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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 11h

Challenge Poverty Week runs until 11 October. In Argyll and Bute, the Cost of Rural Living citizens' panel wants affordable food essentials in rural shops. Co-op member? Back them by filling in the member survey by Fri 9 Oct. buff.ly/rqypN95 @@povertyalliance.org #ChallengePoverty

Bold blue-and-pink campaign graphic reading "WITH COMPASSION AND JUSTICE WE CAN END POVERTY," featuring a pink heart with a raised fist, a "Challenge Poverty Week" badge, and a footer linking povertyalliance.org/CPW with hashtags #ChallengePoverty #CPW

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

It's #ScotClimateWeek! 🌿 Here in Argyll we're regenerating rainforest and peatlands, seed saving with MAKI Pups and getting people on bikes with reCycle. Through ABCAN, we helped support the world's first Carbon Literate primary school at Cardross. More: buff.ly/9ZVGDZn

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's Scotland's Climate Week (28 Sept to 4 Oct)! 🌍 All week we'll be sharing climate action from across our work, from rainforest and peatland regeneration to community projects through ABCAN. #ScotClimateWeek buff.ly/9ZVGDZn How are you taking climate action this week? Tell us in the comments 👇

Green graphic with white text reading "Let's celebrate Scotland's Climate Week". Below is an illustration of the Earth in blue and green, circled by a yellow ring with a small seedling growing from its base. Text underneath reads "28 September to 4 October 2026" and "#ScotClimateWeek" in a blue button.

Green graphic with white text reading "We are getting ready for the effects of climate change." Below is a white line illustration of a house and tree standing in floodwater, with a rain cloud above. A light green button at the bottom reads "#ScotClimateWeek".

Purple graphic with white text reading "We are taking care of nature." Below is an illustration of two people planting a young tree, one kneeling beside it and the other digging with a spade. A green button at the bottom reads "#ScotClimateWeek".

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Low income in Argyll and Bute with a heat pump at home? @povertyalliance.org wants to hear from you at a research workshop, in Inveraray on Tues 6 Oct or online later in October. £70 voucher plus travel and childcare support. Contact Lauren.Wilks@povertyalliance.org #Argyllandbute

Poverty Alliance flyer with a red house icon. Pink headline text asks: "Do you live on a low income in Argyll and Bute? Do you have a heat pump in your home?" The flyer invites adults on low incomes with heat pumps, including social housing tenants, private renters and homeowners in rural, semi-rural and island areas, to share their experiences in a three-hour group research workshop. One workshop is in person in Inveraray on Tuesday 6 October and another is online in mid to late October. Participants receive a £70 voucher, travel expenses and a contribution to childcare costs where needed. Information shared will be stored securely and participants will not be identifiable in research outputs. Contact Lauren Wilks at Lauren.Wilks@povertyalliance.org or 07469 457525.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Our September ABCAN newsletter is out! Climate cinema, oyster and rainforest regeneration at West Loch Tarbert, our Food Resilience webinar series, the Great British Beach Clean and a first look at Echoes to Action. Read it here: buff.ly/V0xwwxZ #FoodResilience #ClimateAction #abplace2b

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We were delighted to welcome Jenni Minto MSP, Scotland's Rainforest Champion, to the Hub for Argyll Rainforest Network Day. She later commended @asrainforest.bsky.social and our West Cowal Habitat Recording project in Parliament 🌳 Watch the debate here: buff.ly/KlCN9RV #ScotlandsRainforest

Community group gathered for an outdoor meeting in a woodland clearing, people seated on benches and logs listening to Jenni Minto MSP by a tree, with a wooden fence and tall trees forming a natural amphitheater.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Congratulations to our own Jamie Joyce, now a Carbon Literacy Consultant, the highest level of the Trainer Certification Scheme. That expertise feeds directly into our Cliamte Action work here in Argyll 💚

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Congratulations to Jamie Joyce on becoming a Carbon Literacy Consultant! Jamie's expertise feeds straight into our Climate Action work here in Argyll 💚

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Lucy joined a @@savebutterflies.bsky.social event last week, learning how two Argyll farms manage grassland for the Marsh Fritillary. Light cattle grazing, uneven tussocky ground and scabious-rich meadows are proving a winning mix for this rare butterfly 🦋 #ScotlandsRainforest #PeatlandACTION

A meadow of tall grasses dotted with many small purple wildflowers, sloping toward a dark treeline with a stone cottage at the right, evoking a quiet rural landscape.

