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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Since 2012, we've recorded: 🐦 64 bird species 🦌 11 mammal species 🐸 4 amphibian and reptile species 🌿 51 mosses and liverworts 🍃 44 lichen species 🌾 30 grasses, sedges and rushes 🦋 36 moth species 🌸 125 wildflower species At Glenlude.

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A red squirrel caught on one of our new trail cameras at Glenlude! 🐿️🌲 Our four new trail cameras will make monitoring easier and help us see what other wildlife is using the site, allowing us to continue building our wildlife records.

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our monthly read. 📖 Author Robert Macfarlane sets out on a journey to explore the question at the heart of the book: is a river alive? This is a journey will take him around rivers in far-flung corners of the world. What's your favourite wild read?

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Place in Focus: Sandwood 🌊 From its vast golden sands and rugged sea cliffs to wild moorland, machair and peatlands, Sandwood is a landscape shaped by nature and home to an incredible variety of wildlife. 🐝🌿 More on Sandwood: johnmuirtrust.org/about-us/whe...

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David Cooke @llewelyn68.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

#JohnMuirDay 21 April 2026 followed @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social advice & spent 21 minutes in Kingoodie wood/quarry listening & watching nature do its stuff. At least 15 species of birds sang around me, the sunshine the insects were active & broom flowering. Not forgetting microbes & lovely lichen

Kingoodie quarry trees coming into leaf, carpet of Ivy and flowering currant

Pointy slab of rock covered in jigsaw of white lichen

Broom flowers and Birch stems with blue sky in background

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

A snow-covered Quinag from 2024🏔️ Find out more about our work at Quinag here: eu1.hubs.ly/H0qjL9X0 And become a member to support Quinag and our other wild places here: eu1.hubs.ly/H0qjKM20

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Pine marten caught on camera at Thirlmere 🎥 This marten was caught on camera while investigating a pole filled with peanut butter, fish sauce and oily fish. You can find out more about pine marten and the work we're doing at Thirlmere here: eu1.hubs.ly/H0qZD9f0

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

"I hope when you’re out in the mountains or hills close to home, that you take time to notice the species that coexist alongside us." Nevis Conservation Officer Julia reflects on our relationship with mountains for #InternationalMountainDay: www.johnmuirtrust.org/whats-new/ne...

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Our Nevis Conservation Officer Julia Robertson reports on essential maintenance and repair work to the Steall gorge path in the latest field notes on our website: eu1.hubs.ly/H0pZxX70 Support our work at Nevis here: eu1.hubs.ly/H0pZB3d0

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

🎄🎁 CHRISTMAS HAMPER GIVEAWAY 🎁🎄 We at the John Muir Trust are giving away a Christmas hamper worth over £300! How to enter: ✨ Follow us ✨ Like and Repost this Explore more gifts at👉https://john-muir-trust-shop.myshopify.com/

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Love to hear this! You can get yours here: john-muir-trust-shop.myshopify.com/collections/...

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Festive Gifts

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

A bit of summer sun to get us through this gloomy November week ☀️ Sunrise at Quinag ⛰️

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Your organisation can enjoy a volunteering day out with the John Muir Trust, offering a chance to connect as a team and make a real difference for nature.🌲🌿 👇 Don’t just take our word for it - see how Absolute Escapes got on during their day with us! eu1.hubs.ly/H0pcQ900

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Ring ouzels will have headed south for now, but will return by March to breed in April. 🐦 Seen at Schiehallion, Nevis, Quinag and Strathaird, this mountain wanderer has many names - from Dorset’s Michaelmas thrush to Scots “aiten chackart.” Read more: www.johnmuirtrust.org/whats-new/ne...

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Mountain movers

An upland specialist, ring ouzels return to breed in spring but are often only spotted by other mountain goers.

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

The John Muir Trust attended the @scottishgreens.org Conference this Saturday. Engaging with policy makers across the political spectrum is central to our efforts to protect and restore wild places for now and future generations. 📷 Photo credit to Christian Gamauf

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The Green Team @greenteamedin.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Celebrating 30 years of positive impact. In early October, we gathered at the City Chambers. In the same week, we also planted trees at Glenlude @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social DISCOVER MORE in From the City to the Wild Wood - www.greenteam.org.uk/30-years-imp...

