The proposed boathouse would destroy protected woodland. The lodges would cause further disturbance. We will be asking the park authority to reject these plans today.

We are delighted that this damaging proposal has been rejected by the national park. We have maintained a longstanding objection, in defence of the woodland habitats at the site.

We are celebrating a victory for woods and trees tonight! We have campaigned against this damaging proposal from the start, and we raise a glass to the many others who fought this battle locally and nationally. 🥂 #Flamingoland buff.ly/4dZN9Yq

🦅 Incoming! Stunning close up of a kite as it makes a dive for food by Peter Hancock, 📸 Our specialist red kite photo hide offers the chance for up close photography encounters with these stunning raptors. For more info visit argatyredkites.co.uk #ThePhotoHour BBC Wildlife

Some serious scything at #BellsquarryOrchard in Livingston ⛏️ Scything helps manage soil nutrients increasing the biodiversity of wildflowers and encouraging more pollinators & apples! 🍎 Join the fun & apply to volunteer at 👉 buff.ly/3Txeitt

Brilliant time learning from Mar Lodge Estate National Nature Reserve NTS 🌳 Thanks for hosting us!

A speckled wood butterfly soaks up some welcome September sunshine at #HermitageOfBraid in Edinburgh.🦋 They love to sunbathe in woodland glades.😎 The males are very territorial and fight fierce battles spiraling up into the canopy. Friends of Midmar Paddock #butterflies BC Scotland

Before & after of the paths at #Kinclaven Wood 🌳 👣 The new firmer, more level surface should prevent path erosion and enable people with limited mobility to better enjoy the wood. Huge thanks to players of Postcode Lottery who help us look after this special place!

Rowans are looking splendid across the country right now.

PJ Maclachlan with trees on his Lewis croft. Our Croft Woodland Project has planted 211,000 trees in the Western Isles, largely funded by Point and Sandwick Trust - operators of the UK's largest community windfarm. From Barra to the Butt of Lewis there have been 245 plantings.🌳

Thank you to the awesome @Avivaplc for coming out and recording ancient trees at @CamperdownCountryPark with us📏 🌳 Spotted a gnarly looking tree near you? Log it on the Ancient Tree Inventory & help us map the UK's oldest and most important trees👉 buff.ly/3ZzCVtD

Wildcats kittens born in the wild are starting to become independent and exploring on their own 🐾 If you're walking your dog in an area where wildcats have been released, please follow the Scottish Outdoor Access Code to avoid disturbing them ➡ outdooraccess-scotland.scot

We are so pleased to support these lovely folks doing this lovely stuff. 😃

The Capon Oak is one of three Scottish contenders to be named UK Tree of the Year 2024. It is one of the last surviving trees of the ancient Jedforest. Check out all the Tree of the Year contenders and vote here: buff.ly/2zLhVGn #TreeOfTheYear #TreeOfTheYear2024

We had colleagues up from down south this week visiting places we work including Loch Arkaig, Torridon and Assynt.🌄 Now they think the weather is always like this!😎

Croft Woodland Advisor Laura McEwan collecting rowan berries at Ceann Loch Shipoirt on the Isle of Lewis. Remnant trees often hold on in hard to reach gullies. Seed from this one will help repopulate the wider landscape. Copyright Photo by Murdo Macleod.📷

I’ve eaten plums, cooked them, frozen them whole and cooked - to use the glut. Yet there’s more on our trees. BUT there are no WASPs on the over ripe ones for the first time in my living memory. The signals of ecological dangers are more and more evident. We have to change.