. Time for a full independent Inquiry. Happy to provide reams of evidence. @johnswinney.bsky.social @mairigougeon.bsky.social

www.itv.com/news/2025-05...

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Ailsa McLellan @ailsamcl.bsky.social · Jul 9

A lovely palaemon shrimp in the oyster hoisters today. #marinelife

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Ailsa McLellan @ailsamcl.bsky.social · Jul 15

4/4 #Salmon farms in Scotland are foreign owned. They pay relatively little tax, and strive for automation, whilst leaving us a legacy of pollution and damage. This is the antithesis of what should constitute a 'Good Food Nation' @mairigougeon.bsky.social

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Ailsa McLellan @ailsamcl.bsky.social · Aug 27

Another example of the stranglehold the foreign owned #Salmon industry has over the @snp.org
This contentious site was given the go ahead despite overwhelming objections. #regulatorcapture
www.salmonbusiness.com/first-semi-c...

First semi-closed salmon farm in Scotland approved following appeal

Scottish ministers approve Loch Long semi-closed salmon farm after appeal. Scottish ministers have granted planning permission for Loch Long Salmon’s proposed semi-closed containment system (SCCS) far...

www.salmonbusiness.com

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Enviro Matters @enviromatters.bsky.social · Sep 15

Encouraging read, been going on for a while in NZ & Nordics

“The high-level math that we’ve come up with is a financial break-even point of about 4 to 5 years, over a 10-year time span, you’re definitely coming out way ahead"

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Electric boats splash down in rural Maine's coastal waters

Battery-powered vessels are catching on in the U.S. and globally as the tech improves. In Maine's Casco Bay, early adopters are using e-boats on oyster…

www.canarymedia.com

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Andy Paton @andypaton.bsky.social · 20d

Helen, very many thanks 👍

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Rob Edwards @robedwards5.bsky.social · 28d

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Salmon farmer accused of blocking UK investigations into alleged animal rights breaches

Faroese firm Bakkafrost wants to ban campaigner Don Staniford from going within 15 metres of its fish farms

www.theguardian.com

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