Andrew Heald
@andyheald.bsky.social
Forester & tree farmer
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Inclusive landscape scale solutions
Regenerative bioeconomy
Sustainable cities
Works with the amazing Inovaland team
Lives in Edinburgh
🌲🌳👨🏽🌾🐂🥜🥭🪵
Inclusive landscape scale solutions
Regenerative bioeconomy
Sustainable cities
Works with the amazing Inovaland team
Lives in Edinburgh
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We probably don't often plan to snack on tree bark, but we certainly do. Cinnamon is tree bark. There are five species of cinnamon from different geographical locations with distinctly different flavor profiles. This one is Cinnamomum verum, Sri Lankan cinnamon. Eat some bark today!
December 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We probably don't often plan to snack on tree bark, but we certainly do. Cinnamon is tree bark. There are five species of cinnamon from different geographical locations with distinctly different flavor profiles. This one is Cinnamomum verum, Sri Lankan cinnamon. Eat some bark today!
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We start 2026 with our latest course in the Tree Marker Training Programme, taking place 12-13 January 2026, Kilteel, County Kildare, Ireland. We are again delighted to be working with Pro Silva Ireland and UCD Forestry.
Looking forward to an excellent two days of Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF).
Looking forward to an excellent two days of Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF).
December 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We start 2026 with our latest course in the Tree Marker Training Programme, taking place 12-13 January 2026, Kilteel, County Kildare, Ireland. We are again delighted to be working with Pro Silva Ireland and UCD Forestry.
Looking forward to an excellent two days of Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF).
Looking forward to an excellent two days of Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF).
My time on the UK Govt's "Expert Committee on Forest Science" is coming to an end, and they are now recruiting for an experienced #forestry sector person to take my place.
I am very much not an academic or a scientist, and i'd really encourage people to apply🌲🌳 🪵
www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
I am very much not an academic or a scientist, and i'd really encourage people to apply🌲🌳 🪵
www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
My time on the UK Government's "Expert Committee on Forest Science" (ECFS) is coming to an end, and the Committee is now recruiting for an experienced forestry sector person to take my ...
My time on the UK Government's "Expert Committee on Forest Science" (ECFS) is coming to an end, and the Committee is now recruiting for an experienced forestry sector person to take my place.
It is...
www.linkedin.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
My time on the UK Govt's "Expert Committee on Forest Science" is coming to an end, and they are now recruiting for an experienced #forestry sector person to take my place.
I am very much not an academic or a scientist, and i'd really encourage people to apply🌲🌳 🪵
www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
I am very much not an academic or a scientist, and i'd really encourage people to apply🌲🌳 🪵
www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
Agreed - As a general rule, whether in agroforestry or in other silvicultural systems - I'd always prefer to have choice once the trees are established rather than wondering how i'll fill the gaps ..
My great grandfather used to say "plant all the trees you can, without overthinking it - you can later on decide which ones to favor."
And that's a fundamental practice of #Agroforestry.
#nature #hibiscus #flowers #photography #shrubs #landscape #pink #rose #art #beautiful #skyart #bluesky #photo
And that's a fundamental practice of #Agroforestry.
#nature #hibiscus #flowers #photography #shrubs #landscape #pink #rose #art #beautiful #skyart #bluesky #photo
December 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Agreed - As a general rule, whether in agroforestry or in other silvicultural systems - I'd always prefer to have choice once the trees are established rather than wondering how i'll fill the gaps ..
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A brilliant, informative and balanced read about the current situation in UK forestry. Refreshingly written by someone who actually does the job day in day out, rather than someone who thinks they do. #positiveforestry
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
Scribehound
www.scribehound.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
A brilliant, informative and balanced read about the current situation in UK forestry. Refreshingly written by someone who actually does the job day in day out, rather than someone who thinks they do. #positiveforestry
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
www.scribehound.com/countryside/...
December 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Earth Fellows – University of Edinburgh 🌱
Paid roles working on climate & sustainability projects.
⏰ Deadline: 13 Jan 2026
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Paid roles working on climate & sustainability projects.
