If we had to bring in OEM to manufacture wind turbines here because of our own failure to build a Scottish company then going for a Chinese OEM is not the answer. The Chinese are not our friends. Why the hell would the Scottish govt want to help them?

Suspend don't expand the 'protected' Scottish Salmon Fish Farming Industry. It's unsustainable and pollutes the Marine Environment, but you know that don't you Scottish Government

It needs to be said Magnus !

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🌟 Today's unexpected endorsement from actor Leonardo DiCaprio shows us how Scotland's #rewilding journey is making waves internationally!

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Asked my son to make some sort of a log stack in our fishing bothy- think he’s done a pretty good and imaginative job!

Everyone ought to listen to Andy Maciver here. Perception is indeed very important & it's never been worse in my memory. I am very concerned about rural, off-grid homes like mine being cut off from heating. Sneering from middle class Central Belt policy folk is deeply unbecoming.

Wood burning stoves on new builds banned. This is absolutely bonkers. Missed this consultation. Many rural homes heated with sustainable wood grown on farms & crofts. Keeps costs down. Key part of rural self catering experience. Mairi Gougeon

“The Conservation Industry’s Silence on Salmon Farming”:

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“Everything in the sea has benefited from the ban on industrial salmon farming,” says Mendez The Guardian “The whole ecosystem was saved, from the crabs to the seaweed; they all depend on a healthy Beagle Channel.”
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At last we maybe about to get somewhere! God bless ECHR

🎉 HELPING IT HAPPEN AWARDS 🎉

🌳 Today we marked the official launch of our Helping it Happen Awards, kindly sponsored by @naturescot at last year’s Rural Property Award winner Adventure Kids Adventure Park.

⭐️ Follow the link below to find out how you can nominate someone!

Just a wee reminder of our pop up on weekend 20/21 April. Should be fun. I hope to see you here Mairi Gougeon ! 😉

Rottal Steading is the perfect blank canvas to create the wedding of your dreams, set within our private country estate in the heart of Glen Clova.

Download a copy of our brochure from our website using the link below:

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MACARC This is really bad news for rural and island communities Dave Doogan MP Mairi Gougeon Graeme Dey

Even a well-trained dog can scare other animals and people.

Keeping your dog in sight and under close control is the best way to avoid upsetting others, injuring livestock, and disturbing wildlife. If in doubt, use a lead.

More tips: orlo.uk/7kclW

#KnowTheCode

The Scottish hate crime law will force police to make cuts, senior officers have warned as staff work overtime to deal with the volume of complaints.

What a bloody mess.

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I have today seen my first wheatear and my first two ring ouzels of the year!! Sadly I didn’t have my camera !

NATO’s 75th … a Foreign Ministers’ meeting … and what needs to happen next

We have shed loads of chaffinches at the moment. They seem to like this old oats stubble.

“Just 57 companies linked to 80% of greenhouse gas emissions since 2016” And there was I thinking it was farmers causing all the problems? Maybe we should focus on the lead culprits first and that will necessarily drive change for everyone else. theguardian.com/environment/20…