Forests, hills, bogs, boreo-temperate-oceanic stuff & everything in them (incl people). Ecologist. Tweets definitely my own.
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Gus Routledge retweeted
Obviously you can't vote any more, but do go and have a read of the blog by @PinkfootedGus about the Skipinnish oak, a very worthy winner of Tree of the Year 2024 #ScotlandsRainforest @WTScotsocial savingscotlandsrainforest.or…
Gus Routledge retweeted
It was obvious to any informed person, with their eyes open, that the Biodiversity Net Gain policy, would be abused to justify the destruction of important habitat. It is a horrible legalistic contrivance, and it means nothing.
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Gus Routledge retweeted
Join us for the #ScotBotanistsConf @TheBotanics to hear all about how @PlantlifeScot are giving our pinewood specialists like this amazing One-flowered Wintergreen a boost!
Head to: bsbi.org/scottish-annual-mee… to book your place, but hurry - they are filling fast!
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Join us at the #ScotBotanistsConf @TheBotanics to find out how this stunning but nationally rare Sticky Catchfly is getting on in the Ochils!
Gus Routledge retweeted
Could an ancient oak tree in #ScotlandsRainforest win this year's @WoodlandTrust Tree of the Year competition?? Read this amazing blog by @PinkfootedGus to help you decide, and be sure to vote for your favourite oak by 21 October 🌳 savingscotlandsrainforest.or…
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Gus Routledge retweeted
Calling it 'Lost Valley' is part of the problem too.
Coire Gabhail as it's been known a long time before any 'lost valley' nonsense.
The creep of erasure that all adds into the loss of connection to places & land, a process which we then see the excesses and symptoms of here.
Gus Routledge retweeted
Lovely day with the Mountain Birch Group: Visiting Creag Fhiaclach is a must for any Scottish #mountain #woodland enthusiast! A stunning remnant of our high-altitude #Pine #treeline at 650m+; now with #regeneration marching up the hill. If only we had more across our uplands! 🤗
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Last week the #Mountain #Birch Group @MontaneWoodland visited a very special high-altitude woodland remnant at 700+m above Gleann Eanaich in the Cairngorms. @PinkfootedGus was in his element with the best seed collection he'd ever had here! #MountainBirchProject @ReforestingScot
Gus Routledge retweeted
**No need to seed**. In all of these photos, degraded, formerly farmed ground, recovered itself, quickly, with a species-rich flora with no seeding. Nature did it. Local genetics. Local specialities & rarities. No cost. Something to think on...
Gus Routledge retweeted
It's very sobering & striking that this site in the #Cairngorms holds "some of the most intact #montane #birch woodland flora in Scotland"! A tiny pocket of tall birch trees at 670m, only remaining in the spot inaccessible to large herbivores. But hopefully that's to change! 💪
Gus Routledge retweeted
The hepatic mat webinar can now be seen on the Swedish Bryology YouTube channel. Also some nice little taxonomic videos including one on Andreaea rothii/rupestris - delightfully called the 'sooty mosses' in Sweden. ? something for the BBS to consider 🤔
youtube.com/@mossornasvanner…
Gus Routledge retweeted
#MarineMiles day 100!! 🥳
A big milestone to reach 100 days of walking from Lands End to John O' Groats for @HWDT_org!
We have been joined by friends Dan and Ollie who have been great moral boosters and @PinkfootedGus!
Please keep donating! 👇
gofund.me/ac84244b
Gus Routledge retweeted
“The hills of South West Norway are covered in Birchwoods, creating a 'Birch belt' between the upper limit of the pinewoods and the true montane environments of the high summits.
Are the few Birch trees that remain in Scotland's hills the last survivors of our own Birch belt?”
ALT Birch trees growing on an upland bog in South West Norway, 940m above sea level. The sky is streaked with pinks and purples and the distant mountains are silhouettes. Photo: Ellie Dimambro-Denson
Gus Routledge retweeted
“The scenery is amazing, the wildlife is amazing, it’s a fantastic place to work.”
#RangerRambles is back!
To kick off series two, we spent the day with Simon Ritchie, Nature Reserve Manager of @NatureScot's Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve 🌱
Gus Routledge retweeted
The fantastic Tall Bog-sedge (Carex magellanica), left, and the also lovely Bog-sedge (C. limosa), right, growing together in a wonderful species-rich mire by Aberfoyle. Definitely SSSI designation worthy, with several nationally scarce Sphagnum moss species also present.
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The Dog, the Quad and the Wild Wild Land
Rural Depopulation & Land Use Change in Scotland a thread provoked by "The Last Keeper" a film by @tomopre
Preface
I'm not a rural worker. But my dad was, he was a shepherd who worked with a dog & lost his job to land use change
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Gus Routledge retweeted
The only Scottish site for the nationally rare Small Restharrow (Ononis reclinata) on the Mull of Galloway - not visited since 2004. Abseil now required!
Just 16 plants counted in two locations; scrub encroachment appears to be a serious threat. More roped surveys needed!
Gus Routledge retweeted
For #VolunteerWeek let's say THANK YOU to @naturelark, @Botany2021, @BrianLaney2. @Jo_the_botanist & everyone here on X who helps fellow plant-lovers with #WildFlowerID!
And a huge THANK YOU to @botany_beck who leads #WildFlowerHour & is interviewed here: bsbipublicity.blogspot.com/2…
Gus Routledge retweeted
Psst… we’re looking for a Project Officer to help us continue develop & manage a community-led marine enhancement project near Inverness. Take a wee look here!! 👉 mossyearth.typeform.com/to/z…
Gus Routledge retweeted
Next Wednesday from 6-8pm there's going to be a webinar with presentations from Ireland, Scotland, Norway & Sweden discussing where to find oceanic hepatic communities. Join us if you want to learn more about these special habitats! @BBSbryology britishbryologicalsociety.or…