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The Badenoch and Strathspey Conservation Group. To stimulate public interest in, and care for, the beauty, history and character of Badenoch & Strathspey; to..

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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Certainly. (Inappropriate recourse to tree planting over supporting natural regeneration is a problem often apparent in #Scotland, even in the #Cairngorms. A recent sad case was noted in the newsletter of the Cairngorms Campaign) @rspbscotland.bsky.social @severincarrell.bsky.social
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
George is quite right on this. I discovered via FOI requests that just 5% of all woodland creation grants go to support natural regeneration of trees, and 95% to tree planting. I’ll continue to push DEFRA to fix this. www.theguardian.com/environment/... bsky.app/profile/geor...
theguardian.com
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
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
(Letter highlights "agricultural sprawl") #landUse
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Some things cannot be priced: the relocation of ancestors’ graves, the loss of 15 Indigenous plants used for food and medicine, the ill health and psychological trauma people experienced." theconversation.com/our-research... #ClimateActionNow
theconversation.com
Our research measures the real cost of coal mines to people and planet
A new model offers a template for just and transparent accounting of loss and damage.
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#ClimateActionNow
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"As far back as 2012" the independent CCC (www.theccc.org.uk) warned of "more frequent wildfires" due to warmer & drier conditions". #ClimateActionNow
theccc.org.uk
Climate Change Committee
The UK's independent adviser on tackling climate change
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Mentions estimate that record-breaking wet winters "like the one experienced in the UK in 2023-24" have gone from once in 80-year events "to once in 20-year events" #ClimateActionNow
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"In the UK, there is no guidance on what constitutes a safe level of Pfas in blood"
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#regulation
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Includes comment "You don’t sell out national assets to the highest bidder, to make a fast buck, or exploit natural resources until they are depleted, but invest for the long term, and build sustainability."
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"His whole speech seemed to take place in a vacuum where the consequences of... climate change, ..... did not exist."
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Researchers have tested what vox pops do to people who watch them. They change what viewers think the public believes, and in one study of 2,175 viewers telling them the vox pops were not representative made no difference at all."
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#trust #politics
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Good to see recogntion that “In areas where nature has been allowed to flourish, the ground held more water, and the droughts were less severe,” & Yes natural regeneration beats planting as long recognized by #woodland ecologists (& spelt out in the Spring 2026 Cairngorms Campaigner)
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There are 10 stunning Fairy Wren species in Australia www.australiangeographic.com.au/nature-wildl... (Brighter than our Troglodytes #troglodytes!) #Malurus
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The "common denominator in all this" is the #ClimateCrisis, & yet, "in our severely nature-depleted country, the natural world itself can help minimise the damage, if we give it half a chance." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Country diary: The land here is scarred from a year of hard weather – now what will winter hold? | Alexandra Pearce-Broomhead
Camborne, Cornwall: There will be more storms like Goretti and more fires next summer, but we can make the landscape more resilient
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Includes comment "...We and our children are going to pay for this, and not only at the gas pump.” #UnrestrainedIgnorance #ClimateActionNow #Health #regulation #standards
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Cool! Also good to hear informative talks including on rare montane willows and montane scrub at well attended Birnham event yesterday
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#politics #money #control #standards
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Mentions "Swifts and House Martins, which choose to live so closely alongside us, have also joined the Red List of Birds of Conservation Concern in the UK."
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"Over the course of 1,200 years, this tree endured wind, rain, dew, cold before finally relinquishing the possibility of continuing to live."
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A reminder that Delo previously pled guilty in the US to violating money laundering protections and agreed to pay a $10 million fine for "willfully” breaking the law with his BitMex platform, which was described as "in effect a money laundering platform.” This is who owns Farage now
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yes (the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social 'Street of Shame' page also reveals pretty shameful behaviour by both Telegraph & Times newspapers) #politics #Scotland #democracy
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baklava
en.wikipedia.org
Baklava - Wikipedia
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The oldest amber has been discovered in China, and it’s around 385 million years old! 🌳 The discovery pushes the confirmed record of amber back by around 65 million years, showing that plants were producing resin much earlier than previously demonstrated.
Photograph of amber on a green background. The amber is small, irregularly shaped with a translucent amber-yellow centre surrounded by dark, rough outer edges.
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
opportunity
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Within the “litany” of former Conservative party “rejects”/defectors to part led by Nigel Farage #Scotland can boast Offord www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... & Simpson www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #politics
bbc.co.uk
Scottish Conservative peer defects to Reform UK
Malcolm Offord appeared at a rally alongside Nigel Farage in Falkirk on Saturday to announce the move.
