Dave Reed
@dreednya.bsky.social
NRW Woodland ecologist, previously peatland advisor (8 years) and NVC vegetation community surveyor(20 years). Views and posts are my own
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1/ Can you help us count Bewick's and Whooper Swans for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January 2026? 🦢
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
1/ Can you help us count Bewick's and Whooper Swans for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January 2026? 🦢
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
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Nick MacKinnon is a force of (& for) nature. In his latest guest blog he derides the plans (if they can be so called) for a massive windfarm on deep peat. Helped by a paranoid android, the Brontes, a grime rapper and a Corfu taverna owner markavery.info/2025/10/03/g...
#funny & #deadlyserious
#funny & #deadlyserious
October 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Nick MacKinnon is a force of (& for) nature. In his latest guest blog he derides the plans (if they can be so called) for a massive windfarm on deep peat. Helped by a paranoid android, the Brontes, a grime rapper and a Corfu taverna owner markavery.info/2025/10/03/g...
#funny & #deadlyserious
#funny & #deadlyserious
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The 2 biggest old birches in the woods were both toppled in the same storm a couple of years back.
The light gaps opened up have exploded with flowers like these devil's bit, flying insects, and young trees.
The sheer *dynamism* of an Atlantic rainforest has been a revelation over these 16+ years.
The light gaps opened up have exploded with flowers like these devil's bit, flying insects, and young trees.
The sheer *dynamism* of an Atlantic rainforest has been a revelation over these 16+ years.
September 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
The 2 biggest old birches in the woods were both toppled in the same storm a couple of years back.
The light gaps opened up have exploded with flowers like these devil's bit, flying insects, and young trees.
The sheer *dynamism* of an Atlantic rainforest has been a revelation over these 16+ years.
The light gaps opened up have exploded with flowers like these devil's bit, flying insects, and young trees.
The sheer *dynamism* of an Atlantic rainforest has been a revelation over these 16+ years.
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Can you help deliver a practical blueprint for river woodland restoration & creation across Scotland? Then this role could be for you! ⬇️(We're a proud partner of the #Riverwoods Blueprint Project). #RiparianWoodland #TreePlanting #RiverRestoration
Exciting opportunity! 🌳🌊
We are looking for a Knowledge & Evidence Officer to join the Riverwoods team.
Head over to our website to find out more about the role and apply today: bit.ly/4mwJAxh
#Scotland #Wildlife #JobOpportunity #Vacancy #Riverwoods
We are looking for a Knowledge & Evidence Officer to join the Riverwoods team.
Head over to our website to find out more about the role and apply today: bit.ly/4mwJAxh
#Scotland #Wildlife #JobOpportunity #Vacancy #Riverwoods
September 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Can you help deliver a practical blueprint for river woodland restoration & creation across Scotland? Then this role could be for you! ⬇️(We're a proud partner of the #Riverwoods Blueprint Project). #RiparianWoodland #TreePlanting #RiverRestoration
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Some interesting bog employment opportunities coming out for those on the peatlands and wetlands feed!
@ulsterwildlife.bsky.social wants to appoint a PEAT+ Peatland Restoration Manager. Full time, fixed term to 31 March 2029, unless renewed. Northern Ireland, various locations
Ulster Wildlife: PEAT+ Peatland Restoration Manager advertised with CJS
Salary: £38,579 to £41,806. Access to employer’s contributory pension scheme - maximum 10% per annum. Contract type: Fixed term to 31 March 2029, unless renewed. Working hours: Full time Location:…
c-js.uk
August 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Some interesting bog employment opportunities coming out for those on the peatlands and wetlands feed!
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Juniper forest in Scottish Highlands is not to be sniffed at because of its high genetic importance.
Press release @treesforlife.bsky.social markavery.info/2025/07/31/t...
@forestresearchuk.bsky.social #dundreggan #juniper #genetics #birch #highland
Press release @treesforlife.bsky.social markavery.info/2025/07/31/t...
@forestresearchuk.bsky.social #dundreggan #juniper #genetics #birch #highland
July 31, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Juniper forest in Scottish Highlands is not to be sniffed at because of its high genetic importance.
