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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Residential volunteering opportunity! Can you help to restore peatlands in the Cairngorms? RSPB Abernethy are looking for someone to join their peatland team - find out more here: volunteer.rspb.org.uk/opportunitie...

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Deadline approaching! There's still time to apply to our summer school 'Landscape Creatives'. 🏠Badaguish Outdoor Centre 📅Monday 14th - Thursday 17th July 🌱For S1-S3 🦫Free but places are limited More info and apply by midnight tonight ➡️ bit.ly/LandscapeCre...

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

How many people does it take to restore a missing habitat? Well, quite a lot! This spring, with a group of over 30 staff and volunteers we headed to the hills, bags laded with 3000 high-altitude trees.

[Image description: A view of a mountainous
landscape. Facing away from the camera people walk
along a narrow path. They carry backpacks and
harnesses, and you can just about see wee trees
poking out the top. The sky is bright blue with a few
white fluffy clouds – we seem to be very lucky with the
weather every year for this activity!]

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

“I saw a Bluethroat for the first time today. In time, their’s could be a song of the Scottish hills too.” On this day in 2023, Ellie began her research fellowship in south-west Norway to better understanding Scotland’s missing habitats and how we might restore them. bit.ly/field-notes-...

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Want to spot more Red Squirrels like this playful pair? Join our citizen science project and try your hand at identifying wildlife spotted on camera traps across the Cairngorms Connect landscape. Find out more and start identifying species: bit.ly/CC-Volunteer...

Camera trap image of a two fluffy Red Squirrels, one running up the side of a lichen-covered tree trunk, the second running down the other side. There is a black strip at the bottom with the time code stating 2°C, 04.21.2024, 06:44 AM.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Busy bumblebees, getting on with some landscape-scale restoration over the years 🐝 These bees were captured on one of our trail cameras that we’re using to monitor willow population high up on @rspbscotland.bsky.social. Take a moment to notice the bees as they buzz past you this #WorldBeeDay!

Camera trap photo of a Bumblebee flying past the trail camera, with a view of out over a loch surrounded by grass, heather, and rocks, the ground sloping upwards on the far shore.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Can you guess what fluttered by our camera trap in Loch A’an? It’s not just the bigger species that appear on our camera traps … On this day two years ago, one of our camera traps at Loch A’an picked up the wing beats of a spectacular Peacock Butterfly, whose iconic markings can just be made out 🦋

Camera trap photo of a mountain landscape, with an out of focus shape of a red-orange butterfly flying towards the camera with eye markings just visible on its wings. In the background a willow with catkins can be seen on a grassy slope. There is a brown scree slope in the background and a corner of a loch in the top right of the photo. There is a black strip at the bottom with the time code stating 20°C, 05.13.2023

A close up photo of the wing of a Peacock Butterfly. It is a beautiful deep red orange colour with black and blue ‘eyespots’ like a peacock's tail.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

After a 6000 km journey north from the West Africa, Ospreys return to RSPB Scotland Loch Garten in early April. This year, Asha returned for her 5th year at the nest and has been visited by new and returning males. Watch the drama unfold: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ahj... #WorldMigratoryBirdDay

Two Ospreys sit on a large nest made of sticks, almost silhouetted as the sun sets over the hills behind them.

Asha perches on the nest, the sky dusky blues and pinks.

Brodie, a returning male, lands on the nest large wings outstretched.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

“At WildLand Cairngorms, our detailed monitoring of Hen Harriers begins in early April, when most of these charismatic birds return to their breeding grounds. After a busy period of sky dancing & nest building the female harrier will lay her eggs, towards the end of April or early May." (1/3)

A close up map showing the Highlands of Scotland, with a blue tracker line zigzagging around - mainly overlapping over the Cairngorms, which is the flight path of Hen Harrier 10.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Every morning in the springtime, one of nature's greatest choirs is performing 🎶 Celebrate #InternationalDawnChorusDay with a guided walk through @rspbscotland.bsky.social Abernethy Reserve's ancient Caledonian pinewoods. 🗓️ Saturday 3rd of May, 6:00 – 8:00 am 🎟️ Book now! bit.ly/dawn-chorus-...

A Song Thrush, silhouetted against a blue dawn sky, mid-song sitting on a thin branch. Photo by Ben Andrew, RSPB

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

It’s a busy time of year at the Cairngorms Connect Tree Nursery. Seed beds are being dug over and prepared to plant out seedlings that are thriving in the polytunnels, like this Downy Birch (Betula pubescens). Get involved and become part of our Tree Nursery community: bit.ly/cc-tree-nurs...

