Andy Strathdee

Ecologist, rewilder, cyclist, climber.

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

A lovely speckled wood visiting the Hebe in our garden

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

After a couple of years of almost no effort our lawn is beginning to turn into something wonderful...

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[Rob Larter @rdlarter]

I know that the election is a major focus, but surely 800,000 people evacuated as a cyclone makes landfall merits at least a bit of coverage in UK news media?
https://t.co/qnWmLxGEHp

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

@CountrysideBen Welcome to the future. This will be normal.

[Ben Dolphin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❄️ @CountrysideBen]

Quite staggering to see a cluster of amateur weather stations in SW Edinburgh recorded between 130mm and 148mm of rain, between midday on Wednesday and 5am this morning.

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

Exciting times. Our first day of volunteer work on the newly acquired Ericstane. Removing fencing before planting starts next winter. @BordersForest

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

If you look closely, you can see our volunteers planting shrubby willow and hawthorn in the Devil's Beeftub. We're still a long way from having the forest the reivers would have hidden cattle in, but it's a start! @BordersForest

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

Prunus padus (bird cherry) looking stunning at Corehead. @BordersForest

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

It's always nice to see the spring flowers coming out in the garden. The best and most reliable are the dandelions which are also great for insect pollinators.

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

Kate from @BuglifeScotland helping to plant wild flower plugs they provided by the new scrape on Ericstane. @BordersForest

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

It's time to tegelwippen! https://t.co/cudkejvWTQ

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

Good article in the guardian yesterday. @BordersForest

https://t.co/FOEyqGlVN8

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

An ancient hawthorn in Ennerdale

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

A few signs of spring at Corehead this week. @BordersForest

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

You don't have to be tough to volunteer for @BordersForest, but sometimes it helps. The juniper we've been planting are small now but will one day look like these on he south shore of Ullswater.

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

As the saying goes, the shit is hitting the fan. Don't be surprised by extreme weather events this year....

[Rob Larter @rdlarter]

If you don't find this concerning, you really don't understand how bad things are getting. Yes, there's an El Niño at the moment, but the sea surface temperature anomaly has never been so extreme during previous El Niños.
From @guardian article - link in following post.

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

Is there any point to a Labour Party scared of its own shadow. https://t.co/pDs3BPHuJX

[Andy Strathdee @100lapsorbust]

A magnificent crab apple by crummock water, beautiful.

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Our local fox being friendly