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Bog cotton – or cotton grass – bobbing in the breeze is a favourite sight of summer. Look out for the distinctive fluffy white heads growing on boggy ground on heath and moorland - often a good indicator of where not to tread! 📹: ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot

Build it! #wildlifegarden #pond #ducks

On More Allotments: @bewartdean's @OnAllotments project expands — with a book of photos taken on Cardiff allotments, and a film exploring the idea of allotments as radical spaces caughtbytheriver.net/2024/03/on-mor…

Organic gardeners should just be called gardeners. Non-organic gardeners should be called chem-gardeners. Everything is the wrong way around.

Growing your own veg can cut your carbon footprint & save money. You can also enjoy healthy food that’s free from pesticides - and if you create a nature-friendly space, there are lots of beneficial insects that will help you! 🐞🐝🦋 Ideas here: bit.ly/3uSHGkM

During their breeding season from April to late June, you'll find curlews in open country, nesting on upland farmland and moorland. At other times of year though, they retreat mainly to coastal areas where they can eat invertebrates in the wet mud, exposed as the tides retreat.

Who says cities can't grow food? Not Detriot. In 2023, the city hired a Director of Urban Agriculure. Last year alone, city garden and farm plots provided nearly 70,000lbs of fresh produce back to their community. This is how cities prepare and develop resilience.

Beautiful Loch Morlich. Enjoy peaceful views of open water and the mountains beyond. This is a great place to unwind and explore — the 2-hour Loch Morlich Trail has plenty of wildlife and flora to enjoy. Plan your next trip ➡️ forestryandland.gov.scot/visit/forest-p…

#InsightOfTheDay Annie Leibovitz "I wish that all of nature's magnificence, the emotion of the land, the living energy of place could be photographed."

Peatlands. Bogs. Saltmarsh. Mudflats. Lagoons. Ponds. Floodplains. Swamps. Marshes. Mangroves. Fens. Estuaries. Wetlands come in many forms, but they *all* do incredible things for the planet, for nature and for well-being. #WorldWetlandsDay #WWD2024

Today is Imbolc, an ancient Celtic festival of fertility that heralds the halfway point between winter and spring. In Gaelic folklore, the Cailleach weaves winter's spell at this magical moment. As the goddess of winter, she will decide how much longer the cold weather lasts 🌨️

Flowering between January and March, Snowdrops are one of the first signs of spring. Although not native to the UK, the appearance of these hardy flowers has become a familiar sign that warmer weather is not far away. 🌱 #MondayMotivation 📸Sam Benson

@heritagemcr @ProjectOrchard @UK_Treescapes Excellent stuff? I'll be keeping an eye out for more of the cottage life posts.

@heritagemcr @ProjectOrchard @UK_Treescapes Lil cottage = 😃

You've heard of Elf on the Shelf, now get ready for

Join me and the mud and glory that is Lawson Park - March 18-24

We asked our Instagram followers to help us choose our new banner image and they did not disappoint! Say hello to our new #CairngormsWinter snap by Phil James📸 #WhereWinterComesToLife

On the dune area of the Findhorn Hinterland today there were some spectacular examples of these lichens with red apothecia (Cladonia coccifera agg.) growing in clusters together.

Thinking of hitting the slopes this winter?  This photograph from 1960 shows a very full bus taking skiers to do just that in the hills above Glenmore! 2023 marks 100 years of public ownership of Glenmore. Find more stories from the past century at forestryandland.gov.scot/blog/glenmore-…