Here some good news for the #MEB network (microclimate ecology & biogeography, former #SoilTemp).
New #TOMST soil temperature and soil humidity loggers are now installed in alpine habitats of the #ScottishHighlands, in the #Cairngorms National Park. ๐ŸŒก๏ธ

#BEN_EAF #SoilTemperature #Microclimate #Biogeography #JamesHuttonInstitute #AlpSoil_Lab #SoilHumidity

While samplings of #alpine beasties in the #Cairngorms #NationalPark for my #BEN_EAF project at the #JamesHuttonInstitute are still in the preparation, here some impressions of the critters I've found while hiking.
As temperatures go up, so more activity is expected, right?
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#NatureScot #ScottishHighlands #Highlands #AlpineSoils #AlpSoil_Lab #SoilFauna #SoilBiodiversity

#Grantownonspey to #tomintoul road in the #scottish #cairngorms for this #silentsunday photograph.

Rare moss only found in Cairngorms rescued from fallen tree

Aspen bristle-moss has only been found growing on 60 aspen trees in Britain, all of them in the Cairngorms.

The fallen tree supported 5% of the species' population. Transplanted to 19 aspens near Aviemore.

Great work by Plantlife Scotland
Conservation work funded by NatureScot, Cairngorms National Park Authority and Swire Charitable Trust.

#Cairngorms #ecology #botony

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87q99w2wnwo

Rare moss only found in Cairngorms rescued from fallen tree

Aspen bristle-moss has only been found growing on 60 aspen trees - all of them in the Highlands.

BBC News

โ€œWhy not indeed? โ€˜Why not?โ€™ is a motto, by the way, to which I became attached at a very early age.โ€

PEAK BEYOND PEAK: The Unpublished Scottish Journeys of Isobel Wylie Hutchison (Taproot Press, 2022)

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https://taprootpressuk.co.uk/product/peak-beyond-peak-9781838080075/

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #hillwalking #mountaineering #cairngorms

Peak Beyond Peak (9781838080075) - Taproot Press UK

On September 14 2022, the voice of one of Scotland's most remarkable figures returns to the page.   While better known for her solo journeys across the Arctic, these essays detail the Scottish journeys of Isobel Wylie Hutchison over a period of 50 years. Written with characteristic wit and a keen interest in science, myth and folklore, the essays serve as important cultural markers not just of Scotland as it was and has developed, but of Hutchison's development as a person and writer, and a testament to the importance of cultural connection, exploration and communication.

Taproot Press UK

Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889โ€“1982) โ€“ author, poet, film-maker, botanist, arctic explorer โ€“ was born #OTD, 30 May. A ๐ŸŽ‚ ๐Ÿงต

WalkHighlands shares an extract from PEAK BEYOND PEAK, describing how she tackled the Corrieyairack Pass between the Cairngorms & Loch Ness

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https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/news/peak-beyond-peak-the-unpublished-scottish-journeys-of-isobel-wylie-hutchison/

#Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #hillwalking #mountaineering #cairngorms

Peak Beyond Peak: The Unpublished Scottish Journeys of Isobel Wylie Hutchison

In 2014 a red box file stuffed full of the memoirs of Scottish explorer Isobel Wylie Hutchison found its way into the hands of writer Hazel Buchan Cameron. Looking through the photographic slides, essays, letters and even a postcard from St Kilda, Hazel was entranced and began the arduous task of bringing the voice of โ€ฆ

Walkhighlands

The stunning Scottish beach 35 miles from the coast and high in the hills

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/stunning-scottish-beach-35-miles-37224479

Vast Scottish national park named among world's top cold water swim spots

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/scotland-now/vast-scottish-national-park-named-37210784