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Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · Aug 26

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2541415...

'We’ve got encroaching forestry. It's swamping the town, economically, physically'

The land around Langholm is changing, driven by nature restoration ambitions, carbon and timber market. But it's a forestry scheme that has upset…

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Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · Jul 18

Scottish Woodlands offered a 'voluntary' Environmental Impact Assessment on Warblaw because of the 'complexity of the site and level of issues raised'.
Many more issues were raised at scoping meeting.
Scottish Forestry must not grant permission.
"The battle is just beginning!"

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · May 10

Kicked off the paperback tour for THE LIE OF THE LAND with a talk at Chipping Camden Lit Fest this eve, in conversation with the journalist Lindsay Mackie - chatting about land use, pheasants, moorland burning, community ownership & the momentum behind land reform in England currently!

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Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · May 3

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#sitka #sitkaspruce #scottishforestry #biodiversity #plantation #savenature #moorland #peatland @bengoldsmith.bsky.social

Todrig threatened by Sitka spruce plantation, Scottish Borders.

YouTube video by Stobo Hope

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Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · May 3

SWAG is hosting an exhibition of their objections to James Jones' forestry proposals for Warblaw.
POP-UP SHOP, LANGHOLM, 12th - 17th May, 11am - 4pm.
Pop in to see maps, photos, videos, press-cuttings and more.
Special Bake Sale, Thurs 15th May, 11am - 2pm
to kickstart our fundraising campaign.

Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · May 1

This is what 330 hectares of Spruce plantation looks like, on the SW slopes of Warblaw. We are fighting a proposal to plant another 300 hectares of conifers on the other side of this small hill.
#sitka #sitkaplantation #biodiversity #scottishforestry #nature #peat #peatland #moorland @BenGoldsmith

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · Apr 28

REVEALED: only 5% of Forestry Commission grants for woodland creation have been spent on the natural regeneration of trees, while the remaining 95% is spent on tree planting.

The government needs to change the rules.

My FOI request & comment in the Guardian:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’

Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for planting

www.theguardian.com

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Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · Apr 26

Warblaw Hill is part of Langholm, which is why we are objecting to commercial forestry here. We don't want Sitka Spruce plantations on our doorstep.
#sitka #sitkaspruce #scottishforestry #scottishlandscape #biodiversity #monoculture #invasivespecies #peat #peatland #moorland

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Nick Acheson @themarshtit.bsky.social · Apr 21

I think there are 3 male cuckoos on my regular walk this year (though cuckoos are movey-around things). There are certainly 2. This one has a balanced song, with a good cuck and a good oo. The one half a mile upriver has a respectable cuck but his oo is appalling. I almost want to send him back.

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · Apr 22

83% of the British public wants the government to do MORE to tackle the climate crisis

Remember that when you hear Farage and Badenoch opposing net zero and claiming to be tribunes of the people - they’re really just doing the fossil fuel industry’s bidding

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it?

Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not

www.theguardian.com

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Apr 21

Only about 3 or 4 years ago, a deathly silent sitka plantation was clear felled here. Now it's thick with wild native trees, NONE of which was planted. It's already heaving with insects + birds, and will keep getting better if left alone.

THIS is how we should be bringing our forests back.
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Apr 21

It’s #WorldCurlewDay 💚

So here's 5 things Curlews are better at than you… a thread.

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Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · Apr 19

Sphagnum Moss was collected from the peat bogs on Warblaw to use as wound dressings during both World Wars.
#sphagnummoss #moss #bryophytes #peat #peatbog #peatland #heritage #carboncapture #healingnature

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Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · Apr 10

#environment #environmentalimpactassessment #peat #peatland #carboncapture #climatecrisis #sitkaspruce

Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · Apr 6

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2506373...

Call to halt huge Scottish Borders tree planting scheme

A Scottish Borders community council has called for the halting of a proposed giant tree-planting scheme and echoed other community groups in…

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Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · Apr 5

A date for your diary.
#ceilidh #langholm #actiongroup

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Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · Apr 4

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A penguin pointing w a stick at a pic sitting on an easel of a Tesla w a pigeon flying over head pooping on it as 3 pigeons look on

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Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · Apr 4

"An inherent risk to biodiversity and community..." - the proposed 500 hectare forest at Todrig near Ashkirk in the Scottish Borders.
Reported in the Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser.
#biodiversity #nature #environment #community #scottishforestry #sitka #sitkaspruce #invasivespecies #monoculture

Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · Apr 2

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

#peat #peatland #carbonsink #environment #biodiversity

Chelsea Flower Show: peat to be used for another two years

The Royal Horticultural Society has delayed a blanket peat ban, blaming governments for a lack of progress on the legislation

www.thetimes.com

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Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · Mar 31

Peatland burning ban aims to protect wildlife and England’s carbon stores
theguardian.com/environment/...
Peatland burning ban aims to protect wildlife and England’s carbon stores
#peat #peatland #carbonstore #deeppeat

Peatland burning ban aims to protect wildlife and England’s carbon stores

Labour’s measures to ban deep-peat burning aim to safeguard habitats, tackle carbon emissions, and protect wildlife, so why are hunters up in arms?

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Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · Mar 30

The Northern Brown Angus buttefly is at risk in this 400HA commercial forestry proposal in the Scottish Borders.

Scheme Ref – 25FGS84239
Scheme name – Todrig NWC
Grid Ref – NT411184
Nearest town – Ashkirk

Please send comments ASAP to: [email protected] by 01/04/2025

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Barn Owl Trust @barnowltrust.bsky.social · Mar 27

What is a Barn Owl home range? 🦉🏠🌳
It's the area a Barn Owl uses for hunting, roosting & breeding. Barn Owls are non-territorial & their home ranges are huge - expanding up to 5000 hectares in winter, which is more than 7000 football pitches!⚽
More info here 👉 www.barnowltrust.org.uk/barn-owl-fac...

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · Mar 28

The Spring edition of Butterfly magazine has landed with our members 🙌

Features include 50 years of butterfly monitoring, how to help in a Butterfly Emergency, moth migrations, and more!

Become a member today to get your copy 👉 butrfli.es/2X3U7oi

📷: Andrew Fusek-Peters
@ukbms.bsky.social #UKBMS50

Front cover of Butterfly Conservation's 'Butterfly' magazine, featuring a series of photos stitched together to show a Glanville Fritillary butterfly taking off from a patch of pink sea thrift flowers, with white coastal cliffs and blue sky behind.

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Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · Mar 27

www.scotsman.com/hays-way/pla...
#biodiversity #nature #coniferplantations #forestry #sitkaspruce #sitka #scottishforestry #butterflies

Plans for 500-hectare Scottish plantation lodged as forestry called 'inherent risk' to community

Campaigners claim the cumulative impact of large-scale conifer plantations is having a negative impact on communities and biodiversity in the region.

www.scotsman.com

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Save Warblaw Action Group @savewarblawaction.bsky.social · Mar 26

www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2503...

'There’s a feeling that this is an area to which things are done.'

A report from Just Transition Commission says people want a say and stake in tree-planting. It echoes what we found in The Herald's Scotland's…

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