Spring has sprung in the Highlands and our hawthorn trees are in full bloom🌸In old tales, these bushes harbored faeries and cutting them risked supernatural wrath! Explore Scottish mythology and folklore on our website for more tree stories. 🧚treesforlife.org.uk/into-the-fores…

Our voices are getting louder. Will ScotGov hear our call? 📢
Join over 6,000 individuals and organisations who are calling for Scotland to be declared the world's first #RewildingNation , committing 30% of Scotland's land and seas to nature restoration. rewild.scot/charter

Join us to rewild the Scottish Highlands and restore the Caledonian forest. Your donations bring back native species like the red squirrel and expand our rewilding projects. Let's create a thriving ecosystem for nature and communities. Donate today 👇
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Check out this mesmerising video of a bustling wood ant nest at Corrimony nature reserve! 🐜 These tiny creatures are vital for our forest ecosystem, controlling plant-eating insects to protect trees. Learn more about these minibeasts on our website! 👇 treesforlife.org.uk/into-the-fores…

So excited to have delivery of 1600 Downy Willow (Salix lapponum) grown for us by Trees for Life ready for planting out next week with TreeSurv. It's all go with montane willow scrub #restoration at #Corrour !
#montanescrub #lovemyjob

🌳 These legends planted native trees at #Dunollie Wood in Oban. ☀️ It helps when the sun is shining and the birds are singing!🐦 Over 100 rowan, aspen, oak, holly, hazel and Scots pine were planted by the volunteers - all raised from local seed - also collected by volunteers.👍

Catch us on #SkydancerDay2024 tomorrow! 👇

🌿 JOB OPPORTUNITY | ASSISTANT ECOLOGIST 🌿

Do you have a deep knowledge of the ecology and wildlife of the Scottish Highlands, particularly its woodlands - with a passion to revive them?

If yes, we have an amazing opportunity for you! 👇

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Just 120k red squirrels are left in the UK. But Trees for Life is reintroducing them to suitable Highland woods, and the new populations of reds are thriving. Help create hope for nature by signing the #RewildingNation Charter:
👉 rewild.scot/charter

An exciting opportunity to be at the centre of developing a sustainable, community and nature-focused approach to landscape restoration 🌿👇

Thank you Dundreggan Rewilding Centre for hosting Coille Coimhearsnachd na Comraich | Applecross Community Woodland! We explored Gaelic-led approaches to interpretation with presentations from Anna Macquarrie & Roddy Maclean. Very inspired to bring ideas back to Applecross
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The Gaelic for marsh marigold is lus buidhe bealltainn, meaning ‘the yellow plant of Beltane’.

In the Highlands, its flowers were put above doorways or tied to horses’ tails to ward off evil spirits during this traditional festival of fire and renewal.

Happy Beltane! 🌞

A stable climate and nature-rich environment are vital for food production. Farmers and crofters should be properly supported by the Scottish Government to work in harmony with nature.

We're backing the #FarmforScotlandsFuture campaign. And you can too 👇
farmforscotlandsfuture.scot/actnow

Great meeting today of Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest eNGO Advocacy Group in Woodland Trust Scotland Edinburgh Office. Organisations working together to shape thinking on how we best protect and restore Scotland's Rainforest - tackling rhododendron ponticum and reducing deer numbers among key priorities.

Wow! 🤩

More than 1,000 people supported The Scottish Rewilding Alliance's Big Give appeal, raising £200,000 to help make Scotland a #RewildingNation .

Let's keep building! Add your name to the #RewildingNation Charter to create a future where nature is reawakened 🌄

👉 rewild.scot/charter

How do fungi affect tree growth? On Arbour Day, traditionally a day to plant trees, we wanted to share an exciting experiment we’re conducting at Bunloit. Thanks to Trees for Life #Rhizocoretecnologies and Acer Foresty #arbourday #trees #treeplanting #fungi

We did it! 🙌 Thanks to all your donations, doubled by the #GreenMatchFund , we raised more than £20,000 for Rewild and Recover 💚

This means we can now deliver 4 fully-funded therapeutic nature weeks for people experiencing significant life challenges.

Thank you so much!

33 years ago, almost to the day, the first Trees for Life volunteers started restoring Glen Affric's forest. Since then, thousands more have made the journey, leaving both people and nature renewed.

Thanks to Forestry and Land Scotland for their continued support of our work in the glen 🌱

A project launched by @TreesforLifeUK and @WTScotSocial aims to identify and save Scotland’s forgotten pinewoods. Find out more buff.ly/4cQDtzn