Two Tree Nursery volunteers wearing gardening gloves use spades and garden forks to dig along the edges of a long narrow seed bed. A fork stands upright stuck into the grass beside the seed bed closer to the camera, and there are large trees in the background outside the Tree Nursery fence.

A close up photo of Downy Birch seedlings in individual seed trays, frilly edged leaves catching the sun in the polytunnel. Some of the pots have wooden or plastic lollypop sticks stuck in the earth to label the trays. An outline of another polytunnel, a shed, and some large trees are just visible through the green mesh side of this polytunel.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

During May’s Wildlife Wander at RSPB Scotland Insh Marshes we’ll see the lush green Aspen leaves trembling and a variety of bird species including Snipe, who could be displaying. 🗓️ Thursday, 8th of May 9:30am – 1:30 pm 📍 RSPB Scotland Insh Marshes 🎟️ Book now: bit.ly/insh-wildlif... 📷 Andy Hay

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Celebrate #InternationalDawnChorusDay next Saturday with an early morning meander through peaceful pine forest as it wakes up at @rspbscotland.bsky.social Loch Garten. 🗓️ Saturday 3rd of May, 6:00 – 8:00 am 🎟️ Book your ticket now: bit.ly/dawn-chorus-...

Sun rays shine through trees and onto the forest floor at RSPB Scotland’s Loch Garten Nature Reserve.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

We’re excited to be partnering with Out and About Highlands for a Green Health Week guided walk to celebrate LGBTIQ+ people in nature! 🗓️ Monday, 5th of May, 11:45 am – 4 pm 📍 Meet at the Glenmore Visitor Centre Car Park 🎟️ This event is free, but please reserve your spot! bit.ly/walk-and-cof...

A large pine tree stands on the shores of An Lochan Uaine (The Green Lochan), living up to it’s name with the waters a vibrant green reflecting the trees and scree slopes on the hill side opposite.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

“An orange bottomed bumblebee potters through the undergrowth next to me. My adventure psyche is high & I trace future routes across the landscape and weave them with the beings that live there." – Sarah White, Commonplace Book entry. This #EarthDay, take a moment to notice the nature around you.

A close-up photo of a bumblebee on a patch of undergrowth including green and brown heather, wisps of lichen, and tiny pink star-like flowers.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Today we’re celebrating the Curlew, known in Scots as the Whaap, Whap, or Whaup. A great place to see these majestic wading birds and hear their haunting cry is @rspbscotland.bsky.social Insh Marshes, where Estate Operations Manager Thijs captured these beautiful photographs. #WorldCurlewDay

A photo of a Curlew whose brown flecked head and body and long curved beak are visible through long green grasses. The grass is dotted with yellow flowers and it is slightly blurred, as if blowing in the wind, giving the photograph a painterly feel. There is white writing over the image which reads: Whaap, Whap, Whaup (noun).

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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Butterfly Conservation's Scotland team are helping with a unique four-month ‘Easter egg hunt’ involving one of the UK’s rarest and most beautiful moths, the Dark Bordered Beauty Read the full story here 👉 butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo... #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

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Moth experts kick-off four-month ‘Easter egg hunt’ in Scotland

Butterfly Conservation's Scotland team are helping with a unique four-month ‘Easter egg hunt’ involving one of the UK’s rarest and most beautiful moths.A team led by the Royal Zoological Society of Sc...

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

An egg hunt with a difference … A team led by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland have released 400 eggs of the Dark Bordered Beauty Moth on WildLand Cairngorms, within the Cairngorms Connect landscape. Read the full story: bit.ly/an-egg-hunt-...

A hand holds a small round transparent container filled with tiny orange moth eggs sitting on top of a brown piece of tissue paper. The person’s nails are painted pinky red, and in the background are twigs and grasses and a large green plastic tray.

A hand holds a blue paintbrush as they carefully deposit a tiny moth egg in the mossy ground at the base of an Aspen sucker.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

You still have time to apply to be our Communications Officer! Work across the #CairngormsConnect partnership, telling the stories of this wild landscape in the making. You have until end of day on Thursday to submit your application: bit.ly/cc-jobs-and-... @cairngormsnews.bsky.social #hiring

Hands hold a small ring-bound notebook and a stubby yellow pencil which is attached by a striped length of cord. The lined page is filled with unreadable notes. Photo by Ronan Dugan

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Have you heard your first Cuckoo of the year? Last week, we spotted a telltale sign that Cuckoos are on their way with this beautiful stem of Cuckooflower in bloom, heralding the sound of spring. 📷 Photograph by Adrian Samuels, Assistant Warden at @rspbscotland.bsky.social Insh Marshes

