A group set up by the lads and lasses that live and work on our areas of managed moorland here in the Southern Uplands
ScottishBorders & EastLothian
Joined July 2015
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Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
🔥 My thoughts on @scribehound on the RSPB’s emergency fundraising appeal following the #Cannich wildfire, & whether the charity could be doing more to manage #wildfire risk on its landholdings. ⬇️ @ScotLandEstates @ScotRMG @ScotGamekeepers scribehound.com/shooting-tal… – at Scotland, United Kingdom
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
RSPB were warned many times of the need to carry out controlled burning for wildfire mitigation.
It ignored those warnings & led a national campaign to have the practice banned. Now as 90 sq/km of precious peatland burns will it finally wake up to reality?
c4pmc.co.uk/post/rspb-launch…
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
A fantastic few days in @ScotParl with the @giftofgrouse campaign - championing the benefits of moorland management for climate, biodiversity & communities. Useful to discuss the Wildlife Management & Muirburn Bill with MSPs too. Thanks to @JimFairlieLogie for sponsoring. 1/2
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
⬇️ @scottishgreens HQ tried to undermine our exhibition in the press, but we still engaged extensively across the political spectrum - including with 2 party leaders. One green MSP even took some honey (from a Highland grouse moor). 🤷♂️
Overall a great few days. 2/2
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
NEWS. Without fuel load management you 'may as well start burning pound notes'. SGA calls for mandatory Wildfire Prevention Plans in Scotland as Cannich fire continues to challenge emergency services. scottishgamekeepers.co.uk/la…
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
The environmental & economic consequences of wildfires are devastating, yet the risk of them occurring can be significantly mitigated by proper management and controlled burning....which @Natures_Voice seeks to have banned.
This is what the alternative looks like. @BeccyRSPB
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Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
Sorry @RSPBScotland, but your position is at best confusing & at worst inconsistent. The highlighted para says something quite different to your tweet & subsequent evidence. You appear to be content for licensable purposes for preventing wildfire to be removed - can you clarify?
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Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
Hi @RSPBScotland. Happy to make a donation, subject to:
1️⃣ Seeing a robust plan for wildfire mitigation, employing all effective tools for mitigating risk (inc. muirburn)
2️⃣ Investment in ATVs, fogging units & leaf blowers
3️⃣ Training staff to use fire for land management
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Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
No wonder the police were called in to find the SNP’s “ring-fenced” referendum fund.
They removed all the money from a supposedly ring-fenced rural budget 🤦♂️
The SNP make it up as they go along 👇
youtu.be/ZK6rWD00-jw – at Edinburgh, Scotland
Holy smoke, listen to this.
SNP MSP Mairi Gougeon claims that £33 million removed from a rural affairs budget was ringfenced, but she doesn't know where it is or how to get it back!
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6rWD00…
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
Here is an extract from a recent RSPB submission to @SP_RuralAffairs - at odds with the view of land managers & firefighters, while a recent evidence review said there is a “plausible mechanism” through which muirburn can influence wildfire intensity. Time to wake up. 2/2
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
Devastating. Perhaps now is the time for the RSPB to rethink its position on #muirburn? Fuel load management is going to be of growing importance as the climate warms - we need all tools at our disposal to manage fuel load, create resilient landscapes & reduce #wildfire risk. 1/2
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Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
Pleased to see more stands at Holyrood that reflect the issues affecting people living in remote and rural areas of Scotland. 💪 @giftofgrouse @BASCnews @ScotLandEstates @sumgroupuk – at Scotland, United Kingdom
Thanks to @Rachael2Win for coming by the #GiftOfGrouse exhibition this afternoon. It was good to discuss the provisions of the Wildlife Management & Muirburn Bill and the importance of certainty for rural business.
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
Would it perhaps have been a good idea when talking about grouse moors, muirburn, deer management, carbon sequestration and green lairds to actually have some upland owners and managers and green lairds involved in the debate? Just a thought! Or maybe you prefer echo chambers?
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
🎙Final episode on Landscape Scale Land Management is out!
👥With @MaxWiszniewski from the @ReviveCoalition and Duncan Orr-Ewing from @RSPBScotland, we're discussing grouse moors and muirburn, deer management and carbon sequestration, and the rise of the green lairds.
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
Why do #Curlew choose to nest in recently burned heather? Statistically, it is proven but why a preference for this habitat above other moorland habitats? Photos from Perthshire trail cam. #wildlife #nature #biodiversity
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
🎉 Thanks to @DAJCameron for raising the issue of gamekeeper abuse during @Rachael2Win's debate on rural mental health in the @ScotParl.
BASC has continually called for a Gamekeepers' Taskforce to tackle the issue & for more local support for gamekeepers and rural workers.
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
The abandonment of heather management in the Peak District National Park threatens rare birds and peatlands‚ as evidenced in a ground-breaking new report on the growing risk of catastrophic wildfire
Find out more 👇
gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2023/…
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
📢 Make your voice heard on the Wildlife Management & Muirburn Bill!
The Scottish Parliament's @SP_RuralAffairs wants to hear your views.
BASC is opposed to grouse shoot & muirburn licensing proposals.
A 'how-to guide' on responding can be found here:
orlo.uk/yo3dX
Southern Uplands Moorland Group retweeted
Pleased to have worked with @FergusEwingSNP on this motion to recognise & commend the professionalism of gamekeepers, shepherds & firefighters in tackling a recent #wildfire incident in Strathdearn. Great to see support from MSPs from @theSNP, @ScottishLabour & @ScotTories.
