Save Warblaw Action Group

Scottish Woodlands offered a 'voluntary' Environmental Impact Assessment on Warblaw because of the 'complexity of the site and level of issues raised'.
Many more issues were raised at scoping meeting.
Scottish Forestry must not grant permission.
"The battle is just beginning!"

Kicked off the paperback tour for THE LIE OF THE LAND with a talk at Chipping Camden Lit Fest this eve, in conversation with the journalist Lindsay Mackie - chatting about land use, pheasants, moorland burning, community ownership & the momentum behind land reform in England currently!

YouTube video by Stobo Hope Todrig threatened by Sitka spruce plantation, Scottish Borders.

youtu.be/To6rhpdJddI?...

#sitka #sitkaspruce #scottishforestry #biodiversity #plantation #savenature #moorland #peatland @bengoldsmith.bsky.social

SWAG is hosting an exhibition of their objections to James Jones' forestry proposals for Warblaw.
POP-UP SHOP, LANGHOLM, 12th - 17th May, 11am - 4pm.
Pop in to see maps, photos, videos, press-cuttings and more.
Special Bake Sale, Thurs 15th May, 11am - 2pm
to kickstart our fundraising campaign.

This is what 330 hectares of Spruce plantation looks like, on the SW slopes of Warblaw. We are fighting a proposal to plant another 300 hectares of conifers on the other side of this small hill.
#sitka #sitkaplantation #biodiversity #scottishforestry #nature #peat #peatland #moorland @BenGoldsmith

Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’ Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for planting

REVEALED: only 5% of Forestry Commission grants for woodland creation have been spent on the natural regeneration of trees, while the remaining 95% is spent on tree planting.

The government needs to change the rules.

My FOI request & comment in the Guardian:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Warblaw Hill is part of Langholm, which is why we are objecting to commercial forestry here. We don't want Sitka Spruce plantations on our doorstep.
#sitka #sitkaspruce #scottishforestry #scottishlandscape #biodiversity #monoculture #invasivespecies #peat #peatland #moorland

I think there are 3 male cuckoos on my regular walk this year (though cuckoos are movey-around things). There are certainly 2. This one has a balanced song, with a good cuck and a good oo. The one half a mile upriver has a respectable cuck but his oo is appalling. I almost want to send him back.

‘Spiral of silence’: climate action is very popular, so why don’t people realise it? Researchers find 89% of people around the world want more to be done, but mistakenly assume their peers do not

83% of the British public wants the government to do MORE to tackle the climate crisis

Remember that when you hear Farage and Badenoch opposing net zero and claiming to be tribunes of the people - they’re really just doing the fossil fuel industry’s bidding

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Only about 3 or 4 years ago, a deathly silent sitka plantation was clear felled here. Now it's thick with wild native trees, NONE of which was planted. It's already heaving with insects + birds, and will keep getting better if left alone.

THIS is how we should be bringing our forests back.
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It’s #WorldCurlewDay 💚

So here's 5 things Curlews are better at than you… a thread.

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Sphagnum Moss was collected from the peat bogs on Warblaw to use as wound dressings during both World Wars.
#sphagnummoss #moss #bryophytes #peat #peatbog #peatland #heritage #carboncapture #healingnature

#environment #environmentalimpactassessment #peat #peatland #carboncapture #climatecrisis #sitkaspruce

Call to halt huge Scottish Borders tree planting scheme A Scottish Borders community council has called for the halting of a proposed giant tree-planting scheme and echoed other community groups in…

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2506373...

A date for your diary.
#ceilidh #langholm #actiongroup

A penguin pointing w a stick at a pic sitting on an easel of a Tesla w a pigeon flying over head pooping on it as 3 pigeons look on

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"An inherent risk to biodiversity and community..." - the proposed 500 hectare forest at Todrig near Ashkirk in the Scottish Borders.
Reported in the Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser.
#biodiversity #nature #environment #community #scottishforestry #sitka #sitkaspruce #invasivespecies #monoculture

Chelsea Flower Show: peat to be used for another two years The Royal Horticultural Society has delayed a blanket peat ban, blaming governments for a lack of progress on the legislation

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

#peat #peatland #carbonsink #environment #biodiversity

Peatland burning ban aims to protect wildlife and England’s carbon stores Labour’s measures to ban deep-peat burning aim to safeguard habitats, tackle carbon emissions, and protect wildlife, so why are hunters up in arms?

Peatland burning ban aims to protect wildlife and England’s carbon stores
theguardian.com/environment/...
Peatland burning ban aims to protect wildlife and England’s carbon stores
#peat #peatland #carbonstore #deeppeat

The Northern Brown Angus buttefly is at risk in this 400HA commercial forestry proposal in the Scottish Borders.

Scheme Ref – 25FGS84239
Scheme name – Todrig NWC
Grid Ref – NT411184
Nearest town – Ashkirk

Please send comments ASAP to: southscotland.cons@forestry.gov.scot by 01/04/2025

What is a Barn Owl home range? 🦉🏠🌳
It's the area a Barn Owl uses for hunting, roosting & breeding. Barn Owls are non-territorial & their home ranges are huge - expanding up to 5000 hectares in winter, which is more than 7000 football pitches!⚽
More info here 👉 www.barnowltrust.org.uk/barn-owl-fac...

Front cover of Butterfly Conservation's 'Butterfly' magazine, featuring a series of photos stitched together to show a Glanville Fritillary butterfly taking off from a patch of pink sea thrift flowers, with white coastal cliffs and blue sky behind.

The Spring edition of Butterfly magazine has landed with our members 🙌

Features include 50 years of butterfly monitoring, how to help in a Butterfly Emergency, moth migrations, and more!

Become a member today to get your copy 👉 butrfli.es/2X3U7oi

📷: Andrew Fusek-Peters
@ukbms.bsky.social #UKBMS50

Plans for 500-hectare Scottish plantation lodged as forestry called 'inherent risk' to community Campaigners claim the cumulative impact of large-scale conifer plantations is having a negative impact on communities and biodiversity in the region.

www.scotsman.com/hays-way/pla...
#biodiversity #nature #coniferplantations #forestry #sitkaspruce #sitka #scottishforestry #butterflies

'There’s a feeling that this is an area to which things are done.' A report from Just Transition Commission says people want a say and stake in tree-planting. It echoes what we found in The Herald's Scotland's…

www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2503...

"The damage done by Sitka", a letter from SWAG member in the Herald.
#Sitka #sitkaspruce #peat #peatland #environment #biodiversity #theherald #nature #conservation

'Enormous areas of Scotland are having their environment permanently changed' The number of plantation schemes requiring an Environmental Impact Assessment is tiny. Campaigners are calling for that to change.

SPECIAL SERIES

Campaigners and experts have called for more woodland creation and planting schemes to receive an Environmental Impact assessment.

Scotland's Forests: Part Two.

✍️ @vickyallan.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social

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Article: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2502175...

Here's some of what campaigner David Lintott had to say about the Stobo Hope plantation... 🌲 🌲

Read more on the @heraldscotland.bsky.social forestry series
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2502125...

On #InternationalDayofForests let's celebrate #ScotlandsRainforest! These woodlands are incredibly important for a huge range of wildlife, as well as the communities who live alongside them.
📷 John MacPherson

Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up

Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health

shows the importance of having healthy peatland!

87% of England's peatlands are degraded, damaged and dried out -- if we want helpful algae, we need bogs!