Press release @treesforlife.bsky.social markavery.info/2025/07/31/t...
@forestresearchuk.bsky.social #dundreggan #juniper #genetics #birch #highland
Press release @treesforlife.bsky.social markavery.info/2025/07/31/t...
@forestresearchuk.bsky.social #dundreggan #juniper #genetics #birch #highland
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This is astonishing.
Although actually, it isn't if your values are focused on having the 'right' to shoot gamebirds in the face for a bit of fun rather than protect wild birds of high conservation value from a devastating disease. #BirdFlu #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/31/f...
Although actually, it isn't if your values are focused on having the 'right' to shoot gamebirds in the face for a bit of fun rather than protect wild birds of high conservation value from a devastating disease. #BirdFlu #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/31/f...
Four more bird flu outbreaks confirmed, including on a Pheasant shoot – yet selfish BASC starts another legal challenge against Govt restrictions on gamebird releases
Four more outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI, also known colloquially as Bird Flu) have been confirmed across the UK in recent days, including on a pheasant shoot in Exmoor Nation…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
July 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is astonishing.
Although actually, it isn't if your values are focused on having the 'right' to shoot gamebirds in the face for a bit of fun rather than protect wild birds of high conservation value from a devastating disease. #BirdFlu #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/31/f...
Although actually, it isn't if your values are focused on having the 'right' to shoot gamebirds in the face for a bit of fun rather than protect wild birds of high conservation value from a devastating disease. #BirdFlu #Ornithology
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/07/31/f...
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🌳 Amazing job! 🌳
Estate Ranger wanted to play a pivotal role in an exciting new ecological restoration project in #Assynt, NW Highlands. Help us create a thriving landscape of native woodland and open habitats. Permanent. Job share considered. Car provided.
Apply 👉 buff.ly/hH73Ml4
Estate Ranger wanted to play a pivotal role in an exciting new ecological restoration project in #Assynt, NW Highlands. Help us create a thriving landscape of native woodland and open habitats. Permanent. Job share considered. Car provided.
Apply 👉 buff.ly/hH73Ml4
July 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🌳 Amazing job! 🌳
Estate Ranger wanted to play a pivotal role in an exciting new ecological restoration project in #Assynt, NW Highlands. Help us create a thriving landscape of native woodland and open habitats. Permanent. Job share considered. Car provided.
Apply 👉 buff.ly/hH73Ml4
Estate Ranger wanted to play a pivotal role in an exciting new ecological restoration project in #Assynt, NW Highlands. Help us create a thriving landscape of native woodland and open habitats. Permanent. Job share considered. Car provided.
Apply 👉 buff.ly/hH73Ml4
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Birch is the commonest tree in #ScotlandsRainforest because they can spread their tiny seeds far and wide, and deer tend to avoid eating the saplings. Downy birch can survive further north than silver birch, but they also hybridise easily. #ThickTrunkTuesday
📷 John MacPherson
📷 John MacPherson
July 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Birch is the commonest tree in #ScotlandsRainforest because they can spread their tiny seeds far and wide, and deer tend to avoid eating the saplings. Downy birch can survive further north than silver birch, but they also hybridise easily. #ThickTrunkTuesday
📷 John MacPherson
📷 John MacPherson
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OPPORTUNITY: Today's the last day to respond to a public consultation on burning vegetation on peat soils in England.
It will take you maybe 20 minutes to complete & is nothing like as scary as you might think. See markavery.info/2025/05/21/m... for what I wrote.
You can do it.
#peat #grouse
It will take you maybe 20 minutes to complete & is nothing like as scary as you might think. See markavery.info/2025/05/21/m... for what I wrote.
You can do it.
#peat #grouse
May 25, 2025 at 7:06 AM
OPPORTUNITY: Today's the last day to respond to a public consultation on burning vegetation on peat soils in England.
It will take you maybe 20 minutes to complete & is nothing like as scary as you might think. See markavery.info/2025/05/21/m... for what I wrote.
You can do it.
#peat #grouse
It will take you maybe 20 minutes to complete & is nothing like as scary as you might think. See markavery.info/2025/05/21/m... for what I wrote.
