Voluntary partnership of organisations who want to see Scotland's rainforest thrive. #SavingScotlandsRainforest #Scotlandsrainforest
The wet west coast of Scotland
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Did you know..?
1. Scotland has rainforest
2. It's rare (on a global scale)
3. It's under threat
4. It needs protection (for our climate, our biodiversity and our people.)
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Fantastic to see this on the news today. buff.ly/vMAncAw #ScotlandsRainforest
Mosses and liverworts don't produce flowers. Instead they have a complicated life-cycle with two stages. The green, leafy bit is called the gametophyte, and the reproductive bit is called the sporophyte. It's a capsule on a little stalk. This is bank haircap.
📷️ Jenny Tweedie
ALT A strange looking papery type shape on a long stalk with green fronds of moss behind
If you're heading out into #ScotlandsRainforest this spring, find out what wildlife to look out for, from wood warblers, to rare lichens, to chequered skipper butterflies. buff.ly/I6UrW70
Join Nevis Landscape Partnership and the John Muir Trust for a guided tour of Scotland’s rainforest, part of the Fort William Mountain Festival. February 14, 10am-12pm, Glen Nevis. buff.ly/XhuILzX
More than 30 people gathered at ACT’s Kilmory Hub this December for 'Rhododendron and the Rainforest', an informative open day focused on supporting the recovery of Scotland’s rainforest. Find out more buff.ly/xMCcHGl
Did you see the BBC Countryfile team visit the stunning woodlands around the Sound of Mull last year? If you missed out, or you'd just like to see it again, you've got one month left to watch buff.ly/ebvqVUg #ScotlandsRainforest
Want to learn more about lichens in 2026 (and why wouldn't you??) Scottish Lichens are running a series of distance learning courses. The first is lichens on trees buff.ly/vQ8t2RN 📷 Gus Routledge
ALT Lots of colourful lichens tangled together on a branch.
Happy New Year! Here's to another year of celebrating, protecting and restoring #ScotlandsRainforest.
ALT Stone steps lead up into a rainforest woodland. The trees are in leaf and the sky above is blue. Ferns and grasses cover the forest floor.
Dr Oliver Moore is bonkers for bryophytes (well we could have told you that...) But he's also a National Park Nature Hero, sharing his knowledge and passion about the wildlife found in #ScotlandsRainforest to hundreds of people. Find out more: buff.ly/1McwPd7 @Love_plants
The Woodland Trust is looking for a Site Manager. This is a key role in the Scotland team, managing a diverse portfolio of sites across the Highlands centred around Glenurquhart and Southeast Sutherland (including #ScotlandsRainforest). For more info: buff.ly/yYJ50ph
Join Argyll Countryside Trust (ACT) and partners for an informative and engaging session exploring the challenges and opportunities of tackling Rhododendron ponticum within Scotland’s rainforest. Kilmory Woodland, 11 Dec from 10am. Find out more: buff.ly/LUu8v8z
ALT Rhododendron growing thickly on a wooded hillside
Want to create a new woodland? Join the Integrating Trees Network for a free online event: "Woodland creation & management to maximise biodiversity: What needs to be considered?" 2 December 7pm. Find out more: buff.ly/ntwr9hB
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Tune in to @BBC Landward this week to watch our Wildlife Comeback Lead, Kirsten Brewster, discussing all things aspen with @DougieVipond:
📺 Thursday 20 Nov at 8.30pm (@BBCScotland channel)
📺 Friday 21 Nov at 7.30pm (@BBCOne Scotland)
📺 Sunday 22 Nov at 9.30am (@BBCTwo across UK)
#BBCLandward #PaintingScotlandYellow #Aspen
Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest retweeted
📣 Call for Applications: 2026 Naresh Magan Lecture Award. Supports an early-career researcher to present a lecture at the BMS Annual Scientific Meeting, July 2026, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.
➡️ More details & how to apply: britmycolsoc.org.uk/awards.h…
@ISM_Society
ALT Banner advertising the call for applications for the Naresh Magan Lecture Award 2026, including photos of Naresh Magan and the Royal Holloway University of London.
You'll normally see prickly featherwort in #ScotlandsRainforest growing mixed up with other liverworts, filmy ferns and lichens, often on rocks or at the base of trees. It's pretty rare elsewhere, making our populations important. 📷 Stan Phillips
ALT A close up of a green liverwort with prickly edges
Have you ever visited Dunollie Wood in Oban? It might be at the heart of Scotland's busiest port town, but somehow it's managed to cling onto some very special wildlife #ScotlandsRainforest buff.ly/4Ebbjqv
Join the Integrating Trees Network for an online event: "Your farm's future: Trees an option and opportunity? Why and how they can benefit your business". This free event runs on 26 November at 7pm. Find out more buff.ly/yZZxloD
Is Ariundle Scotland's most magical woodland? The National thinks it is! I mean, it's got to be up there... buff.ly/KuiORHg
📷 Ben Andrew
ALT Beautiful mossy woodland with trees and rocks
If you missed the rainforest garden at Chelsea Flower Show this year, you can still see it at Bristol Zoo!
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Alliance for Scotland's Rainforest retweeted
JOB OPPORTUNITY: CALEDONIAN PINEWOODS PARTNERSHIP PROJECT MANAGER 🌲
Lead a partnership to restore Scotland’s iconic Caledonian pinewoods
Salary: Starting from £37,362
Hours: 35 hrs/pw, permanent
Deadline: 16 November
Apply now 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/about-us…
📷Gus Routledge