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

“Scotland’s land is being scarred while the supposed climate benefits are dwarfed by corporate interests that bring little back to this country.” E+T Magazine highlighted our call from our Director of Land and Policy, which you can read here: eandt.theiet.org/2025/10/13/p...

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Thomas Widrow @thomaswidrow.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

🎗️ I'm at the @snp.org conference to speak on behalf of #WildPlaces for @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social, along with my colleagues Wendy and Benjamin. 📆 If you're attending, come along and say hi, and don't miss our fringe event on Monday from 12:30-13:30, in the Conference suite 4.

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Last weekend, 1,700 runners and supporters gathered at Nevis Range for the return of Salomon Skyline Scotland. The Ben Nevis Skyline saw over 400 racers tackle a challenging 28.1km run taking them over the summit of Ben Nevis. Read the full story here: eu1.hubs.ly/H0nwBVk0

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Trail runners conquer Ben Nevis

Last Saturday, Nevis Conservation Officer Julia joined the 1,700 other attendees gathered at Nevis Range as part of the Salomon Scotland Skyline weekend.

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

We love to see our John Muir Award participants getting creative. 🌿🎨 Steev, who started his John Muir Award while at @thinkuhi.bsky.social set himself the challenge of recording a podcast to go along with his John Muir Award. Listen to "The Forest Janny" here: eu1.hubs.ly/H0nygnp0

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Magical ✨ Video captured by a Charlie, a driver with D & J Campbell Ltd., who decided to take an early morning hike to the top of Blá Bheinn after staying overnight on our land in #Skye 🌄 #scotland #wildplaces

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Mostly active between dusk and dawn, pine martens rarely reveal themselves easily. But while notoriously difficult to spot, this is an animal that, in Scotland at least, continues to recover lost ground following past human persecution and habitat loss: eu1.hubs.ly/H0n4kP20

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Pine martens reclaim the wild

Although still critically endangered in Wales and England, pine marten numbers continue to recover in Scotland, writes Rich Rowe.

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

And that's a wrap on the Wild Places Gathering 2025! We would like to thank all the members, supporters, staff and trustees that joined us today and made the Wild Places Gathering 2025 so special. We hope to see you again soon! 🌿

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Steve Carver, Professor of Rewilding and Wilderness Science at the University of Leeds, is kicking off the day with the keynote 🌿 @landethics.bsky.social

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Our Wild Places Gathering 2025 is almost ready for kick off 🎉 We’ll be tweeting throughout the day to keep you updated on the Gathering and all things wild 🌿

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

We're at the Wild Summit in Bristol today 🌿 Our Regional Manager for the South, Gareth, is attending thoughtful sessions on green investment, planning for people and nature & community empowerment, and reported a great energy being part of a 1,200 strong conference. 🌳

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

📢We're thrilled to be shortlisted for #NatureofScotland Awards Health and Wellbeing with our wonderful partners Phoenix Futures.💜 🌳Recovery through Nature in the Phoenix Forest supports conservation at special wild place Glenlude and helps Phoenix people's pathways to recovery.

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Over 1,000 people have achieved their redesigned #JohnMuirAward since March! The refreshed Award inspires adventure, creativity, and conservation, helping people connect with nature in meaningful ways. 🌿 Want to get involved? 👉

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

We joined local volunteers from Skye Beach Cleans and Loughborough University students for a beach clean on Skye's Strathaird peninsula earlier this month. 🏖️ Adrian Trendall reflects on the beach clean in the latest Field Notes on our website: eu1.hubs.ly/H0mGw5H0

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Forests are vital for clean air, carbon storage, and sheltering rare wildlife. But centuries of felling and overgrazing have left native trees covering just 4% of the UK. Want to help? Donate to our Wild Woods Appeal: eu1.hubs.ly/H0mjQ750 Photo taken on Jahama land.

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

A chance encounter between a tawny owl and a hedgehog at Glenlude, our #wildplace in the Scottish Borders. If this duo was a double act, what would they be called? 🦉🦔

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

These three rugged peaks, ancient oak woodlands, and sweeping views over loch and sea - can you name this wild corner of Assynt where golden eagles soar and water voles thrive? Photo by Kevin Lelland 📷

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Trustee Emily Sutton reflects on the growing movement supporting deeper recognition of the value of nature in our legal systems in the newest story on our website: eu1.hubs.ly/H0mlpRR0

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Deborah Long @naturepower.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

I needed to find that Friday feeling & it's still here. This @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social film may be 10 years but it is as relevent today & still packs a punch. Have a good weekend everyone. youtu.be/1UIiixu2MZs?...

