Alan Motion
@fairlieman.bsky.social
Retired Chartered Forester, arboriculturist. Captain at Balfron Golf Club. Likes to paddle a kayak occasionally. Stirlingshire 🏴
Wooden polychrome door in Pedro I Palace Real Alcázar de Sevilla, 1356. Carbon captured and stored.
October 29, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Wooden polychrome door in Pedro I Palace Real Alcázar de Sevilla, 1356. Carbon captured and stored.
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This #GreenLibrariesWeek we are celebrating the amazing ecosystems of trees and forests with the Open Shelves display in the General Reading Room. Meet remarkable trees or explore the interconnected life of our woodlands. www.nls.uk/whats-on/ope...
October 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This #GreenLibrariesWeek we are celebrating the amazing ecosystems of trees and forests with the Open Shelves display in the General Reading Room. Meet remarkable trees or explore the interconnected life of our woodlands. www.nls.uk/whats-on/ope...
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The UKFS isn’t just for foresters. That’s why we created the UKFS for Non-Foresters online course designed to help allied professionals understand and apply the principles of sustainable forestry 🌲
Start learning today: silvestor.org.uk/non-forester...
Start learning today: silvestor.org.uk/non-forester...
October 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The UKFS isn’t just for foresters. That’s why we created the UKFS for Non-Foresters online course designed to help allied professionals understand and apply the principles of sustainable forestry 🌲
Start learning today: silvestor.org.uk/non-forester...
Start learning today: silvestor.org.uk/non-forester...
Here I am, back in my favourite place for the penultimate guided walk of the year. Just an uneducated forester according to some, enjoying this nature-depleted landscape where every tree you see has been planted by others equally uneducated.
October 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Here I am, back in my favourite place for the penultimate guided walk of the year. Just an uneducated forester according to some, enjoying this nature-depleted landscape where every tree you see has been planted by others equally uneducated.
A few feathered friends from my trip to Shetland back in July. I love camera-shy Guillemot No 3.
September 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A few feathered friends from my trip to Shetland back in July. I love camera-shy Guillemot No 3.
Dodging downpours today @BalfronGolfClub.
September 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Dodging downpours today @BalfronGolfClub.
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Scotland has so much to be proud of. But there’s something missing – something extraordinary...
More info www.scotlandbigpicture.com/lynx-to-scotland
🎶 by Beluga Lagoon, 🎬 SCOTLAND:The Big Picture
More info www.scotlandbigpicture.com/lynx-to-scotland
🎶 by Beluga Lagoon, 🎬 SCOTLAND:The Big Picture
August 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Scotland has so much to be proud of. But there’s something missing – something extraordinary...
More info www.scotlandbigpicture.com/lynx-to-scotland
🎶 by Beluga Lagoon, 🎬 SCOTLAND:The Big Picture
More info www.scotlandbigpicture.com/lynx-to-scotland
🎶 by Beluga Lagoon, 🎬 SCOTLAND:The Big Picture
What is also needed is certainty of Scot Gov policy so that nurseries like this know there's an outlet for those trees in 3 years time. Cutting the forestry budget without forewarning is far from helpful.
Growing Scotland’s forests also helps to grow our economy, create jobs and tackle climate change.
The brand new Newton Nursery plants an astonishing 19 million trees a year — with around 5 million thriving right now, in what is the world’s most advanced glasshouse. 🌱
The brand new Newton Nursery plants an astonishing 19 million trees a year — with around 5 million thriving right now, in what is the world’s most advanced glasshouse. 🌱
August 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
What is also needed is certainty of Scot Gov policy so that nurseries like this know there's an outlet for those trees in 3 years time. Cutting the forestry budget without forewarning is far from helpful.
Sunlight through paperbark maple, Acer griseum. I grew this from seed and planted it in 1999 when my red-haired lad was born.
August 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Sunlight through paperbark maple, Acer griseum. I grew this from seed and planted it in 1999 when my red-haired lad was born.
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Hello Bluesky 👋
Our digital presence is growing and we'll now be posting about ICF news, sector news, events and more from our new Bluesky account.
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Our digital presence is growing and we'll now be posting about ICF news, sector news, events and more from our new Bluesky account.
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August 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Hello Bluesky 👋
Our digital presence is growing and we'll now be posting about ICF news, sector news, events and more from our new Bluesky account.
Help us grow our Bluesky community by following us and engaging with our content.
Our digital presence is growing and we'll now be posting about ICF news, sector news, events and more from our new Bluesky account.
Help us grow our Bluesky community by following us and engaging with our content.
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #Wildflowerhour #bythesea some Sea Rocket (Cakile maritime) and some Sea Sandwort (Honckenya peploides) I think. Both on Findhorn beach this week.
August 3, 2025 at 7:23 PM
@bsbibotany.bsky.social #Wildflowerhour #bythesea some Sea Rocket (Cakile maritime) and some Sea Sandwort (Honckenya peploides) I think. Both on Findhorn beach this week.
Hello @theicf.bsky.social, glad you've made it.
August 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hello @theicf.bsky.social, glad you've made it.
Took a walk into Glen Feshie today. Since Wildland took over and removed the intense deer browsing, the glen has undergone a rebirth. This is my tree of the day. A survivor from the past, amongst the new generation of Caledonian pine. Being there is good for the soul.