You can do it.
#peat #grouse
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If you're interested in working in #ScotlandsRainforest, or know a young person who is, how about this as an excellent way to get started: Bryophyte Trainee with
@thebotanics.bsky.social. Our rainforest woodlands contain hundreds of species of mosses and liverworts!
buff.ly/dBxC7Y0
@thebotanics.bsky.social. Our rainforest woodlands contain hundreds of species of mosses and liverworts!
buff.ly/dBxC7Y0
Bryophyte Trainee
We are offering a rare opportunity for a highly motivated individual to gain extensive practical skills in bryophyte identification, field ecology, recording and surveying, backed up with a sound ...
www.environmentjob.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
If you're interested in working in #ScotlandsRainforest, or know a young person who is, how about this as an excellent way to get started: Bryophyte Trainee with
@thebotanics.bsky.social. Our rainforest woodlands contain hundreds of species of mosses and liverworts!
buff.ly/dBxC7Y0
@thebotanics.bsky.social. Our rainforest woodlands contain hundreds of species of mosses and liverworts!
buff.ly/dBxC7Y0
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This week is Nature Friendly Farming Week. Make this your contribution #NFFWeek2025
@nffn.bsky.social
@rspbcymru.bsky.social
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@nffn.bsky.social
@rspbcymru.bsky.social
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The Sustainable Farming Scheme will be introduced in Wales in 2026. Act now to ensure it is properly funded
action.rspb.org.uk/page/167438/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/167438/...
I've just taken action for nature in Wales. Will you?
84% of Wales is farmed, so investing in nature-friendly farming is the best chance we have of seeing our wildlife recover and thrive. Join me and write to the Welsh Government!
action.rspb.org.uk
May 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This week is Nature Friendly Farming Week. Make this your contribution #NFFWeek2025
@nffn.bsky.social
@rspbcymru.bsky.social
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@nffn.bsky.social
@rspbcymru.bsky.social
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The RSPB is recruiting for a Conservation Officer on The Curlews Call project in North Wales.
Deadline: 3 June.
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
Deadline: 3 June.
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
April 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The RSPB is recruiting for a Conservation Officer on The Curlews Call project in North Wales.
Deadline: 3 June.
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
Deadline: 3 June.
Apply here: app.vacancy-filler.co.uk/salescrm/Car...
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Many of the open woodland habitats of #ScotlandsRainforest are particularly important for butterflies. One of the rarest is the chequered skipper, which in Scotland is only found in a few sites, all in the rainforest. Find out more about rainforest butterflies here:
buff.ly/bI0P3bJ
📷 Ben Andrew
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📷 Ben Andrew
April 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Many of the open woodland habitats of #ScotlandsRainforest are particularly important for butterflies. One of the rarest is the chequered skipper, which in Scotland is only found in a few sites, all in the rainforest. Find out more about rainforest butterflies here:
buff.ly/bI0P3bJ
📷 Ben Andrew
buff.ly/bI0P3bJ
📷 Ben Andrew
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If you're looking for a job in conservation, and would like to join the movement to save #ScotlandsRainforest, check out these job opportunities! buff.ly/MBPdTs7
Jobs — Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest
Whether you’re a scientist, a project manager, a fundraiser, or a communicator, there are lots of roles that support the ongoing work to restore and protect Scotland’s rainforest. There are also…
savingscotlandsrainforest.org.uk
April 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you're looking for a job in conservation, and would like to join the movement to save #ScotlandsRainforest, check out these job opportunities! buff.ly/MBPdTs7
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Great to see @egioxford.bsky.social here on Bluesky! EGI & BTO go back a long way, sharing the same founders. And the Wytham Tit Project is an excellent example of the value of long-term nest monitoring. If you'd like to monitor nests yourself, please visit www.bto.org/our-science/... #ornithology
April 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Great to see @egioxford.bsky.social here on Bluesky! EGI & BTO go back a long way, sharing the same founders. And the Wytham Tit Project is an excellent example of the value of long-term nest monitoring. If you'd like to monitor nests yourself, please visit www.bto.org/our-science/... #ornithology
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Surveys for Dartford Warbler have started so we’re looking for volunteers to fill survey gaps, especially for sites in Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Wiltshire and Wales. Can you help and share with the birding community in your area? We’re also looking for volunteers to monitor Woodlark and Nightjar.