Dew-covered funnel of spider silk woven among grass and dry stems, sheltering a curled brown leaf and dotted with many tiny dark specks.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

⏰ Applications close Monday, don't miss out! Muddy boots, big smiles, we'd love you to join us outdoors!

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

ABCAN is launching Food Resilience in Our Changing Climate webinar series. First up, 22 Sept: deer management and rainforest regeneration with Stephen Sloss from Forest, Field and Glen and our Rainforest Manager Ian Dow. Free, online: bit.ly/3SxRGvX #FoodResilience #ScotlandsRainforest

Flyer for ABCAN's "Food Resilience in Our Changing Climate" webinar series. Lists three free online sessions: deer management on 22 September, seed sovereignty on 20 October, and thriving seas on 17 November, each with date, speaker names and a short description. Includes a "book your free place" link and the ABCAN and ACT logos.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Last month Heather joined volunteers at Torridon NNR to remove invasive western red cedar. After lunch together, we gathered natural materials on a walk round the village and spent the afternoon with Sophie from Our Rainforest Futures making cyanotype and relief prints 🌿 #ScotlandsRainforest

Volunteers standing in a line at the edge of a pine woodland with a grassy hill and mountain behind, smiling and holding pruning tools, saplings and gloves after a conservation work session.

Volunteers planting and tending young conifer saplings in a grassy, fern-filled woodland clearing beneath a cloudy sky, adults using tools and a child helping.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚴 If you need a bicycle to help you get to work, interviews or training, we can help. Our reCycle scheme provides a free refurbished bike, helmet, lock and lights. Please share with anyone who might benefit. recycle@act-now.org.uk

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

MAKI Pups Outdoor Nursery is recruiting a Practitioner or Senior Practitioner in Lochgilphead. All levels welcome. Apply by Mon 14 Sept: buff.ly/vg4QPLd #outdoorlearning #Argyll

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Seeds, Stories, Coille-Uisge 🌰 Join us for a guided seed collecting walk at Ardfern, with forest folklore, Gaelic plantlore & foraged treats. 📅 Fri 4 Sept, 2-5pm 📍 Ardfern Village Store Free, book below 👇 buff.ly/y2Npn68 #ScotlandsRainforest

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Still time to catch the #TARP Photostories exhibition in Dunoon before it closes on 25 August, powerful images and personal stories exploring the rural poverty premium in Argyll and Bute and Aberdeenshire.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Our ABCAN newsletter for August is out now! This month we're looking at sustainable food across Argyll and Bute, foraging, regenerative farming, cutting food waste and more. Read it here: buff.ly/xV5L9bY #Argyll #ABPlacetobe

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Rain or shine, we've been out at the rural shows this August! On Saturday 8 August, Jenni Minto MSP called in to our stand at Mid Argyll Show for a chat about our habitat and community work. Thanks to everyone who came by. #Argyll #argyllrainforest #peatlandrestoration

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Brilliant news! We've been awarded £50,796 by the Drax Foundation to support our rainforest work in Argyll 🌿 Funding goes towards our Rainforest Squad, woodland team, Rainforest Hub, tree nursery, community engagement, and volunteering. Read more: buff.ly/6KVDVOg #ScotlandsRainforest

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Great time at #KintyreShow and #MidArgyllShow last week! Thanks to everyone who stopped by for a chat about peatland regeneration and #ScotlandsRainforest. Catch us next at Islay Show (13 Aug) and Oban Games (27 Aug). #Argyll #PeatlandACTION

ACT stall at an agricultural show, with a marquee, display boards on peatlands and Scotland's rainforest, and a member of the team standing behind the table.

Display boards showing ten years of ACT's impact, information on Scotland's rainforest and its threats, and case studies of peatland regeneration in Argyll, illustrated with field photos

Table display with books on peatland biology and restoration, an FSC field guide to sphagnum mosses, jars of moss samples, and two trays of sphagnum moss specimens for visitors to examine.