A delicate stem of violet flowers with four petals. The background of grasses and marsh with distant hill and blue sky is out of focus.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

When it comes to capercaillie - please #LekitBe Breeding or ‘lekking’ season has begun for Capercaillie, and during this time the species is particularly vulnerable to disturbance. Find out more about @cairngormsnews.bsky.social's Lek It Be campaign & how to play your part: lekitbe.scot

An image graphic which includes an illustration of a male Capercaillie with a large yellow beak, red patch above the eye and dark tail feathers, and text that reads: "This breeding season Lek it be. Please do not go looking for Capercaillie from April to the end of August. #LekitBe. There are the Cairngorms National Park, Scottish Outdoor Access Code and Police Scotland logos along the bottom.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Try your hand at identifying wildlife spotted on camera traps across the #CairngormsConnect landscape! This Pine Marten is just one many sightings of the incredible species who call this place home. Find out how you can get involved and start identifying species: bit.ly/CC-Volunteer...

Camera trap image of a chestnut-brown Pine Marten walking across a fallen tree in a forest. The pale yellow 'bib' on its chin and throat is just visible. There is a black strip at the bottom with the time code stating 10°C, 09.30.2024, 08:15 AM.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Do you want to help improve the fortunes of some of the UK’s rarest insects? Rare Invertebrates in the Cairngorms is hiring a Project Officer to join their team! 🔗 Find out more : bit.ly/cc-jobs-and-... 🗓️ Apply by Friday the 25th of April @cairngormsnews.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social

Two people kneel and sit on the sunny forest floor wearing midge nets and writing down what they find in a rotting piece of Scots pine. They are looking for Pine Hoverfly larvae. Photo: Lizzie Brotherston

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Happy #InternationalBeaverDay! “The first question we’re asked these days is how are the Beavers doing. This footage is from the largest Beaver dam on @rspbscotland.bsky.social Insh Marshes. It makes us hopeful we will see the first young Beavers emerge from their lodge this summer.” – Thijs Claes

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Capturing the story, whatever the weather 🌧️ ☀️ ❄️ We’re recruiting a Communications Officer (maternity cover) and we are running an informal online session where you can meet us, find out more about our work and ask questions on Monday 7th of April 12–1pm. Find out more: bit.ly/cc-jobs-and-...

Image Descriptions: 1) A person wearing full (soaking!) waterproofs sits on some rocks and takes a photo of a gnarled Krumholtz pine tree with their phone. 2) A sunny photo taken from down low through long grasses and yellow dandelions of a group of people walking away from the camera against a bright blue sky. 3) A close up photo of frosty grasses with an out of focus line of trees and winter sunset.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

“It’s something the whole nation has been deprived of for decades because Hen Harriers have been so threatened.” BBC Scotland spoke with Ronan Dugan, Field Ecologist at WildLand, about skydancing Hen Harriers & other species thriving as a result of landscape-scale restoration work: bbc.in/43unMM1

A pale grey male Hen Harrier takes off from the ground, black tipped wings spread, tail fanned out, as he takes off surrounded by green vegetation.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

We’re bringing the landscape to us this Easter Holidays and you’re invited! Get involved in a free family-friendly crafting project to build a 3D cardboard contour model of Loch A'an, a remote place deep in the Cairngorms Connect landscape, 10th –17th of April. More info: bit.ly/cardboard-co...

Photos from a Cardboard Contours workshop with p3-4s at Abernethy Primary School. The photos show wee hands cutting out and sticking together cardboard layers to create landscapes and birds.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

We're hiring a Communications Officer (maternity cover) to join our team! Would you like to use your communications skills to support the UK’s largest ecological restoration project? Apply now! bit.ly/cc-jobs-and-... @rspbscotland.bsky.social, @cairngormsnews.bsky.social, @naturescot.bsky.social

A fern catching the sunlight that is shining through the trees to the forest floor. Photo credit: Ali Horne

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The Loch Garten Nature Centre opens on 1st of April! The @rspbscotland.bsky.social team are ready to share stories of the reserve, the wildlife which depends on it and the habitat restoration work happening across #CairngormsConnect. The Nature Centre is open seven days, 10am till 5pm, Apr–Oct.

A painted blue wooden sign in the forest with an illustrated landscape and Osprey catching a fish. Lettering on the sign reads: Welcome to Loch Garten Nature Centre / Abernethy Nature Reserve.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

This Saturday, you are invited to welcome wading birds back to this landscape with an afternoon of wader-inspired crafts, music, and talks! 29th of March, 2–6 pm, @highlandwpark.bsky.social This event is free, but space is limited so RSVP to secure your place: bit.ly/wader-welcom...