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Essential Wildness

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Community InfoSource @comminfosource.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

To quote one of the team: "We hiked, climbed, learned so much, and achieved goals by reaching challenging places, but all of this was made possible thanks to our teamwork and support for one another… I won’t forget the friends I met after joining the group. We became a team, friends, and a family."

Three hikers stride across a flat path with mountains in the background and large clouds gathering above.

Two hikers celebrate with arms out wide and big smiles at the summit of a mountain.

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Community InfoSource @comminfosource.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Our group enjoyed some truly memorable days out in the great outdoors and learned how to access the hills independently, safely and with greater confidence. Huge thanks as ever to Tiso, Mhor Outdoor, @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social and our amazing programme leader, Kat Jackson.

Hikers on a woodland path stop to pick brambles. The sky is bright blue with vapour trails and a few small white clouds.

A group of hikers have lunch on a riverbank next to a woodland trail.

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Community InfoSource @comminfosource.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

We've now completed our seven-week Connect Outdoors educational hiking programme, finishing with the 1,103m Munro, Beinn Ghlas, overlooking Loch Tay, and a 10km woodland trek around Chatelherault Country Park. Community, connection, camaraderie; so many great achievements, so many proud moments!

A group of eight hikers at the summit of a mountain with large clouds overhead and mountains in the distance.

Three hikers climb a rocky path as low cloud drifts in.

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Scotland’s wild places face change at an unprecedented pace. Our CEO, David Balharry, urges us to consider: do these brief financial gains outweigh the long-term health of our communities and landscapes? Read more: johnmuirtrust.org/whats-new/ne...

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Nevis manager Ali looks back on two decades of caring for the mountain on our website: www.johnmuirtrust.org/whats-new/ne... We celebrated 25 years of caring for Nevis in June, but the peak has been an inspiration to many for millennia as a base for wildlife and a habitat for native woodland. ⛰️🦅

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Exclusive John Muir Day Membership offer! Celebrate Muir’s legacy on his birthday with our exclusive offer: join us for only 99p per month for 6 months (thereafter standard rate of £3.83 per month). Simply use the code: JMD2025 at the checkout. www.johnmuirtrust.org/support-us/j...

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

During a recent survey at Glenlude, a female adder was seen basking with several heather beetles resting on her — likely using her warmth to raise their body temperature in the spring sun. Read the full story in our latest Field Notes 👉 www.johnmuirtrust.org/whats-new/ne...

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Pine marten alert! This individual was caught on camera in Thirlmere earlier this year, and we're hoping we get to see more of her and her friends as the year goes on 🐾 Find out more about the work we do in Thirlmere here: eu1.hubs.ly/H0j053-0

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RSPB Scotland @rspbscotland.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

The bubbling call of Curlews is an iconic sound in Scotland’s spring nature 🔊 With action to protect Curlews and restore their habitats, these distinctive birds could thrive again. Tell MSPs why you love Scotland’s wildlife: scotlink.eaction.online/actnow @scotlink.bsky.social 📷 Andy Hay

Curlew flapping wings next to shallow pool

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walkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk · 27/03/2025

Our most popular routes with no current walk sponsor include Glencoe Lochan, Stac Pollaidh, Meall a' Bhuachaille, Mayar & Driesh, Beinn a' Ghlo. Could you benefit by becoming the sponsor of one of these routes in our website & app? Just £75+VAT per year. www.walkhighlands.co.uk/walk-sponsor...

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Walkhighlands routes available to sponsor

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Our Des Rubens and Bill Wallace Award recipients for 2025 have started heading off on their adventures. 🧗 Aleks Domanski and Yvonne Reddick plan to make a film about the affects of climate change in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Read more👉 eu1.hubs.ly/H0hG7sB0

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The #JohnMuirAward is here! 🙌 We at the Trust are launching our redesigned John Muir Award today, with submissions now open. The Award encourages people of all backgrounds to connect with, enjoy and care for wild places. 🌿 Get involved: eu1.hubs.ly/H0hLZxz0

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The John Muir Trust @johnmuirtrust.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Our Head of Policy, David Fleetwood, will be speaking about the Trusts proposal for a Carbon Emissions Land Tax on 28 April at The Scottish Ecological Design Association's Nature Finance event on 28 April. Get your tickets here 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nature-fin...

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