Have a read of our Friday update, this week includes our young archaeologists' Viking bling and information about our upcoming summer events...
www.historicdunkeld.org.uk/2026/03/13/w...
A fascinating visual analysis summed up by @sundersays.bsky.social
“I think there’s an element of overcompensation” … “a cartoonish caricature of what the politicians think the public wants to hear, which might be harder than where the public actually are.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
Scotland becomes first UK country to put Swift bricks into law www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/S...
“the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world” - Trump 🤡
“The climate is always changing, what’s happening now isn’t new or down to human activity” *they* say. 🤦🏻♂️
“… it’s due to increased activity of the sun” *they* say.🙄
So here’s a very readable article by @edhawkins.org saying otherwise! 👍🏼
Fancy a different theme for valentine's weekend? Come along to this fabulous talk about Perth's oldest house, the Fair Maid's House.
Historic Dunkeld members go free, non members £10.
www.eventbrite.com/e/1979888809...
A major leap forward for Scotland’s nature recovery 🎉 Last week, MSPs voted to pass the #NaturalEnvironmentBill into law. That means Scotland will now have legally binding targets to protect and #restore nature 🙌
Read more 👉
We are undertaking a National Lottery Heritage Funded project about 6 of the shops and businesses and 6 of the houses in the local area (Dunkeld). We are researching the history of the buildings and their residents.
Today's photograph is an undated A.F. Mackenzie shot of Birnam.
Popped along to the workshop by Bob Carchrie on LiDAR and aerial photography this evening. All very interesting and wonderful to meet @historicdunkeld.bsky.social A very convivial group and although not an archaeologist, I hope I can contribute in some small way in the future.
Is Britain worth its salt anymore?
Does it have a future in manufacturing?
Thought provoking film that’s worth a watch.
A renewable energy pioneer has joined the fight against a Loch Ness 'monstrosity' hydro scheme, claiming it threatens one of Scotland’s most renowned landscapes
A screenshot of a map showing most of mainland Scotland, with red squirrel pins scattered across the country indicating good places to spot red squirrels.
We’ve rounded up some of our top tips for seeing red squirrels this #GreatScottishSquirrelSurvey, and some of our favourite places to see them. Check out the blog and plan your squirrel spotting adventure! buff.ly/HwyFqkK
Hybrid 🙏 Looking forward to attending the Intangible Cultural Heritage Scotland Conference next month: tracscotland.org/news-post/ne...
Is it as rewarding as it used to be?
Back in the day, would have the list of 277, no guidebook, set off after work, sleep in back of a Mk2 Escort and make my way purely using a 1:50000 map - a real sense of achievement.
But actually, the rain is still 💦 , the wind is 💨 and just as 🥶
So yes, it is 😄
Himalayan balsam, with its tall stems and pink flowers, has become one of the UK’s most problematic invasive plants...
For years, control has relied on painstaking manual removal, but now a new solution is showing promise: a rust fungus, imported from the plant’s native range. 🙌
Licence granted for historic return of #beavers to #GlenAffric 🦫 A family will be released into the #NationalNatureReserve, potentially this autumn, marking the first official release to the northwest #Highlands since the species was hunted to extinction in Scotland.
🚨1000 authoritarian actions. 7 months🚨
I've been tracking Trump's authoritarian actions. From dismantling democratic institutions to militarising immigration enforcement, Trump is reshaping America.
In my new post I highlight key authoriarian attacks
christinapagel.substack.com/p/grand-desi...
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Was this really necessary?!!
or just a ‘tick box’ maintenance exercise disregarding any ecological or even financial benefit?
I really hoped the forestry industry had moved on from such practices 😡
mailchi.mp/weststormont...
Climate mitigation and adaptation measures are not costs. They are investments.
The true costs occur when mitigation fails and adaptation is too slow so we suffer from continually worsening extreme weather events like heatwaves and floods.
Invest now to reduce costs in future.
#Clachaig for sale! 😮
Hopefully will be bought by someone who recognises and is sympathetic to it’s place in so many mountaineers hearts.
So many good memories going back 4 decades to before it was extended 🍺🍻🥃 😃
www.thenational.scot/news/2526122...
New study led by Mikel Subiza Pérez exploring impact of unhealthy environments on mental health. Headline - moving to a more polluted area can increase risk of mental ill-health by 10%.
www.theguardian.com/environment/... @bibresearch.bsky.social @phiuk.bsky.social @healthyurbanplaces.bsky.social
Have you considered mounting the QR codes in situ? (although I guess you’d have to forego the £2).
I was involved with such a scheme at Saltaire, delivered by the University of Bradford Visualising Heritage group and Bradford Council.
saltairefestival.co.uk/events/visua...
A few days reacquainting myself with Perth and it’s surrounding countryside including a couple of great concerts: Nicola Benedetti and SCO followed the next day by Capercaillie 🎻🎶 at the Concert Hall.
I am moving to the area soon and was excited to find evidence of beavers close to my new home 🦫😃
Wow a new platform for us... not sure how it works so here goes....cheers
Welcome to delegates by presenter
A view of delegates in main conference room
A round table discussion
Round table discussion
A big thank you to all the delegates who came to #Confluence25 with their enthusiasm & high energy making it such an inspirational event.
Many of our speakers came from our partner organisations & it was amazing to hear about the impact that their work has in our region.
Could be our best yet!
📽️ How much have the US and others given in aid to Ukraine? Who's been the most generous? How does it all compare with previous conflicts?
And what's with Donald Trump's money-for-minerals deal?
All the answers in my primer, this time with bonus extra charts 🤓 www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0B4...
Sigh…..😞
Another day, another wildly misleading Daily Mail headline.
I mean, it certainly would be headline worthy if police had turned up and accused her of committing a crime by writing innocent FB posts.
But that's not what happened…
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This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."
Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.
I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
Back in the Lake District, but where is the snow? Quite a change from last month, but just as beautiful 🙂
