But more is needed. We're asking the next Scottish Parliament for long-term, upscaled funding/action to regenerate Scotland’s rainforest. More 👉️ buff.ly/ewn1vtR
Ask your parliamentary candidates to back #ScotlandsRainforest ➡️ buff.ly/nBgybSx. #MairTreesPlease 2/2
A typical temperate rainforest scene in Spring - in the foreground ferns are bright green and wild garlic is flowering. A mossy log lies across a river gorge and on either side of the river, steep banks are covered in emerging plants and young native trees with bright green leaves. Credit WTML.
#ScotlandsRainforest is globally important yet faces growing pressure from grazing animals, invasive non-native species & habitat fragmentation. @asrainforest.bsky.social partners have kick-started restoration and expansion through collaboration, dedication and a clear vision. 1/2
A lichen of #ScotlandsRainforest: tree lungwort 🌿
Tree lungwort is a large, leafy, and distinctive lichen, named for its lobes that resemble lungs. As a lichen, it’s a composite organism, made up of a fungus and two algae.
Learn more 👉
🔊 Sound on to be transported to #ScotlandsRainforest 🌧️
Time well spent hunting for rare lichens, pricking out Scots pine seedlings and tapping birch water with Tree Seed Collection volunteers and Argyll Countryside Trust 🌱
Three members of the ACT Rainforest Squad standing in woodland with two dogs beside them on hill by the sea.
Volunteers collecting aspen root cuttings from the forest floor in Ferry Wood.
Close-up of Tunbridge filmy fern growing amongst dense rhododendron in shaded woodland.
a steep hillside in North Knapdale with ongoing restoration work.
Today is International Day of Forests 🌳
This year’s theme is forests and economies.
In Argyll, rainforest restoration supports jobs, skills and local communities.
Find out about our work 👇
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#ForestDay #ScotlandsRainforest
Graphic with blue background, leaf print and WTS logo. It reads 'The next Scottish Government should deliver long-term upscaled funding and action to regenerate Scotland's Rainforest.' Opposite is an image of leaders form each Scotttish political party holding up a sign that reads, 'We love Scotland's rainforest.' Credit WTML
Scotland's rainforest is a precious habitat. It is threatened by deer overgrazing, invasive non-native species, and fragmentation. The next Scottish Government should build on the incredible foundations laid in the last Parliament and continue work to save #ScotlandsRainforest #MairTreesPlease
Volunteers standing in a sunny clearing among Aspen trees, with the sea and hills visible in the background.
Volunteers digging carefully in woodland soil to uncover Aspen roots.
Volunteers cutting sections of Aspen roots to collect propagation cuttings.
Volunteers inside a polytunnel at ACT’s tree nursery, processing Aspen root cuttings for propagation.
🌿 Thanks to everyone who joined us at Ferry Wood, Ardpatrick this week to collect Aspen root cuttings.
These are now being processed at our Native Tree Nursery in Lochgilphead.
Another chance to get involved on 13 March at Glenan Wood: buff.ly/JfgeErX
#ScotlandsRainforest
Back to North Knapdale with Philippa, our Habitats Manager 🌿
This steep site was cleared of Rhododendron ponticum last June. Only light regrowth so far and good potential for native ground flora to return as light reaches the woodland floor.
Restoration takes follow-up.
#ScotlandsRainforest
A table showing invasive species that are highly damaging to the environment. Only Rhododendron ponticum is available to buy in the UK. The table sits alongside an image of a plant label for ponticum. Credit WTML.
"The next Scottish Government should ban the sale of Rhododendron ponticum - a highly invasive species choking our native woodlands and one of the main threats to #ScotlandsRainforest. As well as bringing ponticum into line with other invasive non-native plants, the Scottish Government should...1/2
🌿 Aspen propagation day 🌿
Join for part or all of the day. Lift shares available.
Free event. Woodland terrain so good mobility needed.
Supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Sign up: buff.ly/uDH4mLh
#ScotlandsRainforest
Group of people and a dog in the forest.
Dog with a large stick in it's mouth
North Knapdale site visit this week 🌿
A new potential volunteer site (with 'RhodoDog'!), contractor progress on track, and the Rainforest Squad finishing a section of work in Carsaig.
Encouraging to see restoration happening at landscape scale across this area.
#ScotlandsRainforest
Day in the life of our rainforest team in Tayvallich.
This is what thick Rhododendron ponticum looks like on the ground, and the scale our team are up against in Knapdale.
Link to find out more in the comments.
