I spoke on Farming Today this morning about…..FERRIES! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

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A baby 🥰 Hopefully they continue to hang out in the polytunnel and keep the slugs and bugs in check 🙏🤞 (Only handled as they were chilling out beneath a plant pot and I needed to move them somewhere safer out of the way).

Many thanks to Dodgson Wood for this past week here SmallholdersUK (find us on BlueSky) - always good to have you sharing what's happening John. We now have something of a gap, so if anyone would like a week tweeting SmallholdersUK (find us on BlueSky), please let me, Debbie Debbie Kingsley know.

If you want a week @SmallholdersUKcontact Debbie Kingsley. Smallholders, homesteaders, crofters, small scale farmers, gardeners & rural crafters welcome from all over the world, plus those who connect with them. It’s all about working with the land in small but important ways.

Good story on our AAAS science paper led by ⁦Marlee Tucker⁩ on - When COVID rules kept humans home, wildlife roamed more freely, international study shows cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

#ecologyjobs Are you our new #aquaticEcology and #lake ecosystems researcher? Apply for the permenant researcher role here: nina-english.attract.reachmee.com/jobs/36-resear…

"someone driving from London to Edinburgh would pay three times more tax than if they were flying by private jet" thetimes.co.uk/article/1-in-1…

All kicking off on the Isle of Harris FB page. I mean theres stupid and then theres…

Obviously the source is known for hyperbole, but all this media coverage is so striking - armoured vehicles, snipers etc, for one possible lion?! And these are often the same people who think Africans should just live with lions without issues! 🤯🤯 dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

Wow, an extraordinary survival! A Mesolithic axe used by a hunter-gatherer some 7,000 years ago! 🤩 Red deer antler and hazel wood. The pointed end suggests it was also used for digging/foraging. From a submerged Ertebølle coastal settlement, Tybrind Vig, Denmark. #Archaeology

I've learnt alot about febrile seizures today & what to do about them. As common as they seemingly are, if I never saw another infant like that again it would still be too soon. nhs.uk/conditions/feb…

How Edinburgh council decided to enter the hotel business and then set about closing down the competition 🧵

“Given the business plan requires high occupancy, there will be a need to eliminate competition. Sadly, it would appear that self-catering is in the firing line as Edinburgh Council seeks to regulate the sector out of existence.”

I never get tired of seeing photos of Roman mosaics emerging under a vineyard near Verona in Italy. The remains of a villa, believed to date to the 3rd century AD, were unearthed in a hilly area above the town of Negrar di Valpolicella. theguardian.com/world/2020/may…

New paper out: Demographic patterns in Lyme borreliosis seasonality over 25 years #TimeLyme Clinical manifestation also differ among demographic groups onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/zp…

Women having to travel long distances to give birth and then being turned away is unacceptable. Neither is it acceptable to wait in a car as labour progresses. The alternative - to pay for a hotel room for labour - is not an NHS free at the point of need.

Anyone have any info on why the speed limits in Golspie and Brora changed to 20mph for a handful of days and are now back up to 30mph?

Heard upsetting news that our lobster supplier The Tina Louise has been targeted on 28th July & sunk. Only just got over lobsters being stolen twice from their tanks & past creel damage. Police Scotland pls get this info out over your social media & let’s catch these criminals.

Endless crap written about sheep, especially on this platform, but here's a lovely piece by Megan Rowland to balance that out... scribehound.com/lifestyle/s/on…