Table display of Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest leaflets, including guides to lichens and rainforest management, alongside resin-cast moss and lichen specimens and a nature journal open to an August page

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Have you been involved in our rainforest work in Argyll? We'd love to hear from you, volunteers, event attendees, landowners and partners all welcome. Takes 5 minutes, closes Friday 21 August 🌿 buff.ly/1xo7xhn @asrainforest.bsky.social 📷 Stephen Carter

A group of people gather around an ancient moss-covered oak tree in Argyll's temperate rainforest, surrounded by lush green vegetation

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Fancy winning a £2,000 luxury holiday (or cash alternative)? 🌴✨ Every ticket bought for the Argyll Community Lottery Super Draw supports our work here at ACT, nature, climate and community projects across Argyll. Enter here 👉 bit.ly/4vRCAia

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

⏰ Closing soon! ABCAN Seed Fund grants of £50–£1,000 for community-led climate action across Argyll and Bute. Apply by 2 August. 🔗 buff.ly/uhrpDcM #Argyllandbute #climateaction

Collage of hand-painted cardboard climate pledge signs outside the Snowdrop Centre, Mid Argyll, reading messages like 'I will grow plants for community plant share', 'Each day I will do an act of kindness for the planet' and 'Find out your footprint'. Overlaid text reads: ABCAN Seed Fund, empowering local climate action. Grants of between £50 and £1,000 to support community-led climate action projects across Argyll and Bute. Apply by 2 August 2026, bit.ly/ABCANClimateFund. Includes Argyll & Bute Climate Action Network, Net Zero Scotland and Let's Do Net Zero logos

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Happy Bog Day! Celebrating the brilliance of bogs 🌿 Argyll's peatlands store carbon, clean water, slow flooding and shelter specialist wildlife. Here's why they matter #InternationalBogDay #PeatlandACTION #peatlandsmatter

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Our Peatland Action team spent three days on Jura last week, walking the site to finalise our restoration plans. A break in the weather let us fly the drone over gully and micro erosion areas we're aiming to restore. 🌿 #PeatlandACTION #Argyll #Jura

Aerial view of blanket bog moorland with pools and channels of water. Two people in high-visibility orange and yellow jackets stand beside a tracked all-terrain vehicle, with a drone landing marker and equipment case on the ground nearby.

Close-up aerial view of eroded peatland showing a network of dark peat hags and vegetated hummocks surrounding pools of standing water, with a narrow stream channel running through open moorland at the edges.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Still time to apply! We're looking for chainsaw operatives to join our Rainforest Squad across sites in Argyll & Bute. £25K-£29K p/a, 35 hrs/wk. Closes 12 noon, Friday 24th July. Full details: buff.ly/5z3ePfm #ScotlandsRainforest #Argyll

Graphic reading 'ACT Rainforest Squad Operative – Argyll & Bute, Closing Soon! Apply by Friday 24th July 2026' over a photo of Rainforest Squad operatives in high-vis clearing rhododendron beneath mossy oak woodland.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Earlier this month, Heather was out with volunteers from JPMorgan and Scottish Canals, clearing Himalayan Balsam from the carpark around Crinan Wood. Tackling invasive species helps protect our rainforest habitats. Thank you to everyone who got stuck in #ScotlandsRainforest #argyllrainforest

A group of volunteers in yellow hi-vis vests hold up pulled Himalayan Balsam plants beside a pile of cleared vegetation, with boats moored in the canal basin behind them.

Two volunteers in workwear clearing Himalayan Balsam from dense undergrowth, with foxgloves and cow parsley growing alongside a woodland burn.

A large pile of pulled Himalayan Balsam stems and leaves on the ground beside a woodland edge.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Heather was out at Waterfall Wood in Oban earlier this month for a community litter pick, filmed for BBC's Stacey Dooley Cleans Up! The day also marked the official opening of the Waterfall Wood Rainforest Trail. Thank you to everyone who joined in! #ScotlandsRainforest

Three women smiling for a photo outdoors, including Stacey Dooley, wearing ACT lanyards.

A group of volunteers and a film crew, including a boom microphone operator, working together beneath trees at Waterfall Wood.

