We need action not words to halt the decline of Scotland's ancient pinewoods Sitting high on the slopes of Glen Derry in the Cairngorms is a tree. I have walked past it many times over the past few...

We need action not words to halt the decline of Scotland's ancient pinewoods, says @andy-wightman.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...

Map of the UK, shaded for different climate zones

Bivariate colour maps, with a UK climate example.

Even on the scale of the UK we have different climate zones, from relatively cold & wet, to warm & dry.

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[Thanks: @annalombardi.bsky.social, @oceanterra.org]

Interesting.
Growing up dookin' regularly and that morphing into coasteering, I've always been conscious of the birds and other wildlife we share the space with. For popular spots, awareness and information of nesting birds could be raised in a similar way to how we do as climbers.