Woodland Trust Scotland

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🌳 The Scotland arm of the UK's largest woodland conservation charity. 💚 We create, protect & restore native woods & trees for people & wildlife, to combat climate change & build a greener future. 🌐 www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/scotland/

Two-panel comparison showing a large beech tree at Backmuir Wood - top panel leafless in snow, bottom panel with a green canopy. the images is labelled "BACKMUIR" and "BEECH" between photos with hashtag "#ThickTrunkTuesday" at the bottom. Credit Jill Donnachie and Alan Belton / WTML
A windswept area covered in fluffy white thistle seed heads and green stems, with taller pink wildflowers (willowherb) behind and a leafy tree beneath a grey, cloud-filled sky.
Person kneeling in a grassy field planting a young tree sapling, steadying its stake with gloved hands while a shovel stands upright nearby. Credit: Phil Formby/WTML
Two smiling children in hi‑vis vests kneeling in muddy soil, wearing coats, gloves and woolly hats as they plant a small sapling, with flooded fields and rolling hills behind them. Credit Alexa Roditi / WTML.
Four ospreys clustered in a large stick nest atop a tree, two seated and two standing, looking out over a green valley with rolling hills and a distant lake.
Infographic-style banner titled "Crunching the numbers for Louis + family," with colorful bar, pie, and line charts alongside a stylized osprey diving to catch a fish.
Red peacock butterfly perched with wings open on a purple globe-shaped flower, feeding amid a sunlit, blurred green and yellow meadow.
Purple globe-shaped wildflowers on tall thin stems rising above yellow blooms against a soft green bokeh, conveying a sunlit garden scene with bees visiting the blossoms.
Sunlight filtering through a dense canopy of green oak leaves and a tangle of thin, crisscrossing branches, viewed looking upward from beneath. Credit Simon Ritchie - WTML.
A smiling group of nine people and two dogs pose by a low stone wall dotted with pink willowherb in a green, steep-sided valley under cloudy skies. A conservation field visit to Carrifran wild wood. Credit Simon Ritchie/WTML.
Sycamore leaves covered in tar spot clustered against a light-grey tree trunk. Credit: Eilidh Mair/WTML
An aerial shot of a steep gorge bordered by woodland and wider grassy hillside beyond. The sky is a cloudless light blue.
Young brown hare in tall grass, close-up profile with tongue poking out, one ear raised and a wide, alert eye visible. Pic by Rosanna Forbes
Large moss-covered pine trunk fills the left foreground, framing a calm lochside view through overhanging pine branches and bracken on a quiet, forested shore. Credit Caz Austen-WTML
Staff profile for Colin — Conservation Grazer at Glen Finglas; a red-brown cow stands in grassy woodland with trees and rolling hills, orange leaf header text and Woodland Trust Scotland logo. Image credit Kate Heightman / WTML.
Upward view through tall pine trunks and crisscrossing branches. Credit: Jim Smith-Wright/WTML
Four-panel collage showing a dandelion meadow labelled "pee-the-bed"; a brown dog with sticky green burrs labelled "sticky willy"; rose hips and leaves labelled "itchycoos"; and clusters of small yellow daisy-like flowers - ragwort - labelled "stinking willy."
Cluster of winged ants tightly clustered along a dried plant stalk, swarming alates gathered after a mating flight, with soft-focus green foliage in the background. Credit: Eilidh Mair/WTML
Rowan branch laden with bright red berries and green leaves extending over a soft-focus carpet of purple heather, showing seasonal colour contrast. Credit Anita Nicholson / WTML
A black raven (Corvus corax) walking across short green grass, shown in profile with a small pale piece of food held in its beak. Photo by John Bridges/WTML.
Fields in the foreground are scattered with houses, farms and trees. There are sheep in the nearest field. Above the horizon of hills is a text box reading "Integrating Trees Network. Walking & talking trees and hedges: Transforming Cowhill Estate. Tues 18 August, 10am -1pm"
Bright yellow corn marigold in sharp focus in the foreground against a soft-focus meadow of white daisies, blue cornflowers and red poppies. Credit Jill Donnachie / WTML
A grey poster reads 'Do you enjoy visiting local woodlands for relaxation in your area? Participate in a 20 year follow-up study exploring how engagement with local woodlands supports local people's health & well-being. Just 10 minutes. £5 Amazon voucher prize draw. There is a QR code linking to the survey which can be found in the main text of the post.
