The #otter, a playful and agile hunter 🦦
With its sleek fur, webbed feet, and expert hunting skills, the otter is a brilliant swimmer and a sign of healthy #habitats.
Watch to discover more about this elusive #wetland wanderer.
Montane willow is rare in Scotland, with only small, fragmented communities left. ⛰️ Our nursery grows these hardy trees from local seed, making them available for planting 🌱
Swipe to see:
1️⃣ Whortle leaved willow
2️⃣ Downy willow
3️⃣ Eared willow
🌳 Sponsor a tree - treesforlife.org.uk/support/plan...
A peek inside the nursery 👀 Our #aspen trees are flowering! 🎉
In #Scotland, aspens rarely flower or set seed naturally. That’s why we’ve created a carefully managed ‘seed stand’ in our polytunnel, helping to encourage #seed production.
There’s still time to apply for our Tree Seed Collection Project Assistant role 🌱
Salary: £22,948 - £25,374 per annum pro rata
Hours: 21 hrs/pw
Closing: 25 March 2026
Help secure the future of Scotland’s native woodlands! Apply now 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/about-us/wor...
The Pine Hunters is now available to watch online 📽️ This short film tells the story of two #ecologists as race to record the last of our ancient wild #Caledonian forest fragments.
Watch for free on YouTube 👉 youtu.be/tHupftkYdZs?...
#InternationalDayofForests
A nature-rich future is something we choose 🌱 This #WorldRewildingDay, we’re celebrating the power of action because a wilder, healthier future isn’t something we wait for, it’s something we create together.
Watch to discover 5 ways you can support rewilding 🌳
#ChooseOurFuture
🎉 Celebrating 33 years as a charity, making #rewilding happen! 🌳 For over three decades, we have been restoring Scotland’s spectacular Caledonian forest, helping #wildlife return, and reconnecting people with wild nature.
A huge thank you to our supporters who make this work possible 🙌
Bring the #forest to your inbox 🌲Be one of the first to hear how #rewilding is transforming the #ScottishHighlands, and how you can be part of it.
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Wondering what you might get up to on one of our #Rewilding Weeks? 🌲 Watch to find out!
Join us for a week of community, purpose and connection in the Scottish Highlands, and help restore the #CaledonianForest. 🌳 Ready to get involved? Book here👉 treesforlife.org.uk/support/volu...
A new project is launching at Dundreggan to help bring people living with #dementia closer to #nature. 🌳
The pilot research project has been co-designed by (UHI, in collaboration with Trees for Life’s @visitdundreggan.bsky.social.
Read more 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/new-dementia...
Here’s a wee spring throwback: lovely photos from one of our release sites showing a mother red squirrel with her kit. 🐿️ Looking for a meaningful gift this #MothersDay? You can support wildlife like our iconic red squirrels by sponsoring a tree for a loved one 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/support/plan...
Congratulations to the #WelshRewildingAlliance on their launch today! Over the past year, this new Alliance grew from an idea to a reality - supported by the team at @rewildingbritain.org.uk, and building on the knowledge shared by @scotrewilding.bsky.social since it was formed in 2019 🙌
Celebrating women in rewilding 🌳 This #IWD2026, we celebrate three members of our team who embody this year’s theme: #GiveToGain.
We asked Liv, Maddie and Roz to share their stories - how they give, grow, and support others every day. Read here👉 treesforlife.org.uk/celebrating-...
In just two weeks’ time - on #WorldRewildingDay - @scotrewilding.bsky.social are hosting a special, non-partisan hustings bringing together representatives from all major Scottish political parties 👉
This spring, get closer to nature 🌱 Join us for a Rewilding Week and make a real difference for Scotland’s wild places.
🌱 Nursery
🌳 Dundreggan
🦉 RSPB Corrimony
🏔️ Ben Lawers NNR
Be part of something incredible 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/support/volu...
The #CaledonianForest is more than trees 🌲 It’s a wildlife-rich web of life - home to iconic animals like red squirrel, crested tit, wood ant and Scottish wildcat. 🐿🐜
Some are found nowhere else in #Britain, and all depend on rich, healthy habitats for shelter and survival.🌳
#WorldWildlifeDay
What will you leave behind? 🌳 This #FreeWillsMonth, you can write your Will for free with our partner Farewill and consider leaving a gift that helps Scotland’s #wild places flourish long into the future. 🌱
Leave a gift that grows 👉
💧 Leth-allt means ‘half stream’ - a burn with one high bank. Knowing this would have been vital when moving through the landscape with animals and crossing streams.
#Gaelic place names carry deep knowledge of the land, describing its features and sharing practical insight shaped by #generations.
💧 Allt means a stream or burn, narrower than an abhainn (river), such as Abhainn Mhoireasdan, the River Moriston beside the estate.
💧 Caochan describes a small stream that disappears from view along its course - as Caochan na Sgochraich does, cutting a notch through the landscape.
The streams and rivers of Dundreggan 💧 #Gaelic has many more words than English for describing and connecting with the #landscape - from hills and bogs to different types of rivers and streams.
At Dundreggan, you’ll find several of these in our place names: Allt, Caochan and Leth-allt. [continued]
Thank you to supporters who have been on this journey with us – your support, donations, and advocacy for nature has made this happen. 🙌
📷 James Shooter / @rewildingeurope.bsky.social 📽️ @affrichighlands.bsky.social
These four beavers join the seven reintroduced last October and are settling into their new home. Glen Affric provides plenty of #habitat for them to integrate into the local ecosystem. Their activity will create and enhance habitats for a wide variety of plants and animals.
Trees for Life has been working in partnership with Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), which manages the reserve, on the initiative since 2022, supported by @beavertrust.bsky.social 🦫The project has included three phases of extensive consultations with local #communities and land managers.
Alan McDonnell, our Head of Nature Restoration, said: “The return of beavers to Glen Affric is a #wildlife success story four centuries in the making – a project with strong local community #volunteer involvement, offering hope...and a better future for biodiversity and people.”
We’re thrilled to share that another #beaver release took place in #GlenAffric National Nature Reserve last week, as a family of four was welcomed to Loch Beinn a’ Mheadhoin. 🦫
A lynx lies on a moss-covered rock surrounded by greenery in a forest. Above, bold text reads, "Join the conversation on LYNX." Below the image, on an orange background, it says, "Complete our online questionnaire" and "Book a one-to-one conversation."
If you couldn’t make it to our lynx Information Sessions, there's still time to take part – browse the information materials, complete our online questionnaire or book a one-to-one conversation with a member of the Lynx to Scotland project team.
👉 https://lynxtoscotland.pulse.ly/spzp9utjoq
Work with us 🌳 Join the Trees for Life team!
🌱 Management Accountant - Closing 1 March.
🌱 Visitor Experience & Operations Assistant - Closing 8 March.
🌱 Tree Seed Collection Project Assistant - Closing 25 March.
Apply now 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/about-us/wor...
A is for ailm which is associated with elm as well as pine
Every letter in the Gaelic alphabet is linked to a tree. 🌳 The very structure of the language reflects a deep connection between people and the natural world, and an understanding of the practical and cultural importance of trees.
#WorldGaelicWeek #SeachdainnaGàidhlig #Gàidhlig #ScottishGaelic
A master fisher of the Highlands: the osprey 🐟🪶
This striking #birdofprey, with its bold eye stripe and long, angled wings, soars over rivers and lochs in search of fish.
Watch to learn more about this remarkable #raptor and its story of loss and return.
📷 1. Pete Cairns / ScotlandTBP