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Good that Scotland has @naturechampions.bsky.social for capercaillie www.scotlink.org/species/cape... (less so that this hen caper falls below DEFRA's #threshold for Avian flu test) @rspbscotland.bsky.social @emmaroddicksnp.bsky.social @scottishbirding.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social
Intact Hen capercailie corpse (with some lost tail feathers) by path used by dog walkers in the Cairngorms National Park Scotland.
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"As usual, once exposed, the cover-up highlights the problems." #FairerPlanning
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#trust #politics #pressfreedom #optics
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#health
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Reveals: Cuts in air #pollution "between 2011 and 2021 were accompanied by a large reduction in people being admitted to hospital with heart problems" #Health #Climate|ActionNow
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Includes comment "Reducing emissions from traffic, heating, industry" & #agriculture "could limit the secondary component of particle pollution from wildfires.." #AirPollution #Wildfires #ClimateActionNow #Europe #Canada
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 30/07/2026
NEW – Factcheck: No, Europe is not having its ‘quietest’ year for wildfires ✍️ @giulianaviglione.bsky.social and @rtmcswee.carbonbrief.org 💬 With comments from @calxcunningham.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/pDQGTR3
The area burned by wildfires in the EU in 2026 by end of July is second only to 2022. Weekly cumulative burned area (hectares). Line graph shows 2026 burned area reaching over 400,000 hectares by late July, far exceeding the 2006-2025 average. Source: EFFIS - (alt text generated by Google Gemini)
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
My initial thoughts on the Langtang-Lirung glacier collapse and devastating floods in Tibet and Nepal. www.antarcticglaciers.org/2026/08/augu...
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August 2026 Nepal-Tibet floods - AntarcticGlaciers.org
On 26th August 2026, devastating floods hit Nepal and Tibet. At time of writing, 1400 people were missing, and 270 bodies had been recovered, but this toll is sadly expected to rise. The flooding hit ...
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Indicates "Of the 43% who would be unhappy at Farage becoming PM, 69% would be prepared to vote tactically for whichever party is best-placed to stop a Reform candidate being elected in their constituency." #politics
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Mentions "When an estate makes a formal appeal in writing, it effectively suspends the General Licence restriction notice until such time that NatureScot makes a decision on the appeal, which it tries to complete within four weeks."
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The blackish #camouflage of a grasshopper on ground burnt in 2025 (#DavaFire) impressive #orthoptera
Overexposed image taken 26 Aug 2026 of a bl;ackish coloured grasshopper on ground recovering from a major wildfire in 2025 Morayshire Scotland
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If the UK government “now refuses to back a donations cap” then a promise by Burnham will be broken www.theguardian.com/politics/202... #politicaldonations #politics #trust #democracy
theguardian.com
Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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Richard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Amazing news! A second English population of Dark Bordered Beauty discovered by @savebutterflies.bsky.social #teammoth
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Includes cool cartoons
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
#standards
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
"The decision was made based on evidence provided by Police Scotland " of #wildlife crime against birds.
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
#politics
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Great pictures & looking forward to findings! (The Painted Lady #Vanessa cardui & the Big Butterfly Count were featured in the @strathspeyherald.co.uk Country Diary of July 23 2026 'Puzzling case of the painted Lady solved with the aid of radar' )
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
"..anyone hoping to stop the world from burning is banned" (According to @privateeyenews.bsky.social p.11 issue 1681 A. Evans-Pritchard has warned that Conservative Party leader since 2024 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemi_Ba... may be on course "to preside over the destruction" of her party #NetZero
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Looks powerful & sharp! Mystery ? #mandible ( If a #beetle some staphylinids have sharp mouthparts arthropod-systematics.arphahub.com/article/1145... )
arthropod-systematics.arphahub.com
Comparative morphology of the feeding apparatus of Staphylinine beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
 Research fields covered by Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny are the taxonomy, morphology/anatomy, phylogeny (molecular or morphology-based), historical biogeography and palaeontology of art...
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This one in April sunshine (on a fencepost near the River Spey.)
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
This one on the wing in Strathspey, yesterday.
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BSCG Scotland @bscgscotland.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Tiny but a really characterful creature! (Cionus weevils have been mentioned in an old country Diary www.theguardian.com/environment/... BSCG finds one species on figwort on a threatened Strathspey site in the Cairngorms National Park (photo May) #ACMinsect
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