The monthly clean up of #Leith is complete.

Two large piles of rubbish collected on land and from the river to keep the end of the river looking lush.

Thanks to the local staff of Firefly for lending a hand

Keep Scotland Beautiful The City of Edinburgh Council The Wombles Save Our Shore, Leith

Our Montrose Basin Wildlife Reserve site manager, Joanna Peaker, was interviewed for the latest episode of BBC Radio Scotland Out of Doors where she shared the sights and sounds of spring on the estuary.

📻Listen at 36:40 – 43:50
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

#WorkingforWildlife

What an amazing thing. An Exmoor pony foal was born this weekend Bamff Wildland and Ecotourism rewilding project & they’ve named it Argaty.
Thanks Louise Ramsay Paul Ramsay Sophie Ramsay we feel very honoured.
Find out more about Bamff Wildland project bamff.land

We have some exciting opportunities for Trainee Rangers to join our team in Badenoch and Strathspey and Deeside, and encourage people to have a safe, enjoyable and responsible visit to the National Park 🌱

Apply by 12 May at 23:59pm ➡️ careers.cairngorms.co.uk/Cairngorms/Home

📸 Pete Short

Thanks to all our fantastic #volunteers who made 24 #amphibian ladders on Sat. These were fitted and will ensure wildlife can now escape if they fall down roadside drains.
#ToadsonRoads #MitigationforWildlife #Perthshire #SaveourToads #Volunteering

A busy morning down at St Marks park for our volunteers clearing rubbish from the river, wood from the Gormley statue and recovering the width of the path

Staff were out hunting #gianthogweed and managed to treat 470 plants to stop them taking over the river banks
The City of Edinburgh Council

Thanks to everyone who joined us for our first control days on the Almond this year! We've started tackling giant hogweed at the Bertha park site and surrounding areas while the vegetation is still low and manageable. 1/3

A fine morning yesterday for our black grouse lek count and great to record an increase in our number of lekking males. This was due to an increase of some of our known leks but also the recent discovery of two new lek sites. Hopefully this upturn occurs elsewhere too.
National Trust for Scotland

Five new trapping locations set up in the Tay catchment late last week. Still trying to increase mink coverage in between all our plant work. Important to keep the pressure up and catch the mink wherever we can. Scottish Invasive Species Initiative NatureScot Tay Salmon Board

Finishing the weekend with a close encounter of the otter kind. A lovely female just headed in after fishing whilst I was sitting enjoying the cracking evening. A wee bonus to these views. #TireeRanger #DiscoverTiree SCRA NatureScot

Red sky in the morning....
Dawn breaking behind Boreray today.
#sunrise #stkilda #scottishisland
#OuterHebrides #visitscotland
#fortheloveofscotland

A few recent bird highlights on #StKilda have included a Kestrel joining the Merlin party, a couple of Great Northern Divers in Village Bay, and a record island count of 4 Short-eared Owls up on Conachair today. Outer Hebrides Birds BirdGuides

Control work has begun on the Urie to tackle the significant giant hogweed infestation present along the river. This particular site is best tackled early on as the plants were already at knee height & growing under young trees, making access challenging later in the season. 1/2

Four Trainee Ranger posts available in the #Cairngorms #NationalPark . Closing date 12 May. Great opportunity to join the Cairngorms Rangers team. Cairngorms National Park SCRA

careers.cairngorms.co.uk/Cairngorms/Home

Glorious light tonight just before sunset on #stkilda

Cracking day for a Bumblebee survey today. Lots of queens on the wing at the moment with White-tailed and Moss Carder recorded today. Looking forward to the machair starting to bloom. Covered in daisies at the moment but will soon turn yellow. Lots of Whimbrel (a wading bird

Exciting evening in the Manse, it's curry night for the NTS St Kilda team!

This Sunday! Join Ewan, RSPB Scotland Warden at Abernethy Reserve, for a day of planting broadleaf trees in the Loch Garten area 🌲 10 am – 4 pm, Sunday 28th April.

Register now: bit.ly/abernethy-volu…

📷SCOTLAND: The Big Picture

We have a fantastic beach art workshop coming up this Saturday. Join East Lothian artist & SSC team member Vikki Mackenzie for a spring morning beachcomb followed by a crafting session.

27 April, 10am – 1pm. Book 👇
seabird.org/events/the-art…

📷©️Vikki Mackenzie
#SupportLocal

4th day of spraying #GiantHogweed this week for our trained team with 1449 seedlings treated to date.

In addition another pile of rubbish collected locally by our wombles and a trim back of the paths from Fords Rd to Saughton weir

The City of Edinburgh Council #INNS Keep Scotland Beautiful Paths for All