A Curlew with a long beak and mottled brown feathers flies across a bright blue sky.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Interested in a career in ecological restoration after school? We have four types of work placements available for local young people in S4–S6! Get hands on experience in deer management 🦌 science 🔬 youth engagement 🙌 or our Tree Nursery 🌱 bit.ly/CC-Study-Opp... @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

A young person looks through a telescope outside, one gloved hand holding the eye piece. They are wearing a warm jacket and there is patches of snow on the ground and blue skies above the trees.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

We're hiring a Communications Officer (maternity cover) to join our team! Would you like to use your communications skills to support the UK’s largest ecological restoration project? Apply now! bit.ly/cc-jobs-and-... @rspbscotland.bsky.social @cairngormsnews.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social

Female Puss Moth (Cerura vinula) perched on a hand during moth trapping. The moth is greyish-white furry moth with dark markings. In the background, out of focus, a person wearing a pink jacket holds a cardboard egg box from the moth trap and a clipboard.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

“It’s hard to beat a Golden Eagle, especially when you see them out in the mountains ... If we can provide that safe refuge that’s the best thing for the birds.” Ronan Dugan spoke with @pressandjournal.co.uk about the thriving population of raptors at WildLand Cairngorms. bit.ly/press-and-jo...

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Golden eagles and hen harriers thriving on former shooting estates in the Cairngorms after restoration work

WildLand Cairngorms have been monitoring and tracking the birds of prey for five years, sharing their journeys with the public. But what encouraged the birds to come back?

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Have a passion for trees and this landscape? Why not sign up for a volunteer session at the Cairngorms Connect Tree Nursery and become part of our volunteer community: bit.ly/cc-tree-nurs...

A photo of a the Cairngorms Connect Tree Nursery which is located on @rspb.abernethy reserve. There is a willow tree growing in the foreground and a volunteer weeding a seed bed in the background. There is grass round the seed beds and a large wooden tool shed.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Calling artists, writers and musicians! Help us celebrate the start of the wader breeding season. Display work inspired by these birds at this year’s Wader Welcome event on Sat 29th of Mar 2–6 pm at @highlandwpark.bsky.social! Email Thijs to enter your art by this Friday: thijs.claes@hotmail.com

Poster with text on a green background on top of a photo of a curlew. The writing reads: "calling all artists, writers and musicians / Wader Welcome / Hosted by RZSS and Cairngorms Connect. Create and display your art to celebrate the start of the breeding season for curlews, lapwings and other wading birds / Saturday 29 March 2025 / 2–6 pm / The Hive Highland Wildlife Park, Kincraig / Get in touch before Friday 7 March / To enter your art and get more information, contact Thijs at: thijs.claes@hotmail.com.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Enjoy a Wildlife Wander with @rspbscotland.bsky.social's knowledgeable team to see some of the amazing wildlife at Insh Marshes. At the first Wander of the year, woodland birds will be singing as they feel the stirrings of Spring. 🗓️ 20th of March, 9:30am–1:30pm 🎟️ £5/6: bit.ly/wildlife-wan...

A person gestures with their hands, explaining something to a group of people wearing jackets and back packs with trees and blue sky in the background. Credit: Chiara Alagia

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Nuair a leumas e ʼn Fhèill Brìde, chan earb an Sionnach earball ris an deigh / ‘When Bride’s feast-day (1st February) is past, the Fox does not trust his tail to the ice’ This White-Tailed Eagle at Loch Garten, captured by James from @rspbscotland.bsky.social, should have listened to the Fox! 1/3

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Cairngorms National Park @cairngormsnews.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Today we’re sharing exciting news of a #Cairngorms2030 project that is addressing damage to farms and fragile habitats caused by high deer densities, benefitting local food banks, schools and community kitchens through donations of venison 🦌🥩 ➡️ cairngorms.co.uk/deer-larder-...

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Deer larder project to deliver 360-degree benefits addressing agricultural and social challenges in and around Cairngorms National Park. - Cairngorms National Park Authority

An innovative project led by the Park Authority and two farming families will address damage to farms and fragile habitats caused by high deer densities.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Know your butterflies? @rspbscotland.bsky.social Insh Marshes are looking for local walkers to supply vital data to the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme. You need to be: 🦋 Confident in butterfly ID 🥾 Able to walk on rough ground ☀️ Live locally to take advantage of sunny spells bit.ly/CC-Volunteer...

