Jason Ormiston
@missedtheargo.bsky.social
Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
Head of External Affairs www.nature.scot
Head of External Affairs www.nature.scot
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Congratulations to the winners and highly commended finalists in the #NatureOfScotland Awards 2025! What an amazing bunch of people! Great to see everyone last night. It was such an amazing evening of hope and joy 🙂.
📷 Mike Wilkinson
📷 Mike Wilkinson
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Congratulations to the winners and highly commended finalists in the #NatureOfScotland Awards 2025! What an amazing bunch of people! Great to see everyone last night. It was such an amazing evening of hope and joy 🙂.
📷 Mike Wilkinson
📷 Mike Wilkinson
@naturescot.bsky.social blog looking at critical role nature recovery has in progressing the circular economy in Scotland and hitting net zero targets.
scotlandsnature.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/n...
scotlandsnature.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/n...
Nature at the heart of circularity
In Belém, Brazil, global leaders continue to thrash out a climate agreement for COP30. The focus is on action, resilience, and strengthening the systems we rely on to withstand a rapidly changing c…
scotlandsnature.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
@naturescot.bsky.social blog looking at critical role nature recovery has in progressing the circular economy in Scotland and hitting net zero targets.
scotlandsnature.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/n...
scotlandsnature.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/n...
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Check out who’s on the shortlist for this year’s #NatureOfScotland Awards! It’s a huge mix of brilliant people and projects from all over Scotland, all of whom are making a difference for nature. 👉 buff.ly/VicTk64 🦇 🐛 🐸 🐬 🌳 🦉
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Check out who’s on the shortlist for this year’s #NatureOfScotland Awards! It’s a huge mix of brilliant people and projects from all over Scotland, all of whom are making a difference for nature. 👉 buff.ly/VicTk64 🦇 🐛 🐸 🐬 🌳 🦉
@naturescot.bsky.social has started its Scotland's Changing Nature series during #ScotClimateWeek by looking at the impact of the climate emergency on wild Atlantic Salmon. Well worth a look.
www.nature.scot/doc/scotland...
www.nature.scot/doc/scotland...
Scotland's Changing Nature - Atlantic Salmon
A wide range of pressures can affect Atlantic salmon, both in freshwater and marine environments. These have been identified within the Scottish Government’s Scottish Wild Salmon Strategy.
www.nature.scot
October 3, 2025 at 9:03 AM
@naturescot.bsky.social has started its Scotland's Changing Nature series during #ScotClimateWeek by looking at the impact of the climate emergency on wild Atlantic Salmon. Well worth a look.
www.nature.scot/doc/scotland...
www.nature.scot/doc/scotland...
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A vigilant herring gull, standing watch at Ness Point, #Lowestoft, #Suffolk on 10th January 2025 for #SuperSeabirdSunday. #NorthSea #Seabirds #Wildlfe #Photography #NorfolkBirding Give the posts for #SuperSeabirdSunday a look and this a re-post if you like it.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A vigilant herring gull, standing watch at Ness Point, #Lowestoft, #Suffolk on 10th January 2025 for #SuperSeabirdSunday. #NorthSea #Seabirds #Wildlfe #Photography #NorfolkBirding Give the posts for #SuperSeabirdSunday a look and this a re-post if you like it.
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
@steelyseabirder.bsky.social
Torness, East Lothian, nicely framed by this vision of hope.
September 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Torness, East Lothian, nicely framed by this vision of hope.
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Just one more day until we find out who the finalists are for the 2025 #NatureOfScotland Awards! There are so many inspirational, dedicated individuals to choose from – who's going to be on that list??
September 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Just one more day until we find out who the finalists are for the 2025 #NatureOfScotland Awards! There are so many inspirational, dedicated individuals to choose from – who's going to be on that list??
People still asking who had a good transfer window, so I'll chip in. With Liverpool missing out on Guehi, it's Arsenal and Chelsea. The Merseysiders will ship goals and drop important points. The Londoners - who'll be strongest challengers - can take advantage.
September 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
People still asking who had a good transfer window, so I'll chip in. With Liverpool missing out on Guehi, it's Arsenal and Chelsea. The Merseysiders will ship goals and drop important points. The Londoners - who'll be strongest challengers - can take advantage.
Beavers licensed to return to Glen Affric
www.nature.scot/beauly-beave...
www.nature.scot/beauly-beave...
Beauly beaver releases approved
NatureScot has today approved the release of beaver families at two new sites in the River Beauly catchment.
www.nature.scot
August 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Beavers licensed to return to Glen Affric
www.nature.scot/beauly-beave...
www.nature.scot/beauly-beave...
