Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Fantastic to see this on the news today. buff.ly/vMAncAw #ScotlandsRainforestbbc.co.ukRare species found in Scotland's declining rainforestA citizen science project is aiming to document species on the Cowal Peninsula for the first time in 50 years. 081
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Did you know that mosses and liverworts don't produce flowers? Instead they have a complicated life-cycle with two stages. The green, leafy, spiky bit is called the gametophyte, and the reproductive bit is called the sporophyte. This one is from bank haircap. 📷️ Jenny Tweedie 0121
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 29/04/2026If you're heading out into #ScotlandsRainforest this spring, find out what wildlife to look out for, from wood warblers, to rare lichens, to chequered skipper butterflies. buff.ly/I6UrW70savingscotlandsrainforest.org.ukThe wildlife of Scotland's rainforest — Alliance for Scotland’s RainforestScotland's rainforests are brilliant places for wildlife. Find out all about the trees, lichens, mosses, birds, mammals, ferns and flowers that you might see here. We've also got some seasonal tips… 020
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Join Nevis Landscape Partnership and the John Muir Trust for a guided tour of Scotland’s rainforest, part of the Fort William Mountain Festival. February 14, 10am-12pm, Glen Nevis.buff.lyExplore: A Guided Rainforest Exploration - Mountain FestivalNote: This event is hosted by a Festival partner – booking is hosted an third-party website. 010
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 08/01/2026More than 30 people gathered at ACT’s Kilmory Hub this December for 'Rhododendron and the Rainforest', an informative open day focused on supporting the recovery of Scotland’s rainforest. Find out morebuff.lyRhododendron and the RainforestMore than 30 people from across the west of Scotland came together at ACT’s Kilmory Hub to share learning, experiences and ideas on tackling Rhododendron ponticum and supporting the recovery of… 020
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Did you see the BBC Countryfile team visit the stunning woodlands around the Sound of Mull last year? If you missed out, or you'd just like to see it again, you've got one month left to watch buff.ly/ebvqVUg #ScotlandsRainforestbuff.lyCountryfile - Sound of Mull2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the reintroduction of white-tailed eagles to the UK. Hamza Yassin takes us on a sea eagle safari across the Sound of Mull to Tobermory. 010
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Want to learn more about lichens in 2026 (and why wouldn't you??) Scottish Lichens are running a series of distance learning courses. The first is lichens on treesbuff.lyLichens on TreesHave you ever taken a closer look at the wide range of lichens that grow on the trunks, branches and twigs of trees, and wanted to learn more about what these lichens actually are and why they have… 0135
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Happy New Year! Here's to another year of celebrating, protecting and restoring #ScotlandsRainforest. 040
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Dr Oliver Moore is bonkers for bryophytes (well we could have told you that...) But he's also a National Park Nature Hero, sharing his knowledge and passion about the wildlife found in #ScotlandsRainforest to hundreds of people. Find out more: buff.ly/1McwPd7 @plantlifeuk.bsky.socialbuff.lyNational Park Nature Hero Dr. Oliver Moore - bonkers for bryophytes! - Here. Now. All of us.Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park is an iconic place with outstanding landscapes, habitats and communities. We work to ensure a sustainable future for this special place. 050
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 02/12/2025The Woodland Trust is looking for a Site Manager. This is a key role in the Scotland team, managing a diverse portfolio of sites across the Highlands centred around Glenurquhart and Southeast Sutherland (including #ScotlandsRainforest). For more info: buff.ly/yYJ50phbuff.lyJobs at Woodland TrustThe UK's largest woodland conservation charity. We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees. For people. For wildlife. We can't achieve our vision without you. 020
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Join Argyll Countryside Trust (ACT) and partners for an informative and engaging session exploring the challenges and opportunities of tackling Rhododendron ponticum within Scotland’s rainforest. Kilmory Woodland, 11 Dec from 10am. Find out more: buff.ly/LUu8v8z 031
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Want to create a new woodland? Join the Integrating Trees Network for a free online event: "Woodland creation & management to maximise biodiversity: What needs to be considered?" 2 December 7pm. Find out more:buff.lySelect tickets – Woodland creation & management to maximise biodiversity: What needs to be considered? – MS TeamsWoodland creation & management to maximise biodiversity: What needs to be considered? – MS Teams, Tue 2 Dec 2025 - Come along and hear from Kenny Kortland, Environmental Policy Advisor, Scottish… 001
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 19/11/2025You'll normally see Prickly featherwort in #ScotlandsRainforest growing mixed up with other liverworts, filmy ferns and lichens, often on rocks or at the base of trees. It's pretty rare elsewhere, making our populations important. 📷 Stan Phillips 082
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Have you ever visited Dunollie Wood in Oban? It might be at the heart of Scotland's busiest port town, but somehow it's managed to cling onto some very special wildlife #ScotlandsRainforest buff.ly/4Ebbjqv 060
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Join the Integrating Trees Network for an online event: "Your farm's future: Trees an option and opportunity? Why and how they can benefit your business". This free event runs on 26 November at 7pm. Find out more buff.ly/yZZxloDtickettailor.comSelect tickets – Your farm's future: Trees an option and opportunity? Why and how they can benefit your business – MS TeamsYour farm's future: Trees an option and opportunity? Why and how they can benefit your business – MS Teams, Wed 26 Nov 2025 - Join us for an informative and engaging evening all about how trees can… 010
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Is Ariundle Scotland's most magical woodland? The National thinks it is! I mean, it's got to be up there... buff.ly/KuiORHg 📷 Ben Andrew 072
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 11/11/2025If you missed the rainforest garden at Chelsea Flower Show this year, you can still see it at Bristol Zoo! buff.ly/LEnEup6bbc.co.ukBristol Zoo Project unveils Chelsea Flower Show rainforest gardenThe Chelsea Flower Show winner is part of a 100-year conservation programme. 031
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Join the Integrating Trees Network for an online Tea and Trees with Crofters event, 11 Nov, 6–7 pm. During this informal session, you can share your knowledge and experience, and chat with other crofters, Scottish Forestry and Woodland Trust staff. buff.ly/ehaa7QK 📷 Richard Faulks 020
