Alison Strange

Yes, a case of watch this space I think, there appear to be very conflicting views 😶

This is just mind boggling!

Revisiting Europe's temperate forests: Palaeoecological evidence for an herbivory-driven woodland-grassland mosaic biome Understanding the pre-Homo sapiens baseline of the temperate forest biome is crucial for interpreting present-day biodiversity patterns, ecosystem fun…

Worth including this too, note the open habitat rather than closed canopy
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I'd have more faith in the three gents personally

@catrio.bsky.social nail on head👌

Likewise 👍

Oooooo I wish I could be there

A Ferret investigation has found more than 20 Scottish wind farms are paying less money than expected to local communities. The shortfall could add up to more than £50m. 

Critics have branded that an "acute injustice".

Read the full story 👉 https://bit.ly/4rIcDzY

Missing the Wood for the Trees: A Response to the Critics of ‘The Offset Trap’ Why the UK Woodland Carbon Code’s rules on peat are an ecological abstraction, and why we need to talk about land economics instead.

Very interesting!
peeta462032.substack.com/p/missing-th...

Scotland ‘going backwards’ on private land ownership, report warns Concern over accumulation of new sites by major landowners amid reform push

New report says Scotland’s public resources “flow to wealthy private landowners” encouraging further land concentration via subsidies and tax breaks, rather than taking “bold and necessary land reform measures.”

There’s too much pandering to the powerful.

app.scotsman.com/story/560647...

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Key highlights:
👉 Onshore wind payments proposed to rise from £5,000 to £6,000 per MW per year
👉 New recommended rates for solar (£700–£1,000) and battery storage (£150+)
👉 A new Community Benefit Peer Forum to help communities share learning and build expertise sbout £30 million was paid in 2025

📢 The Scottish Government has just published new proposals for community benefits from onshore renewable energy developments.

Have your say on the proposals 👇
www.ideas.gov.scot

I see that Bluesky has flagged my post “Bot verification”. Do they not know Scottish Highland history and the Jacobite risings? Have they not heard of Culloden? Do they not know that many of our roads are old military roads? Below is AI for quick and easy - not accurate but it gives the rough idea.

Wealthy use loophole to conceal value of £300m in Scottish land sales Prices paid for large estates not being disclosed on official register, land reform advocates say

Who would have thought it? 🙄
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Skye’s Revolting Crofters New cultural infrastructure is vital to stop Skye being hollowed out by holiday lets and seasonal blow-ins, writes Catherine MacPhee.

An excellent article :
@auntiesyzygy.bsky.social @claireboardman.bsky.social
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Valid point and the leveraging of such in maintaining existing structures of e.g. land ownership or the commodification of nature.

Thanks for this, I'll have a look 👍

‘We cannot say for sure these wolves come from Russia’: Finns try to fathom cause of record reindeer deaths Wolves killed more than 2,100 reindeer in Finland last year, and herders are blaming the Ukraine war

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A healthy ecosystem requires a wide range of species interactions

Focussing only on, eg, pollination or predation, will not hep ecosystem-level conservation

Superb 👌

Brilliant!

Well said

Christmas wreath and manuscript drafts... whoa, hot stuff!

Land is power – Scotland’s people have none Land isn't just about wealth and justice, it's about power. Scotland is cut off from its own land resources and hence is poorer as a nation

"Scotland’s aristocratic families do not cling to their massive estates only because of income but because of the influence it confers – to them, and their children, and their children’s children. It is about controlling Scotland’s future in the way they control so much of its present."

I went to a place, can't remember the name, possibly National Trust, in the north-east of England and in the walled veg garden it had 14 compost boxes! The 14th was the finished article, my word, it was stupendous!

The snow looks beautiful from a heated room 😉 Himself has dug the track out 3 times so far and has managed to get his car out today, thankfully, as we're in need of food supplies! If ever you are up this way again I can pass on fleece, with dags if required.