Richard Baynes

Freelance journalist, producer, editor, educator: fairly frenetic, physically fit, foodbank volunteer. Funny. Also outdoors orientated and alliterative.

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

A long-standing ambition fulfilled to visit the truly isolated community of Scoraig and find a bit about what makes it tick. Another fabulous job!
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[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

So that'd be a single-decker's worth then ...

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[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

@ScotNational I pointed to this problem through my analysis for The Ferret (and some comment by Andy Wightman) four years ago. The Scotish Land Fund is a buildings fund, buying assets already owned by the people...
https://t.co/obh3cANZWE

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

@Cairngorm22 @JohnBurnswriter He always has one handy to nail to a door.

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

@theiaincameron @metoffice After the record temps I'm scraping ice off my windscreen in Inverness today.

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

@Karin_Goodwin Sobering reading for journalists ... we want to tell the story but have a duty of care to our collaborators. Tricky.

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

@WTScotsocial It was pure pleasure - with great results on Radio Scotland, R4 and the Sunday Post. Thanks again!

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

For those who weren't up very early on Boxing Day, this is my latest Farming Today ep on Radio 4...

Farming Today - 26/12/2023 - The Rainforest Barge - BBC Sounds

https://t.co/giOe9vtKTA

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

The Windswept and Interesting podcast is taking a break until the new year, but here's a special stocking filler for followers, a wee tape I made a while back with the wonderful Kate Holl of NatureScot Spotify: https://t.co/COHRoRMjVu…
Apple:
https://t.co/cDNaMXB2ij

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

It was Windswept Wednesday yesterday so my latest podcast went online - with Nick Kempe, Scourge of the Parks, blasting it all from government to (not my) King Charles... @Parkswatchscot @robedwards53
Spotify: https://t.co/COHRoRMjVu
Apple:
https://t.co/cDNaMXB2ij

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

@TheOpenSeas To hear more about what @nickunderdown of Open seas has to say on HPMAs go to ep9 of my podcast... he's most eloquent!

Spotify: https://t.co/COHRoRMRL2
Apple:
https://t.co/cDNaMXBA7R

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

🆕 Could wolves be reintroduced to Scotland? 🐺

Listen to the latest episode of Windswept and Interesting to find out

Download it now from the links below or wherever you get your podcasts

🔉 Apple https://t.co/cDNaMXB2ij

🔉 Spotify https://t.co/PSyZNV5cF7

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

I'd love to hear your feedback on the dozen or so episodes of the podcast I've published so far

❓What are your favourites?
❓Have you any guest suggestions?
❓Where have you been listening?

Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss the next one
https://t.co/cDNaMXB2ij

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

Windswept and Interesting is roaring up the Apple Podcast charts again

If you're interested in nature, conservation, the great outdoors, or just great conversation - give it a listen

And thank you to everyone who has already

🎧 Apple ⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/cDNaMXBA7R

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

From carrying a ferret in his pocket, to the head of @Gameandwildlife

It was great to chat with Rory Kennedy for this week's podcast

🔉 Listen at the links below
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🔉 Apple https://t.co/cDNaMXBA7R

🔉 Spotify https://t.co/PSyZNV5KuF

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

🆕 Could wolves be reintroduced to Scotland? 🐺

Listen to the latest episode of Windswept and Interesting to find out

Download it now from the links below or wherever you get your podcasts

🔉 Apple https://t.co/cDNaMXB2ij

🔉 Spotify https://t.co/PSyZNV5cF7

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

Windswept and Interesting gets a bit radical this afternoon with a very different take on conservation and shooting stuff... challenging some views! Have you got a ferret in your pocket?!
@GwctScotland @treesforlifeuk @ScotLandEstates

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

Heading out this weekend to Scotland's #WindsweptAndInteresting places? 🚵‍♀️⛰️🌄

Here are two podcasts to keep you company

Tell me where you're listening!

⛷️ How do you buy a Ski Slope? https://t.co/wXUPRjhF5Z

🪨 Eileen Tisdale on why rocks, well, rock https://t.co/Yu5B0RXKgy

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

@BBCScotlandNews For a full picture of why Glen Cope is like it is, and what's happening there from a Scottish viewpoint, here's a link to my podcast, where I've put in an archive programme I made for BBC Radio 4.
Spotify: https://t.co/COHRoRMjVu
Apple:
https://t.co/cDNaMXB2ij

[Richard Baynes @ScotNatureCorr]

Is #GlenCoe an "ecological desert" as @ChrisGPackham said this week?

I spent some time talking to folk who work in and around the estate

Hear what they said by clicking below

🔉 Apple https://t.co/cDNaMXBA7R

🔉 Spotify: https://t.co/8GRoQTj0mB