Ex-weatherman, mountain leader and aspiring author. Put the planet first and the rest will follow.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined April 2011
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I'm an unapologetic advocate of reintroducing wolves to the Highlands but acutely aware how culturally difficult that will be and how much would have to change, land management wise, for co-existence to work.
But it's nice to dream, eh? So I did just that inkcapjournal.co.uk/wolf-wat…
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Incredible video showing the approaching sunset and the fast shadow of the eclipse moving south!
At last, a whiff of autumn and reminder this interminable summer will end.
Bit earlier this year, but a sub-528 dam cold pool drifting past Svalbard on Monday will bring some snow to higher ground along the west of the archipelago.
Autumn colours appearing in the Highlands too!
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This map shows which year had the warmest summer on record, for mean temperature, area by area.
Note that for many areas, it was summer 2025.
1976 is no longer the warmest summer on record for any area.
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All snow melted in Scotland by August 6th this year, the earliest on record by over two weeks. This graphic helps to explain the reason why.
Full melting used to be exceptional up until the early 2000s. Now survivals are becoming the exception, a 180° turn in almost no time.
My annual hunt for autumn has borne fruit early this year, which is remarkable given the amount of anomalous warmth kicking around in 2025.
Here she is, in all her ephemeral glory, a small pool of sub-528DAM air nosing across the west of Greenland. Winter is coming.
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Listen to the Finnish president—this is what a real leader sounds like, unlike the nonsense Trump says.
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Absolutely, aye. The Pictish stone carvers had only ever seen wild boar on TV.
Wild boar or feral pigs are considered to be a non-native, invasive species in Scotland. Report sightings online at irecord.org.uk using ‘wild boar’ or by emailing wildlifeops@nature.scot
ALT African Swine Fever - wild boar are adept at breaching many standard fencing designs. Fences should be checked regularly to ensure they are kept secure and in good repair.
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Absolutely sensational on the Ouse Washes at dusk today!! Ducks, Geese, Gulls, Waders, Swans…and then the Cranes came. I think 87, arriving together, flying straight towards me calling and then circling. One of the best things I’ve seen! 🤩 @CambsBirdClub
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The amazing Strawberry Hill farm has been saved after @wildlifebcn raised £1.5 million. Thanks so much to everyone who read my story, spread the word and donated. Visit this beautiful place and be heartened that we together can do great things.
theguardian.com/environment/…
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In Baku today it is as if there are five @DavidLammy clones. He is everywhere at COP & making a huge & hugely positive impression.
I can’t exaggerate how great it is to have such a senior figure drag the focus away from the technocratic one-dimensional focus on carbon counting towards championing the actual natural world we all depend on and without which we haven’t a hope of stabilising the climate.
It is wonderful to see & so good to have the UK back & leading on this, the most important cause of all 👏🌎👏
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⬆️ @UKPowerNetworks, please can we have installed some flight deflectors on the stretch of line at TL3818180148 in Cambridgeshire to try and prevent further deaths ⬇️ 3/3
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If you’re still on the fence about voting in this election, think about what really matters – about the values we were taught, the kind of country we want to be, and how this is a moment when your vote really does count.
Your vote could determine the fate of our republic – the world that our children and grandchildren will inherit. It’s an awesome responsibility. But what an extraordinary privilege it is to live in a democracy that gives each of us the opportunity to make our voices heard.
It’s not that we blame them, it’s that we’ve degraded to systems to the extent they can’t co-exist as they once would’ve.
When you lose sea otters from a kelp forest on N.America’s pacific coast, do you blame sea urchins for proliferating and eating all the kelp?
Of course not.
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As always Paddy says much better than I ever could something I have bumbled on about for ages.
Discussions about land should be as much about state land as private land and as much about the "how" of land management as the "who" of land ownership.
"The Government has been watching us floundering in decay for decades. Now they want a National Park, they can’t stop telling us how important we are – but we wouldn’t need a cure if we hadn’t been allowed to get sick..." via @wildforest_matt gallowayfarm.blog/2024/10/28…
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"The Government has been watching us floundering in decay for decades. Now they want a National Park, they can’t stop telling us how important we are – but we wouldn’t need a cure if we hadn’t been allowed to get sick..." via @wildforest_matt gallowayfarm.blog/2024/10/28…
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Think how hard it is to secure footage like this - to show so clearly what these #criminals are up to, far from prying eyes, worried only about being caught out by tracking technology. How often do you think these crimes can be documented like this, and how many go unrecorded?
