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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

This fruiting Pannaria was one of May lichens seen on the ASR field trip recently in the Cowal area of Argyll

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

More on how Sally’s collecting seed in Ferry Wood

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Sally is also collecting seed to grow on. This is how she is doing it

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Sally has also installed soil probes into the cleared rhododendron site

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

First in a series by SallyGouldstone of ACT who is researching into rainforest sites that have been cleared of rhododendron.

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

At Edinburgh book festival #eibf about to see Louise Welsh and her bioregional work on the Clyde having a unique identity: see her podcast Who owns the Clyde?

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

For years, Ferry Wood has welcomed volunteers and friends from around the world. This week, we’re excited to share Katie’s journey all the way from Canada following #WorldNatureConservation week. #ForestConservation #NatureConservationDay #Conservation

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Aspen in foreground did not exist 9 years ago but thanks to stopping sheep grazing in field the bracken moved in, suckers were able to grow and now we have dozens of trees in what was once pasture

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

A young oak growing out of a pile of rhododendron which was cleared using the lever and mulch method avoiding the use of herbicide.#naturee#WorldNatureCinservation-Day#Scottlandsrainforest

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Cotton grass a common bog plant it’s fluffy seed heads have been used for pillow stuffing candle wicks and wound dressing though it would take some time to collect! #bogday #nature #westlochtarbert

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

"Bioregioning: the act of bringing your bioregion into existence through:🍃 grounding, connecting, celebrating, belonging 🍃 🦫To begin: ground yourself in the here and now. You already live in a bioregion. Manifest it to yourself by exploring the land around you.

Image 01: Aerial depiction of our bioregion
©️ Photo Ferry Wood.

Image 02: Bioregional patterning sketch by Ed Tyler. ©️ Photo Ferry Wood.

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Our bioregion can be found along a recently glaciated, multi-layered, and complex winding coast, taking in islands, headlands, bays, harbour fishing villages, peninsulas, sea and land lochs, fields, farms, cliffs, gullies, gorges, ravines, rocky scars, knolls, hills, and the foothills of mountains.⛰️

📷Image 01: Carina walking through the field by the cabin at Ferry Wood. ©️Photo Ferry Wood.

📷Image 02: Carina and Ed in Ferry Wood. ©️Photo Ferry Wood.

📷Image 03: Volunteer (Shaye) and Carina in Ferry Wood. ©️Photo Ferry Wood.

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Brilliant project to use Gaelic place names to reveal lost woodlands. Very useful for rainforest restoration storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/9b79...

storymaps.arcgis.com

Forgotten Woodlands

Can linguistic clues enhance our understanding of an area's past and inspire its future potential?

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

#world rainforest day#lichens temperate rain forest Ferry wood rainforest

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Chris is researching how quickly bryophytes and lichens recolonise areas of temperate rainforest cleared of rhododendron #scotlandsrainforest

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

🌿This #WorldEnvironmentDay, we share highlights of a visit from Dr. Sally Gouldstone of @actinargyll.bsky.social earlier last month to Ferry Wood, alongside Chris Ellis (a lichenologist from @thebotanics.bsky.social , and students from the University of Edinburgh. Highlights from the visit below!

Site visit at Ferry Wood. (from left) Chris Ellis, Ed and Carina, Chris, Ben (MSc students at the University of Edinburgh), and Sally Gouldstone. Photo Sally Gouldstone.

📷 Carina pictured during visit. Highlights from a site visit at Ferry Wood. Photo Sally Gouldstone.

📷Highlights from a site visit at Ferry Wood. Photo Sally Gouldstone.

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

🌱 As #InvasiveSpeciesWeek draws to a close, we wanted to share pictures taken from the same spot, the first in 2020 before rhododendron clearance, the second in 2024 afterwards. See how the complex topography of the land is revealed, plus native trees which had disappeared from view. #INNSWeek

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

"Trees share resources to overcome environmental challenges." Ecosystems work together to overcome difficult conditions, and most people do the same, given a chance. But we're told selfishness is not only normal, but a good thing, because that's how those who crave and gain wealth and power are.

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

#InvasiveSpeciesWeek Early in our journey of becoming rare woodland custodians, we were challenged on how to manage the wood in ways that safeguard all rare species on site. They're threatened by invasive rhododendrons for a start. This week we unpack our approaches to managing invasive species. 🌿

Sections of cleared Ferry Wood pictured in the sun. ©️Photo Ferry Wood.

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

1/3 🌱We’re delighted to connect with you and share some exciting updates. 🌱 Ferry Wood is becoming a monitoring site over the next year!

Coastal view from Ferry Wood and information card about Ferry Wood.

Ferry Wood hillside including oak tree pictured.

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

If you live in #ScotlandsRainforest and have a bit of spare time, Butterfly Conservation needs you! They're surveying for pearl-bordered fritillaries and chequered skippers. Workshop online later today! Full info here: buff.ly/q15M7t6 @savebutterflies.bsky.social 📷 Peter Eeles & Iain H Leach

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Ferry Wood 🌿 @ferrywood.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

This #WorldEarthDay we’re thinking about our local bioregion. Here we share a view of Ferry Wood, the West lock, surviving aspen and oak trees coming out into leaf. 🌿🌱🌊 #EarthDay2025 #Rainforest bit.ly/4lVR4dk

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Creative writing workshop in #ScotlandsRainforest, Saturday 26 April, on a quiet stretch of coastline in West Lochaber. What's not to like?? 📝 🌳

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Woodland Trust Scotland @wtscotsocial.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

#SavingScotlandsRainforest is a tough task. We need good people to help. Great to see more jobs & investment in #TemperateRainforest restoration. Please do share if you know anyone who might be interested. ⬇️ @asrainforest.bsky.social

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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest @asrainforest.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Did you know..? 1. Scotland has rainforest 2. It's rare, there's only 30,000 hectares left! 3. It's under threat 4. It needs protection #ScotlandsRainforest 📷 Iain H Leach

A pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly showing its underwing, which has a design like a cubist painting. It's sitting on a bluebell.

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