July 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Took a walk into Glen Feshie today. Since Wildland took over and removed the intense deer browsing, the glen has undergone a rebirth. This is my tree of the day. A survivor from the past, amongst the new generation of Caledonian pine. Being there is good for the soul.
A visit to Beauly and an encounter with the lovely Beauly sycamore. Sadly it's much older neighbour, the Beauly elm, collapsed 2 years ago, but its legacy is recorded by Isabel McLeish www.isabelmcleish.com/art/wych-elm.... You can view a 3d model of the 800yo elm here sketchfab.com/3d-models/be...
July 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A visit to Beauly and an encounter with the lovely Beauly sycamore. Sadly it's much older neighbour, the Beauly elm, collapsed 2 years ago, but its legacy is recorded by Isabel McLeish www.isabelmcleish.com/art/wych-elm.... You can view a 3d model of the 800yo elm here sketchfab.com/3d-models/be...
Recent trip to Shetland and an excursion with Seabirds-and-Seals Original Noss Boat. Spectacular seabird colonies on Noss, here are a few gannets that posed obligingly.
June 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Recent trip to Shetland and an excursion with Seabirds-and-Seals Original Noss Boat. Spectacular seabird colonies on Noss, here are a few gannets that posed obligingly.
I had a visit to the Shetland Islands, never really had the desire to go to a treeless landscape, but was needed to help out. Whilst much is sheep-ravaged, the coastline and seabirds are quite spectacular.
June 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I had a visit to the Shetland Islands, never really had the desire to go to a treeless landscape, but was needed to help out. Whilst much is sheep-ravaged, the coastline and seabirds are quite spectacular.
June 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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An image I made yesterday.
I stumbled into this area of woodland littered with these huge ancient and veteran Beech trees! Cannot wait to see these in Autumn!
#woodland #photography
I stumbled into this area of woodland littered with these huge ancient and veteran Beech trees! Cannot wait to see these in Autumn!
#woodland #photography
June 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
An image I made yesterday.
I stumbled into this area of woodland littered with these huge ancient and veteran Beech trees! Cannot wait to see these in Autumn!
#woodland #photography
I stumbled into this area of woodland littered with these huge ancient and veteran Beech trees! Cannot wait to see these in Autumn!
#woodland #photography
Spent a fine couple of days at Calgary, Mull over the weekend. The Island's residents were very accommodating.
June 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Spent a fine couple of days at Calgary, Mull over the weekend. The Island's residents were very accommodating.
Before the COVID pandemic the thought of a walk in the woods to smell the bluebells filled me with dread. As a forester hugely overworked, the woods were the last place I wanted to be. Retired now. My mojo is back. #Aberfoyle #QueenElizabethForestPark
May 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Before the COVID pandemic the thought of a walk in the woods to smell the bluebells filled me with dread. As a forester hugely overworked, the woods were the last place I wanted to be. Retired now. My mojo is back. #Aberfoyle #QueenElizabethForestPark
Today at Balfron GC, I'll never tire of the views. Spent quite a bit of time admiring the scenery because my golf wasn't worth looking at.
May 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Today at Balfron GC, I'll never tire of the views. Spent quite a bit of time admiring the scenery because my golf wasn't worth looking at.
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NEW: Council bosses have been accused of "butchering" a local beauty spot popular with hundreds of newlywed couples
Scottish council accused of 'butchering' beauty spot loved by newlyweds
COUNCIL bosses have been accused of "butchering" a local beauty spot popular with hundreds of newlyweds ...
www.thenational.scot
April 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
NEW: Council bosses have been accused of "butchering" a local beauty spot popular with hundreds of newlywed couples
That's another 14 #stgaguides through cpd on Scotland's forest history. That makes 97 total, and £950 to #TreeAid. Great interaction. A nod to @dendrochronicle.bsky.social for keeping me right on medieval timber use. #Dunkeld #Birnam #Macbeth
March 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
That's another 14 #stgaguides through cpd on Scotland's forest history. That makes 97 total, and £950 to #TreeAid. Great interaction. A nod to @dendrochronicle.bsky.social for keeping me right on medieval timber use. #Dunkeld #Birnam #Macbeth
Swans at #HogganfieldLoch #Glasgow. In the early 90s this park was sterile mown grass. The mosaic of habitats now provides home to loads of wildlife. The late Ian Gibson @scottishbirding.bsky.social was largely responsible for the rewilding, before it was a thing.
March 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Swans at #HogganfieldLoch #Glasgow. In the early 90s this park was sterile mown grass. The mosaic of habitats now provides home to loads of wildlife. The late Ian Gibson @scottishbirding.bsky.social was largely responsible for the rewilding, before it was a thing.
I know I'm supposed to be retired, but one last survey of #StirlingUni campus after Storm Whatsitsname needed to be done (aren't storm names supposed to be memorable?). Great to see that the old oaks have all survived intact.
March 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I know I'm supposed to be retired, but one last survey of #StirlingUni campus after Storm Whatsitsname needed to be done (aren't storm names supposed to be memorable?). Great to see that the old oaks have all survived intact.