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Great news! We’ve secured £1.2 million from the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund to supercharge our work with partners on nature this year 🌿
Read the news release here: cairngorms.co.uk/news/1-2m-bo...
Read the news release here: cairngorms.co.uk/news/1-2m-bo...
£1.2m boost for nature in Cairngorms National Park
Five projects to safeguard some of the most precious species and habitats are to share a grant from Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund.
cairngorms.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Great news! We’ve secured £1.2 million from the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund to supercharge our work with partners on nature this year 🌿
Read the news release here: cairngorms.co.uk/news/1-2m-bo...
Read the news release here: cairngorms.co.uk/news/1-2m-bo...
Is this one of the most important developments in nature conservation this year? @naturescot.bsky.social & Scottish Government confirm a new approach to safeguard areas for nature with the #Nature30 initiative.
www.nature.scot/nature30
www.nature.scot/nature30
Nature30
Nature30 represents a fresh approach to conservation. They recognise areas that deliver positive, sustained, and long-term outcomes for biodiversity.
www.nature.scot
August 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Is this one of the most important developments in nature conservation this year? @naturescot.bsky.social & Scottish Government confirm a new approach to safeguard areas for nature with the #Nature30 initiative.
www.nature.scot/nature30
www.nature.scot/nature30
Oh yes!
Are you ready to have your mind blown?
Roy Buchanan - Hey Joe (Live From Austin TX)
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August 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Oh yes!
This is a wonderful story.
From caring for parents with dementia to the GP referral that changed her life, in our latest Cairngorms Voices Caron shares her story as one of the first people in the National Park to be prescribed nature. 🌿
📷 Caron Dawson
cairngorms.co.uk/views/how-a-...
📷 Caron Dawson
cairngorms.co.uk/views/how-a-...
A dose of the great outdoors: nature prescriptions on the NHS
As one of the first people to be prescribed nature on the NHS, Caron shares her story on how access to support to get outdoors has changed her life for…
cairngorms.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is a wonderful story.
Niche but important. If you're an angler, diver, fisher or marine surveyor doing your thing around the Scottish coast download the free SkateSpotter app. If you see the endangered flapper skate take a pic and upload. Help recover this beautiful species.
www.nature.scot/app-build-be...
www.nature.scot/app-build-be...
App to build better picture of endangered flapper skates in Scotland
A new, free app is helping to build a better picture of how critically endangered flapper skates are faring around Scotland’s coasts.
www.nature.scot
July 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Niche but important. If you're an angler, diver, fisher or marine surveyor doing your thing around the Scottish coast download the free SkateSpotter app. If you see the endangered flapper skate take a pic and upload. Help recover this beautiful species.
www.nature.scot/app-build-be...
www.nature.scot/app-build-be...
This is hard to say as an ardent follower of BBC Scotland's Out of Doors, but @aiannucci.bsky.social and Stewart Lee on Strong Message Here might be the best radio I've heard this decade. Although there's speculation it could be AI generated.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Strong Message Here - Weird Turkish Barber Shops (with Stewart Lee) - BBC Sounds
Armando Iannucci is joined by comedian Stewart Lee to discuss 'weird Turkish barber shops'
www.bbc.co.uk
June 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This is hard to say as an ardent follower of BBC Scotland's Out of Doors, but @aiannucci.bsky.social and Stewart Lee on Strong Message Here might be the best radio I've heard this decade. Although there's speculation it could be AI generated.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Scotland's Chief Medical Officer yesterday: "The triple planetary health crisis – climate change, loss of biodiversity and air pollution – continues to be the greatest global threat to human health"
www.gov.scot/publications...
www.gov.scot/publications...
Chief Medical Officer's annual report 2024-2025: Realistic Medicine - Critical Connections
The CMO discusses the principles which enable careful and kind care; suggests what we can do to support healthy ageing and encourage greater upstream prevention; discusses how connection to nature can...
www.gov.scot
June 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Scotland's Chief Medical Officer yesterday: "The triple planetary health crisis – climate change, loss of biodiversity and air pollution – continues to be the greatest global threat to human health"
www.gov.scot/publications...
www.gov.scot/publications...
At the east end of Thornton Loch, East Lothian. I'd like to think fossilised root plate?
June 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
At the east end of Thornton Loch, East Lothian. I'd like to think fossilised root plate?