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 27/10/2025It seems to be a fantastic year for acorns in #ScotlandsRainforest! Are these the oaks of the future? 0132
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Are wildfires a growing threat to Scotland's rainforest? In theory, these woods should be protected by the damp 'zone' where they grow. But damaged habitat, a warming climate and more droughts mean the risks could be getting higher. Find out more: buff.ly/sepQhehsavingscotlandsrainforest.org.ukFire in Scotland's rainforest — Alliance for Scotland’s RainforestScotland’s rainforest shouldn’t burn. These woodlands grow in a zone where long periods of hot weather should be rare. But with Wildfire Warnings becoming more common in Scotland’s springs and… 020
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 06/10/2025#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 071
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Can 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 052
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Trees 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:buff.lyTree seed collection - Trees for LifeWorking 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… 031
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 02/10/2025This 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 buff.ly/82AyPTd 📷 Laura Corbe 032
Reposted by Alliance for Scotland's RainforestArgyll Countryside Trust @actinargyll.bsky.social · 19/09/2025@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 0132
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Both 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 050
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Join the work to save #ScotlandsRainforest! Find out about latest the latest job opportunities here: buff.ly/7uvYC7H #jobs #vacancies #jobvacanciesbuff.lyJobs — Alliance for Scotland’s RainforestWhether 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… 020
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Great video from Scottish Forestry 👇 buff.ly/jjV1frz #ScotlandsRainforestyoutube.comForestry Supports Scotland's RainforestDiscover how the Woodland Grazing Grant is helping a Highland farm improve rare woodland and boost biodiversity. 040
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 04/09/2025There'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 140
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Event: 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 020
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 02/09/2025You 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 051
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Fly 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 130
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 27/08/2025As 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 030
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 26/08/2025You 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 0161
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Event: 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 031
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Help 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 010
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Great article by @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comMagic mushrooms: how scientists discovered fungi are the secret ingredient for restoring the world’s forestsHealthy fungal networks help trees and plants grow, making them key to successful reforestation. The only problem? Almost nothing is known about this subterranean ecology 020
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Glasdrum 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 010
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Our 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:buff.lyBlog — Alliance for Scotland’s RainforestBlog 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. 031
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 18/08/2025"Lochaber nature restoration partnership, Loch Abar Mòr, will use volunteers to collect seeds before they are dispersed over burnt ground on Glenuig Estate. "buff.lyDrones to scatter seeds over wildfire damaged land in LochaberA nature restoration group is to target its Seeds from the Sky project at areas of a Lochaber estate. 030
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Looking 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:buff.lyInvitation to tender — Alliance for Scotland’s RainforestThe 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… 041
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 15/08/2025If 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. 🥵 🔥 🚒 🌳 #ScotlandsRainforestbuff.lyWildfire Warning: 13-19 August 2025A 'very high' risk of wildfire comes into effect from tomorrow, Wednesday, 13 August and remains in place until Tuesday, 19 August. 010
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Find 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!) buff.ly/vovGr4w 123
Reposted by Alliance for Scotland's RainforestEoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 08/08/2025The magic of a Scottish rainforest. A wonderfully majestic old oak in Glenuig, on the northwest coast. 313116
Reposted by Alliance for Scotland's RainforestWoodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Goat 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 0155
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 05/08/2025If you like wandering #ScotlandsRainforest and diving regularly into the undergrowth to investigate interesting lichens or mosses, then you need to be tick-aware! Check out these ten tick tips. buff.ly/BLWeRr7savingscotlandsrainforest.org.ukTen tick facts — Alliance for Scotland’s RainforestScotland’s rainforest is brilliant for wildlife, but that does include ticks. If you’re out and about in the rainforest this summer, it’s good to be aware of these tiny terrors, and take some… 031
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Hazel gloves is an odd-looking fungus that's a specialist of hazel trees in temperate rainforest. It doesn't parasitise the tree but instead grows on another fungus, called the glue crust fungus, which sticks branches together. 📷 Ben Mitchell & Jenny Tweedie #ScotlandsRainforest 050
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 31/07/2025There's still time to take part in the Big Butterfly Count! If you live in the rainforest zone, look out for species like the pearl-bordered fritillary 👇 buff.ly/4pAZzyX #ScotlandsRainforest 📷 Peter Eeles 020
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Join @wtscotsocial.bsky.social for a walk at Gleann Shildeag on Saturday 16 August at 10.30am. #ScotlandsRainforestbuff.lyGuided Walk of the PinewoodJoin us for a stroll through the majestic pinewood of Gleann Shìldeag, part of Scotland's rainforest. 010
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 29/07/2025The hazelwoods of #ScotlandsRainforest are ancient, special places, some of them stretching back 10,000 years. Today their unique habitat is home to incredible wildlife, including rare mosses, liverworts & lichens. This is Ballachuan buff.ly/1pmH1SD 📷 John MacPherson 0112