Delicate, fragile and beautiful, yet able to withstand the harsh conditions of Scotland's north coast, Head of Plantlife Scotland goes in search of Scottish Primrose.

Little else lights up the depths of an Irish Atlantic rainforest like the blossoms of wild apple.

This whole tree is afire with them right now. 🌏

A ludicrous bloom of lousewort! I've never seen so much in one place, this was just a tiny bit of it. It stretched across several big hummocks. Lousewort is partially parasitic and takes nutrients from surrounding plants. wildflowerhour BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland

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All three colours of flowering Kidney Vetch #wildflowerhour wildflowerhour bsbi

Not a bad way to spend a #BankHolidayMonday . Tree planting in the sun at Barnhill Farm to create new native coppice and then enjoying lunch in their lovely farm cafe #localproduce . #volunteering

Gorse - 'A woodland in waiting'. Also great habitat, enhances landscape and makes a great tea! #foraging

The oceans are being emptied of wild fish to make ... feed for farmed fish, with a 75% quantity reduction in the process.

Sometimes it feels like we're doing every last thing we possibly can to kill off the living biosphere.
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Had a great day in the beautiful Hannahston Community Woodland, Drongan at their Nature Day. Planting #Aspen as a fringe in front of Scots Pines. Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere Coalfield Communities Landscape Partnership

Semi-natural is the answer. George Peterken explains this well in his latest book Trees and Woodlands.

Awesome to see the progeny of the Beauly Priory 800 year old wych elm and the seedling pollinated from two resilient wych elms in the Borders planted - great work from the Scottish Rare Plants team #trees #nature #restoration

It was a delight to listen to one of my favourite natural history authors present an optimistic view of the future and of course reinforce the fundamental importance of preserving, restoring AND expanding our native forests.

I'm beyond excited to announce that my second book, 'The Magic of an Irish Rainforest: A Visual Journey', goes on sale this September.

A photographic exploration and celebration of rainforests from Beara to north Antrim, it'll take the reader to other, exquisite, dimensions. 🌍

Nice to back at a damp Woodgreen to do the final phase of maintenance planting as part of our Growing for Garnock Project Garnock Connections Landscape Partnership with a big thanks to Kilwinning Eglinton Angling Group - unsung heroes of the River Gordon Donaldson for all their help including cattle herding!

'Tree felling by #beaver promotes #regeneration in #riparian woodlands whilst increasing resource availability for #deer '.
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My latest Press & Journal piece - based on some of the discussion at a recent workshop hosted SRUC Barony campus

It's always healthy to get the other side of a debate. An opportunity to challenge too? gwct.org.uk/events/calenda…

Reflections after the recent SEDA event at Barony 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

“However, if new woodlands and forestry plantations remain restricted to poorer soils at higher altitudes, then the choice of tree species and silviculture practices will remain limited.”