A close-up of a carved wooden waymarker post reading "Fàilte" (Gaelic for welcome), with volunteers planting saplings in the background.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

What's food really like where you live? NHS Highland is developing a Good Food Nation Plan for the Highlands and Islands, and ABCAN is supporting this work as a partner. Whether town, village or rural, your voice matters. Survey (5-7 mins): buff.ly/nw4X1NV

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Our July ABCAN newsletter is out now 🌊 This month's theme is marine life, with spotlights on Kyles Coastal Community, Seawilding, Holy Loch Nature Reserve and the Argyll Hope Spot. Did you know Argyll has more coastline than the whole of France? Read it here: buff.ly/mMSrIyS

A snorkeller underwater holding a clump of seagrass, with another snorkeller visible in the background

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

New job with our Rainforest Squad 🌳 We're looking for an experienced chainsaw operative to help deliver regeneration and forest management work across sites in Argyll & Bute. £25K-£29K p/a, 35 hrs/wk. Closes Friday 24th July. Full details: buff.ly/jn8S2o2 #ScotlandsRainforest #Argyll

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We're Hiring: ACT Rainforest Squad Operative

New employment opportunity in Argyll's Rainforest

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Congratulations to Jamie Joyce, our Climate Manager, now certified as a Carbon Literacy Consultant, the highest trainer status in the @carbonliteracy.bsky.social network. One of just 12 trainers globally to hold this status 🌍 Read more: buff.ly/R9QwnsT #CarbonLiteracy #ABplacetobe

Jamie Joyce smiles at the camera holding a wooden Carbon Literate Organisation award, standing in front of the ACT sign at the Argyll Countryside Trust office. The Carbon Literacy Project Certified Consultant badge is overlaid in the bottom left corner.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

⏰ Still time to apply! Our Finance & Operations Assistant/Officer role closes Monday 6 July. Flexible location | £24,479–£29,000 | Job share considered. Please share! 👇https://www.act-now.org.uk/News/were-hiring-finance-and-operations-officer

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Our June newsletter is out now! Catch up on the latest from ACT: ABCAN Seed Fund, new team members, peatland recovery work, new blogs on Scotland's Rainforest, MAKI Pups Summer Holiday Club and more. Read it here: buff.ly/fLTI8Li

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Invasive non-native species are one of the biggest threats to Scotland's habitats, including Argyll's temperate rainforest 🌿 Small actions make a difference. Check Clean Dry, stick to paths, and record what you spot. #InvasiveSpeciesWeek #INNSWeek #ScotlandsRainforest

Members of the rainforest squad in high-visibility gear and safety helmets work to remove rhododendron ponticum at Glenan Wood, Argyll. Moss-covered oak trees and bluebells are visible in the foreground, with dense rhododendron thicket behind.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

📢 Community screening: The People's Emergency Briefing #PEBuk A powerful new film with leading UK scientists explaining what the climate & nature crisis and means for food, health, weather and the cost of living. Followed by a local discussion. 📍 Helensburgh 🗓 29 June, 7pm 🎟 Free: buff.ly/LXBzmk6

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Yesterday, on #WorldRainforestDay we visited Glen Shira, ancient woodland, veteran trees, extraordinary epiphytes, and a vivid reminder of what's at stake. Inspired (and midge-bitten). 🌿 Learn more: buff.ly/QXLcemB 📷 Stephen Carter @asrainforest.bsky.social #ScotlandsRainforest

Macro photograph of a lobed, pale brown lichen with distinctive white-edged fronds growing on a moss-covered surface in Glen Shira temperate rainforest.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

#WorldRainforestDay 🌿 Rainforest recovery isn't always about fencing animals out, sometimes it's about letting them back in. How grazing cattle and ponies are helping #ScotlandsRainforest in Morvern: buff.ly/aPavG2a 📷 Calum Robertson @asrainforest.bsky.social

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

🌿 Our Rainforest Volunteer Co-ordinator Heather has been visiting local careers fairs to talk to pupils about Scotland's rainforest and working in habitat regeneration. Tarbert Academy: done. Campbeltown: this Wednesday. #ScotlandsRainforest #Argyll