#ScotlandsRainforest #InvasiveSpecies
Whoop! 🥳 We're delighted to be a recipient of #ScotlandsRainforest Restoration Fund. Huge thanks @naturescot.bsky.social for investing in such important landscapes & @asrainforest.bsky.social & partners for inspiring us to work together, at scale. 👏 ➡️
Did you see the BBC Countryfile team visit the stunning woodlands around the Sound of Mull last year? If you missed out, or you'd just like to see it again, you've got one month left to watch buff.ly/ebvqVUg #ScotlandsRainforest
Stone steps lead up into a rainforest woodland. The trees are in leaf and the sky above is blue. Ferns and grasses cover the forest floor.
Happy New Year! Here's to another year of celebrating, protecting and restoring #ScotlandsRainforest.
A steep slope with a handful of tall oak and elm trees standing tall above a busy road. There is a pile of recently cut branches and trunks lying on the ground. Credit WTML
Essential tree safety work on veteran oak & elms on a steep slope above the A85 nr Oban - no easy task! It did allow us to remove non-native regen; this will help retain deep crowns & prevent shading of the lichen-rich communities #ScotlandsRainforest is known for. 👏 to our hardworking contractors!
This Atlantic hazelwood on the western edge of the island of Eigg is one of the rarest and most precious in #ScotlandsRainforest. These woods are often unrecorded so our team has been making site visits to rectify that this year. @asrainforest.bsky.social
Group of people in outdoor clothing in wooden shelter
A group of people with their backs to the camera looking at a tree in a woodland.
Thank you to the 30+ people who gathered at Kilmory from across the west of Scotland to share experiences of tackling Rhododendron ponticum in #ScotlandsRainforest, with great discussion on volunteering, recovery after clearance and next steps.
Supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
🌿 Qualified chainsaw operator?
Sub contractor role in Argyll working in a team to restore native biodiversity at one of Scotland’s finest rainforest sites.
Apply: buff.ly/TET2YkF
#ScotlandsRainforest
🎉 You did it!
£6,800 raised with the @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge
Your generosity helps protect #ScotlandsRainforest and support outdoor learning and wellbeing in Argyll.
A huge thank you to everyone who donated or shared the campaign
We’re very grateful 💚
💚 Last chance to double your impact
Final hours of the @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge
Your support helps protect #ScotlandsRainforest and creates more chances for people in Argyll to connect in nature.
Donations doubled until 12pm today
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There’re still a few spaces left for our Rhododendron and the Rainforest session this Thursday at Kilmory. Fancy joining us to learn more about caring for #ScotlandsRainforest and how you can help? Book today 👇
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🌟Almost there 🌟
We’re in the last stretch of the @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge
Every donation before midday tomorrow is doubled 💚
Help protect Argyll’s rainforest and support more people to get outdoors, learn and build confidence.
👉 buff.ly/6MLczSU
#ScotlandsRainforest
Volunteer group in open landscape holding rhododendron that has been removed, hills in background.
Group of people with hands in air, in rainy forest standing behind a large pile of cleared folilage.
Large group of people smiling in woodland clearing with dappled sunlight.
Three women in sunny clearing, crouched tending to young trees. Blue sky and larger trees in background.
💚 #InternationalVolunteerDay
Volunteers and corporate teams are helping restore #ScotlandsRainforest and support people to connect with nature 🌿
Heather shares more in her new blog:
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@biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge donations doubled to grow this work:
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💚 Thank you so much to everyone supporting our @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge.
Already £2,450 raised, and every donation is doubled thanks to Reed Educational Trust.
Help us reach £6,800 and support nature and community here in Argyll:
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#ScotlandsRainforest
Dr Oliver Moore is bonkers for bryophytes (well we could have told you that...) But he's also a
National Park Nature Hero, sharing his knowledge and passion about the wildlife found in #ScotlandsRainforest to hundreds of people. Find out more: buff.ly/1McwPd7
@plantlifeuk.bsky.social
The Woodland Trust is looking for a Site Manager. This is a key role in the Scotland team, managing a diverse portfolio of sites across the Highlands centred around Glenurquhart and Southeast Sutherland (including #ScotlandsRainforest). For more info: buff.ly/yYJ50ph
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🎉 We’re live for #GivingTuesday!
The @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge has started and every donation to ACT is doubled from 2–9 December. 💚
Your support helps restore Argyll’s rainforest and brings people together outdoors in our communities.
🔗https://buff.ly/q00pJQx
#ScotlandsRainforest
Yellow graphic with blue leaves and a WTS logo. Reads, 'Job opportunity, Ste manager North Scotland. Closing Sun 7 Dec 2025.'
Could you be our next North Scotland Site Manager? This is a rare opportunity to care for some truly special woods: from a slice of #ScotlandsRainforest near Oban, to mixed woodland on the shores of Loch Ness, & ancient oakwoods in Sutherland.
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#NatureJobs #ForestryJobs