Picked up this story about Northeast woodland planting, hedgerow initiative with #NFUS, @wtscotsocial.bsky.social, @abshirecouncil.bsky.social etc on the always interesting BBC Out of Doors. Looks like a great partnership encouraging farming with nature.
www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/news/2025/ma...
www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/news/2025/ma...
Sma Wids officially launched at BeefTech 2025 - Aberdeenshire Council
www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk
June 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Picked up this story about Northeast woodland planting, hedgerow initiative with #NFUS, @wtscotsocial.bsky.social, @abshirecouncil.bsky.social etc on the always interesting BBC Out of Doors. Looks like a great partnership encouraging farming with nature.
www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/news/2025/ma...
www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/news/2025/ma...
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1 in 9 species in Scotland is at risk of extinction. We need bold ideas. Our Innovation category celebrates those helping turn the tide for nature. Apply by 11.59pm 3 June lnkd.in/expNN2j9
Thanks for support @hutton.ac.uk
Thanks for support @hutton.ac.uk
May 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
1 in 9 species in Scotland is at risk of extinction. We need bold ideas. Our Innovation category celebrates those helping turn the tide for nature. Apply by 11.59pm 3 June lnkd.in/expNN2j9
Thanks for support @hutton.ac.uk
Thanks for support @hutton.ac.uk
This great discussion on the value of nature-based solutions is out now. Well worth a listen.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
May 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This great discussion on the value of nature-based solutions is out now. Well worth a listen.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
A dispatch from @naturescot.bsky.social and Edinburgh University on the avian flu frontline in Scotland.
scotlandsnature.wordpress.com/2025/05/09/s...
scotlandsnature.wordpress.com/2025/05/09/s...
Science on the Solway: understanding avian flu
Three years on from the devastating outbreak of avian flu that swept through bird populations, we find out how a team from NatureScot are using cutting-edge science to help us better understand how…
scotlandsnature.wordpress.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
A dispatch from @naturescot.bsky.social and Edinburgh University on the avian flu frontline in Scotland.
scotlandsnature.wordpress.com/2025/05/09/s...
scotlandsnature.wordpress.com/2025/05/09/s...
We're on the hunt for a CEO @naturescot.bsky.social. Big job and a big opportunity to get nature positive.
www.nature.scot/chief-execut...
www.nature.scot/chief-execut...
Chief Executive Officer
www.nature.scot
May 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
We're on the hunt for a CEO @naturescot.bsky.social. Big job and a big opportunity to get nature positive.
www.nature.scot/chief-execut...
www.nature.scot/chief-execut...
An excellent primer on the need for and benefits of peatland restoration. @naturescot.bsky.social's excellent Claudia Rowse on the latest Make Space for Nature podcast.
www.nature.scot/bogging-bril...
www.nature.scot/bogging-bril...
Bogging Brilliant: The Power of Peatland Restoration
Explore how Scotland's ambitious peatland restoration is fighting climate change, supporting communities, and enhancing biodiversity.
www.nature.scot
April 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
An excellent primer on the need for and benefits of peatland restoration. @naturescot.bsky.social's excellent Claudia Rowse on the latest Make Space for Nature podcast.
www.nature.scot/bogging-bril...
www.nature.scot/bogging-bril...
@naturescot.bsky.social business plan for 25/26 out today. Includes our key themes for the year as we work towards nature recovery in Scotland. Among other things, vital that the Scottish Government's Biodiversity Strategy gets off to the best possible start.
www.nature.scot/naturescot-b...
www.nature.scot/naturescot-b...
NatureScot Business Plan
Our Business Plan
www.nature.scot
April 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
@naturescot.bsky.social business plan for 25/26 out today. Includes our key themes for the year as we work towards nature recovery in Scotland. Among other things, vital that the Scottish Government's Biodiversity Strategy gets off to the best possible start.
www.nature.scot/naturescot-b...
www.nature.scot/naturescot-b...
Scotland’s seabird populations continue to decline according to new statistics published today by @naturescot.bsky.social , although the short-term trend for some seabirds is more promising.
www.nature.scot/seabird-numb...
www.nature.scot/seabird-numb...
Seabird numbers in Scotland continue to fall
Scotland’s seabird populations continue to decline according to new statistics published today by NatureScot, although the short-term trend for some seabirds is more promising.
www.nature.scot
April 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Scotland’s seabird populations continue to decline according to new statistics published today by @naturescot.bsky.social , although the short-term trend for some seabirds is more promising.
www.nature.scot/seabird-numb...
www.nature.scot/seabird-numb...