April 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Surveys for Dartford Warbler have started so we’re looking for volunteers to fill survey gaps, especially for sites in Dorset, Devon, Cornwall, Wiltshire and Wales. Can you help and share with the birding community in your area? We’re also looking for volunteers to monitor Woodlark and Nightjar.
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📢 We need your help to record Dartford Warbler for the Heathland Birds Survey. Find a priority survey site near you ➡️ www.bto.org/heathlan... #UKBirding #BirdingWales
April 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📢 We need your help to record Dartford Warbler for the Heathland Birds Survey. Find a priority survey site near you ➡️ www.bto.org/heathlan... #UKBirding #BirdingWales
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Liverworts can often be used to find really biodiverse areas in #ScotlandsRainforest. Look on rocks, boulders and logs for species like prickly featherwort and western earwort growing together with a tiny fern called Wilson’s filmy fern.
📷 Lorne Gill
📷 Lorne Gill
March 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Liverworts can often be used to find really biodiverse areas in #ScotlandsRainforest. Look on rocks, boulders and logs for species like prickly featherwort and western earwort growing together with a tiny fern called Wilson’s filmy fern.
📷 Lorne Gill
📷 Lorne Gill
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The 90% declines of Nightingale since the 1960s have been recorded by @btobirds.bsky.social #CBC and @bbs-birds.bsky.social volunteers. As well as woodland habitat and management changes in the UK, this tracking study also shows how non-breeding areas are just as important.
March 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The 90% declines of Nightingale since the 1960s have been recorded by @btobirds.bsky.social #CBC and @bbs-birds.bsky.social volunteers. As well as woodland habitat and management changes in the UK, this tracking study also shows how non-breeding areas are just as important.
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Huge thank you to @birdsinwales.bsky.social for supporting our Willow Tit project at the nature reserve. Glorious day yesterday monitoring the boxes. Some early signs of 'digging' in one of the boxes. We will monitor boxes over the coming months. Scrapes, scrub and wet woodland are all looking good.
March 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Huge thank you to @birdsinwales.bsky.social for supporting our Willow Tit project at the nature reserve. Glorious day yesterday monitoring the boxes. Some early signs of 'digging' in one of the boxes. We will monitor boxes over the coming months. Scrapes, scrub and wet woodland are all looking good.
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Invitation to tender: Saving Scotland’s Rainforest impact reporting. We are looking for an experienced communications specialist to help us tell the story of the impact of the Saving Scotland’s Rainforest project. Apply now! savingscotlandsrainforest.org.uk/jobs/communi...
Communications Specialist — Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest
Invitation to tender for an exciting project helping us show the impact of our work with Scotland's rainforest.
savingscotlandsrainforest.org.uk
March 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Invitation to tender: Saving Scotland’s Rainforest impact reporting. We are looking for an experienced communications specialist to help us tell the story of the impact of the Saving Scotland’s Rainforest project. Apply now! savingscotlandsrainforest.org.uk/jobs/communi...
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Sunday book review: The Marsh Tit and Willow Tit by @richardkbroughton.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/03/02/s...
'... a very readable & clear account of what we know & don’t know'.
#naturewriting #montanus #palustris #tits #mikado @chiffchat.bsky.social @hughbrazier.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/03/02/s...
'... a very readable & clear account of what we know & don’t know'.
#naturewriting #montanus #palustris #tits #mikado @chiffchat.bsky.social @hughbrazier.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Sunday book review: The Marsh Tit and Willow Tit by @richardkbroughton.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/03/02/s...
'... a very readable & clear account of what we know & don’t know'.
#naturewriting #montanus #palustris #tits #mikado @chiffchat.bsky.social @hughbrazier.bsky.social
Review: markavery.info/2025/03/02/s...
'... a very readable & clear account of what we know & don’t know'.
#naturewriting #montanus #palustris #tits #mikado @chiffchat.bsky.social @hughbrazier.bsky.social