⏰ Deadline: 13 Jan 2026
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Paid Climate & Sustainability Opportunities for Students: University of Edinburgh Earth Fellows Programme (2025–2026) - Opportunities for Youth
The University of Edinburgh continues to demonstrate global leadership in climate action, environmental research, and sustainability education through the
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December 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Earth Fellows – University of Edinburgh 🌱
Paid roles working on climate & sustainability projects.
⏰ Deadline: 13 Jan 2026
🔗 wp.me/p23f03-idt
Paid roles working on climate & sustainability projects.
⏰ Deadline: 13 Jan 2026
🔗 wp.me/p23f03-idt
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Why are these fir trees floating in a lake? These are Christmas trees pursuing their second career creating fish habitat. Fish and wildlife managers are improving fish management using trees. This is a great use of our trees after their retirement. Read about it at Our Trees, ourtrees.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Why are these fir trees floating in a lake? These are Christmas trees pursuing their second career creating fish habitat. Fish and wildlife managers are improving fish management using trees. This is a great use of our trees after their retirement. Read about it at Our Trees, ourtrees.substack.com
Always a bit sad to be leaving friends and family in South Africa.
Hopefully spring has already arrived in Scotland whilst we’ve been away ;)
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Hopefully spring has already arrived in Scotland whilst we’ve been away ;)
🇿🇦✈️🏴
December 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Always a bit sad to be leaving friends and family in South Africa.
Hopefully spring has already arrived in Scotland whilst we’ve been away ;)
🇿🇦✈️🏴
Hopefully spring has already arrived in Scotland whilst we’ve been away ;)
🇿🇦✈️🏴
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Receive a book for Xmas?
Then thank a tree.
No commercial forestry = no trees = no wood pulp = no paper.
PS the forestry should be done sustainably as per the Forestry Commission.
Then thank a tree.
No commercial forestry = no trees = no wood pulp = no paper.
PS the forestry should be done sustainably as per the Forestry Commission.
December 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Receive a book for Xmas?
Then thank a tree.
No commercial forestry = no trees = no wood pulp = no paper.
PS the forestry should be done sustainably as per the Forestry Commission.
Then thank a tree.
No commercial forestry = no trees = no wood pulp = no paper.
PS the forestry should be done sustainably as per the Forestry Commission.
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I saw this video featured in January’s copy of Forestry Journal @Forestry_UK
A really well put together video of the work that myself and others do in our day to day forestry jobs.
Throughly recommend giving it a watch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Orxo00…
A really well put together video of the work that myself and others do in our day to day forestry jobs.
Throughly recommend giving it a watch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Orxo00…
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I saw this video featured in January’s copy of Forestry Journal @Forestry_UK
A really well put together video of the work that myself and others do in our day to day forestry jobs.
Throughly recommend giving it a watch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Orxo00…
A really well put together video of the work that myself and others do in our day to day forestry jobs.
Throughly recommend giving it a watch. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Orxo00…
🌱🌳🌲
“… the effective utilization of lignocellulosic biomass which represents the most abundant and valuable biogenic source for green and sustainable #bioproducts.”
“… the effective utilization of lignocellulosic biomass which represents the most abundant and valuable biogenic source for green and sustainable #bioproducts.”
#ForestryRes
🌲🔬 Tailoring lignin for green bioproducts! Our review highlights engineering efforts to alter lignin's structure with unconventional monomers. 🌿🔄
Details: https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/forres-0024-0001
#paveway #structural #redefine
🌲🔬 Tailoring lignin for green bioproducts! Our review highlights engineering efforts to alter lignin's structure with unconventional monomers. 🌿🔄
Details: https://www.maxapress.com/article/doi/10.48130/forres-0024-0001
#paveway #structural #redefine
December 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🌱🌳🌲
“… the effective utilization of lignocellulosic biomass which represents the most abundant and valuable biogenic source for green and sustainable #bioproducts.”
“… the effective utilization of lignocellulosic biomass which represents the most abundant and valuable biogenic source for green and sustainable #bioproducts.”
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I see a lot of construction in Savannah, but don't believe I've ever seen a wooden frame for a building of this size.
December 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I see a lot of construction in Savannah, but don't believe I've ever seen a wooden frame for a building of this size.