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Last chance to apply! ⏰ Our reCycle Trainee Technician role closes this Wednesday 17 June 👇

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

A few spaces still available on our free Carbon Literacy training -- 17th & 24th June online 🌿 Sign up via the link! @CarbonLiteracyProject.bsky.social #carbonliteracy #climateaction

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Last month Philippa and Julie met with Scottish Forestry to look at the work completed at North Knapdale and what's still to come. Great advice shared on making the best use of their funding schemes 🌳 #ScotlandsRainforest

Six people sitting around a wooden picnic table in a grassy clearing beside a loch, with woodland and hills in the background. A small brown dog sits on one person's lap. Pictured left to right: Mandy Cook, Brendan Callaghan, Matt Young, Philippa McKee, Elaine Jamieson, Catherine Walker.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

We're hiring a Finance & Operations Assistant/Officer! 🌱 Support our work across Argyll | £24,479–£29,000 | Flexible location | Job share considered | Closes 6 July 👇 buff.ly/SienqeN

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

A massive thank you to the ten JPMorgan volunteers who spent a day last month with Heather near Tayvallich clearing Rhododendron ponticum 🌿 and to every single volunteer who gives their time to help us care for Argyll's landscapes 💚 We couldn't do it without you. Happy #VolunteersWeek! 🎉

A four-panel photo montage from a volunteer day near Tayvallich, Argyll. Top left: a boggy open site with rhododendron present before clearance. Top right: a group of volunteers working together to remove rhododendron by hand using tools. Bottom left: a view across the site towards the surrounding native woodland. Bottom right: the full volunteer group of around ten people posing together smiling, holding tools, with trees and blue sky behind them.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Happy #WorldBicycleDay! 🚲 This month's ABCAN newsletter is all about Active Travel, local projects, events and resources from across Argyll and Bute. Take a look 👉 buff.ly/qmM9zgO #ActiveTravel #Argyll

A young person smiling on a mountain bike on a forest path with a group of cyclist following behind

Two reCycle technicians in front of a bicycle repair container workshop holding bikes and smiling.

An adult and two children in high vis vests cycling along Dunoon Esplanade on a sunny day.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

It's #WorldPeatlandsDay! We're sharing case studies from two of our recent peatland regeneration projects in Argyll. 600ha brought back onto the road to recovery across Islay and West Cowal. buff.ly/yTCPVhr 📷 Lucy Smith / ACT

A Hitachi excavator working on peatland regeneration at Caladh Hill, West Cowal, with sweeping views of a Loch and the Argyll hills beyond on a clear winter day.

A blocked and reprofiled drain on the Coull Farm peatland restoration site, Islay, with water pooling across the rewetted bog surface under a cloudy winter sky.

ACT Peatland case study poster showing regeneration work at Coull Farm, Islay and Caladh Hill, West Cowal.

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

1,109 species. 171 volunteers. One corner of Argyll's rainforest, and a story that reached a global audience of hundreds of millions this week. From a damp Tuesday in Glenan Wood to screens across the world 🌿 buff.ly/xWdJN5q 📷 Ben Mitchell & ACT #ScotlandsRainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social

ACT Volunteer Co-ordinator Heather Morrison being filmed by a BBC Scotland camera operator in Glenan Community Woodland, West Cowal, on a grey and overcast May day, with mossy woodland and hillside in the background.

A female glow worm emitting a vivid green bioluminescent glow on a mossy rock among undergrowth in Scotland's temperate rainforest, West Cowal, Argyll.

aturalist and photographer Ben Mitchell crouched among moss-covered boulders and vegetation in West Cowal's temperate rainforest, photographing wildlife at close range

Members of the ACT Rainforest Squad in high-visibility workwear removing invasive rhododendron from a bluebell-carpeted oak woodland with moss-covered trees in West Cowal, Argyll

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Argyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🚲️ We're hiring! reCycle Trainee Technician based in Lochgilphead, refurbishing bikes & supporting community cycling across Argyll. 17.5 hrs/week | Closes 17 June. buff.ly/EAp0c99

Two reCycle technicians in workshop aprons standing in front of bikes outside the reCycle container workshop, with trees in the background.

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