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That’s a shame. There were 2 goldeneye yesterday at Cramond and a lapwing.

In the rocks by the fish pass best view from inside Fairafar mill

Yes early afternoon. The light was better and I had binoculars and camera today!

It’s in the same place so I assume the same bird!

And a video

Greenshank by rocks

@edinbirdwatcher.bsky.social @birdinglothian.bsky.social Greenshank by the fishpass on the Almond

There were turnstones up at the Salveson steps too.

@edinbirdwatcher.bsky.social from the Almond yesterday by the falls. Greenshank?

Webcam night scene of garden with fox on a frozen pond in a pot

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social

Fox on a frozen pond in a pot Edinburgh #Foxoftheday

Meant “start” but it was also this morning’s “star”.

Not the first bird but nice to have a GSW in the garden to star 2026!

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, AG Macdonell - England, Their England A Scot, invalided in 1918, writes a book about the eccentricities of the English.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Thoughtful, cultured, timely. BBC at its best.

Tired and emotional!

The story behind Australia's incredible democratic system Behind the quirks of Australia's incredible democratic system are a series of complex human backstories.

@therestpolitics.bsky.social icymi Nice piece on the Australian electoral system www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

Our Impact & Results | Future Woodlands Scotland Discover Future Woodlands Scotland's impact to date: restored woodlands, urban tree planting, funded research and forestry skills developed.

Introducing our first Impact Report (2024/2025)!

Since 2012, Future Woodlands Scotland has been helping bring more trees, wildlife, and nature back to life and you can see exactly how in our Impact Report, and through our recent blog.

The full report: https://futurewoodlands.org.uk/our-impact/

Online evening lectures from the Royal Scottish Forestry Society

24th Nov: Treekeepers:
Award-winning author, Lauren E Oakes

8 Dec: Three Words for Forest:
Prof Deirdre Heddon

19 January: Silvohorticulture:
Farming and gardening pioneer Ben Raskin

www.rsfs.org.uk/index.php/on...

When I was a kid interrupting adults asking what they were talking about got the reply- Neeps. How's yer heid?

A huge thank you to all our wonderful contributors @kitenet.bsky.social
@cofnod.org.uk
@earthwormuk.bsky.social @nbntrust.bsky.social and all to the latest NFBR newsletter www.nfbr.org.uk?q=newsletters ! Thank you also to the amazing @aquatilis.bsky.social for bringing it all together :)! Enjoy!

Eight young people kickstart forestry careers through Royal Forestry Society programme Forestry Roots received a record number of applications with 270 candidates across eight traineeships.

Eight young people kickstart forestry careers through Royal Forestry Society programme - @royalforestrysoc.bsky.social
Forestry Roots received a record number of applications with 270 candidates across eight traineeships.
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Stone chat and Reed buntings in the scrub by the old dump on the far side of the hill this morning

New woodland offers unique social benefits to local communities - Forest Research Forest Research explored views and benefits of tree planting and woodland creation.

🌳 How do new woodlands shape wellbeing and sense of place?

Research led by Dr Beth Brockett at Forest Research found communities see local tree planting as good for both nature and people.

🔍 Learn more: ow.ly/kLaK50XaSGB

#WoodlandCreation | #SocialScience

Is the government on course to create three new National Forests in England? – Full Fact Full Fact takes a look at Labour’s pledge to create three new national forests in England, and to plant millions of trees.

The government pledged to create three new national forests and plant millions of trees in England.

So are they on track? Our Government Tracker takes a look 👇

Turnstones and ring plovers back near the Silverknowes cafe last week.

"Put Up Some Fences" - Marsh Family parody of "Walking in Memphis" about Donald Trump UK State Visit YouTube video by Marsh Family

Here's a parody adaptation of the classic song "Walking in Memphis" by the soulful Marc Cohn, in which we address Donald Trump's arrival in the UK for his exciting historic second state visit.

It's called "Put Up Some Fences" 🎹🎶

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Adding a quote to emphasize:

“This work was once done almost exclusively by government crews, but in the 1990s, after a series of staffing cutbacks, the U.S. Forest Service turned to logging and forestry companies for help.”

Environment: Trainee foresters almost guaranteed job - students Some undergraduates drop out of degrees after offers of roles by firms

Major challenge for the sector despite v good job prospects (see link)
From memory (happy to be corrected) there are/were circa 200 students registered on distance learning MSc forestry related courses at @buforestry-archive.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wale...

🌍🧪Ecology needs inclusive systems and equitable opportunities.

Our new BES report shares evidence, lived experience, and practical steps to dismantle barriers in science. 
Written by BES Network members, part-funded by Pride in STEM.

Read the full report here:

Making waves: the context and afterlife of John Scott Russell’s canal experiments of 1834–1835 We reconstruct the events surrounding John Scott Russell’s first observation of a solitary wave, which would become a foundational myth of both nonlinear wave theory and Scottish engineering scienc...

Now published! For anyone with an interest in solitary waves, steam carriages, canals, the British Association for the Advancement of Science, the contest for the Chair of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh in 1838, or late-Georgian shenanigans generally:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....