London Underground’s first modern tube station built using #timber construction has opened to passengers at Colindale on the Northern line.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro...
From soggy piles to wooden beams: Inside Colindale’s new timber tube station
After a couple of years of building work, London Underground's first modern tube station built using timber construction has opened to passengers at Colindale on the Northern line.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
London Underground’s first modern tube station built using #timber construction has opened to passengers at Colindale on the Northern line.
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/fro...
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"The first ever timber tube station has opened in London."
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
First look: inside the very swish refurb of a major Northern line station in north London
The new station has London Underground’s first ever timber roof
www.timeout.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"The first ever timber tube station has opened in London."
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
www.timeout.com/london/news/...
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Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of a horse and cart and forestry worker near Dunkeld, Perthshire. Craigvinean forest was created in the 18th Century by the 3rd Duke of Atholl tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2018/08/old-...
Old Photograph Horse And Cart And Forestry Worker Highland Perthshire Scotland
tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of a horse and cart and forestry worker near Dunkeld, Perthshire. Craigvinean forest was created in the 18th Century by the 3rd Duke of Atholl tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2018/08/old-...
“Is it worth it?
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday … “
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday … “
Whitehall celebrates on Boxing Day as Britain sold a record £20bn in arms around the world in 2025.
December 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“Is it worth it?
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday … “
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday … “
This is a really good listen 🌲🎄
As always, if we want more diverse productive forests in the U.K., then we need to be allowed to grow timber on a wider range of sites - ideally lower down the hill and on better soils.
As always, if we want more diverse productive forests in the U.K., then we need to be allowed to grow timber on a wider range of sites - ideally lower down the hill and on better soils.
🌲New episode: Beyond Spruce: Ancient Trees for Future Forests
Join Chris, Jen, and Elle to help break through some of the myths.
🎧 Tune in, join the conversation, and subscribe now!
https://ow.ly/XbkL50XL2it
#GoneForesting #Conifers #NativeOrNot #JoinTheConversation #NotJustForChristmas
Join Chris, Jen, and Elle to help break through some of the myths.
🎧 Tune in, join the conversation, and subscribe now!
https://ow.ly/XbkL50XL2it
#GoneForesting #Conifers #NativeOrNot #JoinTheConversation #NotJustForChristmas
December 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This is a really good listen 🌲🎄
As always, if we want more diverse productive forests in the U.K., then we need to be allowed to grow timber on a wider range of sites - ideally lower down the hill and on better soils.
As always, if we want more diverse productive forests in the U.K., then we need to be allowed to grow timber on a wider range of sites - ideally lower down the hill and on better soils.
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Interesting to see the regeneration of Fynbos vegetation at Silvermine Dam near Cape Town
The area burnt in April 2025 (see link in last post), the orange flowers are Watsonia, and the burnt flower is a Protea
There is quite a lot Bracken but it’s growth seems to be limited by shallow soils
The area burnt in April 2025 (see link in last post), the orange flowers are Watsonia, and the burnt flower is a Protea
There is quite a lot Bracken but it’s growth seems to be limited by shallow soils
December 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Interesting to see the regeneration of Fynbos vegetation at Silvermine Dam near Cape Town
The area burnt in April 2025 (see link in last post), the orange flowers are Watsonia, and the burnt flower is a Protea
There is quite a lot Bracken but it’s growth seems to be limited by shallow soils
The area burnt in April 2025 (see link in last post), the orange flowers are Watsonia, and the burnt flower is a Protea
There is quite a lot Bracken but it’s growth seems to be limited by shallow soils
Interesting to see the regeneration of Fynbos vegetation at Silvermine Dam near Cape Town
The area burnt in April 2025 (see link in last post), the orange flowers are Watsonia, and the burnt flower is a Protea
There is quite a lot Bracken but it’s growth seems to be limited by shallow soils
The area burnt in April 2025 (see link in last post), the orange flowers are Watsonia, and the burnt flower is a Protea
There is quite a lot Bracken but it’s growth seems to be limited by shallow soils
December 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Interesting to see the regeneration of Fynbos vegetation at Silvermine Dam near Cape Town
The area burnt in April 2025 (see link in last post), the orange flowers are Watsonia, and the burnt flower is a Protea
There is quite a lot Bracken but it’s growth seems to be limited by shallow soils
The area burnt in April 2025 (see link in last post), the orange flowers are Watsonia, and the burnt flower is a Protea
There is quite a lot Bracken but it’s growth seems to be limited by shallow soils
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Hadn’t seen this one before. The good news is that we have many smart solutions to address the surrendering of cities to cars that don’t involve tire spikes. But they DO involve actual political will, strengthened by public understanding of the serious need to act. Via @xkcd.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Hadn’t seen this one before. The good news is that we have many smart solutions to address the surrendering of cities to cars that don’t involve tire spikes. But they DO involve actual political will, strengthened by public understanding of the serious need to act. Via @xkcd.com
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Just a group of municipal administration /planning people wanting to limit their construction carbon emission / resource footprint.