Veteran ash tree with immense gnarled roots dominating the foreground, its leafy branches framing Balloch Castle across a sunlit, manicured lawn in Balloch Country Park, West Dunbartonshire.
Small fenced tree-planting enclosure protecting young saplings on a grassy coastal headland with sea and distant mountains under a blue sky — promotional graphic for the North West Mull Rainforest Collaboration project with funder logos along the bottom. Credit Lewis Pate / WTML.
Aerial image of a native woodland on a moorland with invasive rhododendron smothering the trees and plants. Image is titled The Regenerating Craignish Rainforest Habitats Project - Phase 2, and has logos for Nature Restoration Fund, Net Zero Scotland and Let's Do Net Zero. Credit Kate Gordon Gray Stephens / WTML.
Image of a native pinewood in the Scottish Highlands with a river running through it and birch and granny pines either side of the river. Image is titled The Arkaig Landscape Restoration Partnership - Phase 2, and has logos for Nature Restoration Fund, Net Zero Scotland and Let's Do Net Zero. Credit Kate Heightman / WTML.
Three smiling women wearing jackets and warm clothes are standing in an open area of forest on mossy grass. Behind them a mix of mature spruce trees and native trees are visible. Credit WTML
About 18 volunteers posing in a woodland after a work session, smiling and holding tools (orange buckets, loppers, spade, mattock) while wearing outdoor gear amid evergreen trees and ferns. Credit WTML.
Green valley framed by lichen-covered birch trunks and overhanging branches, looking down to a small farmhouse and tree-lined fields, with rolling green hills and distant mountains under a cloudy sky. Credit Matilda Scharsach /WTML
Rosette of pink flowers on a rocky shoreline with bits in background. Credit WTML
European peacock butterfly perched on a thistle with wings fully open, displaying vivid red wings and striking blue-black eye spots against a soft green background. Pic by George Anderson
Close-up portrait of a bird of prey's face showing intense glossy black eyes with bright yellow eye-rings, a hooked bluish beak with yellow cere, and dense brown-striped facial feathers. Pic by George Kelsey
Commonwealth Grove trees planted at Lang Craigs in 2014. Credit: Izzy Filor/WTML
Upward view of a deeply grooved alder tree trunk brightly coated in yellow lichen, with sunlight filtering through green leaves of the canopy above. Credit Matilda Scharsach / WTML
Bright orange-and-black wasp with long curved antennae perched on a sunlit rough twig against blurred green foliage in the background. Pic by George Anderson
Young leafy alder branch in sharp focus beside a shallow, sunlit stream flowing past a pebble bank and grassy, tree-lined banks toward distant hills. Credit JOhn MacPherson / WTML
Delicate pink wildflower with narrow, shredded-looking petals clustered along a vertical stem, set against a soft-focus green meadow background. A 'ragged robin' plant. Credit WTML.
A landscape shot of fields with sheep and trees in them. The text overlayed reads "Integrating Trees Network. Walking & talking trees and hedges: Transforming Cowhill Estate. Tuesday 18 August, 10am-1pm"
A cluster of bluebells sits amongst tall grasses. The sky is overcast and there are dew drops on the plants.
A large, leaning oak anchors a rural scene—overgrown meadow and fence leading to a stone farmhouse and outbuildings with rolling hills under a blue, cloud-streaked sky. Earlstoun lightning tree. Pic by Rosanna Forbes.
Ancient gnarled ash with massive exposed roots and a wide leafy canopy dominating the foreground, standing on a sunlit green lawn with a stone castle and round tower visible in the background beneath a bright blue sky. Balloch Castle ash. Pic by Audrey Baird.
Three mature beech trees stand in a row along a raised parkland boundary. There is a bench in front of them. The tree nearest the viewer is particularly 'fat' - all show hollowing and signs of ageing but their canopies are full of bright green leaves. Credit WTML.
A small brown duck with a white eye ring gliding near tall green reeds, its body and the reeds reflected in rippling green water.
Heath spotted-orchid. Credit: Richard Becker/WTML
An image of a field being harvested with trees marking the distant border. The text in the adjacent banner reads "Organic arable in practice. Balmakewan Farm, Laurencekirk, Monday 27 July, 10.30am-2.30pm."