A photo of a Scotch Argus butterfly (Erebia aethiops) perched on long green grass. The butterfly is brown with orange bands and black spots with white centres near its wing tips.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

A young person wearing a woolly hat and warm jacket stands outside in front of a wooden table as they trim willow cuttings with a pair of secateurs. There is a pile of willow cuttings on the table next to a tape measure. In the background there is a pollytunnel and rows of seed trays and tall trees behind that, with a bright blue sky over head.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

This Thursday! Drop by @rspbscotland.bsky.social Insh Marshes to learn more about the upcoming restoration plans for the River Tromie 💧 🗓️ Thursday 20th of February 🕙 Drop-in 10am–12pm & 2–4 pm 📍RSPB Insh Marshes Lookout @cairngormsnews.bsky.social #InshMarshes #RiverRestoration

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Calling artists, writers and musicians! Help us celebrate the start of the wader breeding season. Display work inspired by these important birds at this year’s Wader Welcome event on Sat 29th of Mar 2–6 pm at the @highlandwpark.bsky.social! Email Thijs to enter your art: thijs.claes@hotmail.com

Image Descriptions: 1) A sand coloured cushion with two curlew red brown curlews depicted on it, one in flight and one standing on two grey rocks. A hand holding a glass is just out of focus in the foreground. 2) A person leans over a wooden table, looking at drawings and sculptures inspired by wading birds.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Filmmaker Rupert and Deer Stalker Jack were at the Fort William Mountain Festival today for the screening of “A Deer Stalker’s Story” 🦌 Great to come together and watch short films from across Scotland celebrating mountain culture! #fortwilliammountailfestival #fwmf2025 #cairngormsconnect

Rupert and Jack stand either side of a pull up banner that reads: Fort William Mountain Festival 13th – 16th February 2025 and has photos of outdoor activities.

A photo from inside the cinema looking towards the screen from behind s few rows of seats and the backs of people’s heads. A person stands at the front talking into a microphone. One the screen is a collage of images and text that reads: Best of Scotland Film Selection.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Next Thursday head to the Lookout Hide at @rspbscotland.bsky.social Insh Marshes to learn more about the next steps for the restoration of the River Tromie. 🗓️ Thursday 20th of February 🕙 Drop-in 10am–12pm & 2–4 pm 📍RSPB Insh Marshes Lookout @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

An aerial shot of the RSPB Scotland Insh Marshes floodplain showing a winding river, groups of trees, light glinting off the floodplain and hills in the distance.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Will we see you at the Fort William Mountain Festival this Saturday? Our short film “A Deer Stalker’s Story” has been selected to screen as part of the ‘Best of Scotland’ film festival showcase celebrating mountain culture. Find out more and get tickets to the event: bit.ly/CC-at-FWMF

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Last month, Cairngorms National Park Junior Rangers headed out with WildLand & @treesforlife.bsky.social for a day of tree planting in freezing temperatures! “We planted 425 Aspen & 120 Rowan trees, and removed 500 old tree guards from a site near Kingussie!” – Pete, @cairngormsnews.bsky.social

A group of young people wrapped up against the cold stand on and around a trailer attached to a silver car.

Two young people carry armfulls of green plastic tree guards while smiling at the camera. There is snow on the ground.

A group of young people hold plastic tree guards triumphantly over their heads behind a large pile of the plastic tree guards.

Three young people crouch on the snowy ground holding spades and smiling at the camera.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Calling all Illustrators! @rspbscotland.bsky.social Insh Marshes are looking for an illustrated map to be displayed in the Lookout bird hide. 🗺️ This map should be a 2D illustration of a 3D landscape, showing the scale and topography of this beautiful floodplain. Learn more: bit.ly/cc-jobs-and-...

Two people look out of huge windows across the Insh Marshes floodplain and hills in the distance from inside a wooden bird hide. One person is standing, looking through binoculars and the other is sitting on a wooden bench.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Don’t miss our third and final Venison Box release of the season! We’re releasing these 4kg boxes of local, wild Cairngorms Connect Venison in our newsletter this Tuesday at 12 pm. Make sure you are signed up for your chance to purchase one: bit.ly/Cairngorms-Connections

A photo of Cairngorms Connect Deer Stalker Jack and dog Ruadh out on the hill managing deer. Jack has a rifle on his back, tripod under his arm, and binoculars in his hands.

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Cairngorms Connect @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

What if the ancient Caledonian pine forest could be your new office … Apply for one of the five Visitor Experience positions currently up for grabs at @rspbscotland.bsky.social and help to bring the story of the forest to life for everyone who visits the Nature Centre. bit.ly/cc-jobs-and-...

Low sunlight filters through the trees at Loch Mallachie, Abernethy

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