They sit in a Baubuche structure on a mass timber floor. A simple, cheap heatpump split unit is hanging from the exposed timber ceiling, doubling as acoustic panel.
They sit in a Baubuche structure on a mass timber floor. A simple, cheap heatpump split unit is hanging from the exposed timber ceiling, doubling as acoustic panel.
December 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Just a group of municipal administration /planning people wanting to limit their construction carbon emission / resource footprint.
They sit in a Baubuche structure on a mass timber floor. A simple, cheap heatpump split unit is hanging from the exposed timber ceiling, doubling as acoustic panel.
They sit in a Baubuche structure on a mass timber floor. A simple, cheap heatpump split unit is hanging from the exposed timber ceiling, doubling as acoustic panel.
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Several PhD and MS Positions in Global Change Ecology, Grassland Ecology, and Ecological Stoichiometry, China
Beijing Forestry University is recruiting fully funded MS and PhD students to study global change ecology, grassland ecosystems, and ecological stoichiometry through large international…
Beijing Forestry University is recruiting fully funded MS and PhD students to study global change ecology, grassland ecosystems, and ecological stoichiometry through large international…
Several PhD and MS Positions in Global Change Ecology, Grassland Ecology, and Ecological Stoichiometry, China
Beijing Forestry University is recruiting fully funded MS and PhD students to study global change ecology, grassland ecosystems, and ecological stoichiometry through large international experiments across 100+ sites worldwide.
agristok.net
December 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Several PhD and MS Positions in Global Change Ecology, Grassland Ecology, and Ecological Stoichiometry, China
Beijing Forestry University is recruiting fully funded MS and PhD students to study global change ecology, grassland ecosystems, and ecological stoichiometry through large international…
Beijing Forestry University is recruiting fully funded MS and PhD students to study global change ecology, grassland ecosystems, and ecological stoichiometry through large international…
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Several PhD and MS Positions in Machine Learning and Remote Sensing at Beijing Forestry University – School of Soil and Water Conservation
Beijing Forestry University is recruiting fully funded MS and PhD students to apply machine learning and remote sensing to natural hazard studies, including…
Beijing Forestry University is recruiting fully funded MS and PhD students to apply machine learning and remote sensing to natural hazard studies, including…
Several PhD and MS Positions in Machine Learning and Remote Sensing at Beijing Forestry University – School of Soil and Water Conservation
Beijing Forestry University is recruiting fully funded MS and PhD students to apply machine learning and remote sensing to natural hazard studies, including landslides, floods, and wildfires, starting in 2026.
agristok.net
December 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Several PhD and MS Positions in Machine Learning and Remote Sensing at Beijing Forestry University – School of Soil and Water Conservation
Beijing Forestry University is recruiting fully funded MS and PhD students to apply machine learning and remote sensing to natural hazard studies, including…
Beijing Forestry University is recruiting fully funded MS and PhD students to apply machine learning and remote sensing to natural hazard studies, including…
Sunday morning - Muizenberg 🇿🇦
Visiting Anneke’s Mum for Christmas
Visiting Anneke’s Mum for Christmas
December 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Sunday morning - Muizenberg 🇿🇦
Visiting Anneke’s Mum for Christmas
Visiting Anneke’s Mum for Christmas