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The Flow Country

2 months

🎉 Big News! The #FlowCountry is now a @UNESCO World Heritage Site! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this amazing journey. #WorldHeritage #Peatlands

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 months

Our #peatlands and blanket bogs are vital carbon sinks that help combat climate change. Our @UNESCO #WorldHeritage Site recognition will strengthen conservation efforts, enhancing #FlowCountry ’s critical role in carbon sequestration. Together, we can make a difference! 🌿💚

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

1 month

It’s official – the #FlowCountry is a @UNESCO World Heritage Site! 📣 The celebrations are in full swing here, with HM The King unveiling our new plaque.

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

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🎉 The #FlowCountry now has @UNESCO World Heritage Site status! Our 10,000-year-old peatland blanket bogs have now earned this prestigious status – joining significant sites like the Great Barrier Reef and the Serengeti. Find out more:

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 months

🔎 Did you know our peatlands became the #FlowCountry in the 1950s? 'Flow' originates from Old Norse 'floi,' describing wet, flat bogs. Our @UNESCO World Heritage Site status celebrates global leadership in peatland restoration. #WorldHeritage #Peatlands

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

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🎉 #ICYMI - #FlowCountry was awarded #WorldHeritage Site Status by @UNESCO on Friday! It's a huge milestone for our communities and hardworking bid team. But the journey doesn’t end here. We are committed to ongoing conservation and sustainability for future generations. 🌿🌏

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

1 month

The #FlowCountry 's new @UNESCO status opens doors for sustainable tourism, benefiting local communities and businesses. This will create jobs and opportunities while showcasing our peatlands to the world. 🌿 #WorldHeritage #Peatlands

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

It's now time for your views & comments on the draft Management Plan for the proposed Flow Country World Heritage Site 🎉 It's available on the Highland Council’s consultation platform: Consultation is open for 8 weeks ending in mid September 2022

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

Ok, so it can get chilly in winter - but I'd say it's worth it! #ScotlandHour #TheFlowCountry

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

1 month

Meet Prof. Roxane Andersen, Peatland Science expert @UHI 🌿 #FlowCountry 's bogs store 400m tonnes of CO2, more than all Britain’s woodlands "Restoring #peatlands is vital for climate and wildlife. World Heritage status highlights their global importance." 🌏✨ #PeopleoftheFlows

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

1 month

Celebrating in style! Did you spot a very special blanket during our plaque unveiling? 🏅✨ The wool was supplied by farmer Joyce Campbell from sheep living in the flows and made into a blanket at @Dumfries_House . #LocalProduce #FlowCountry #Sustainability

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

25 days

Yesterday, the Green Finance team and World Heritage volunteers visited Armadale Farm for a day of learning about how peatland restoration can support crofting. We even spotted a rare Scottish Primrose, native to Scotland's rugged north! 🌿🌸 #PeatlandRestoration #Crofting

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Today we've been hard at work down in Westminster setting up for tonight's main event! Looking forward to the reception at Dover House & taking the Flow Country World Heritage Site bid to all attendees. @HighlandCouncil @nature_scot @RSPBScotland @Flowsresearch @WorldHeritageUK

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

1 month

And that’s a wrap… 👑It was such an honour to have The King join us in celebrating our @UNESCO World Heritage Site status today. For peatlands, people and the world! 🌍 #FlowCountry #Sustainability #WorldHeritage #RoyalVisit

The Royal Family

@RoyalFamily

1 month

The King has joined celebrations for the Flow Country’s newly awarded @UNESCO World Heritage Site status! 👏🏅 🌎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 As the world's first peatland World Heritage Site, @TheFlowCountry is an important defence against climate change.

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

1 month

👑Exciting day at the #FlowCountry with His Majesty The King celebrating our @UNESCO World Heritage status! A big thanks to the project team and the community for their dedication in securing this recognition.

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 months

Thanks to @BBCJustinR from the @BBC for this fantastic piece on our inscription as a @UNESCO World Heritage Site. #FlowCountry #Peatlands

Scotland's Flow Country wins Unesco world heritage listing

After an almost 40-year campaign, a little-known UK landscape has been awarded world heritage status.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

1 month

It’s time for a well-deserved BBQ… Our project team has been working on the bid to achieve @UNESCO World Heritage Site status since 2020. Today we’re celebrating with none other than King Charles III– thanks to Wildland and @ardgaygame for the burgers 🍔

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

wooohoooooooo! BBC News - Funding pledge to protect Scotland's peatland

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

Just bursting with excitement to announce that our exhibition has opened at @TheBotanics : bringing #TheFlowCountry to you! #Scotland #Visit

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Flow Country World Heritage bid enters new phase with submission delivery to UNESCO Read more here...... @NatureScot @RSPB @UHI @HighlandCouncil

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

The Flow Country as a potential World Heritage Site featured in @thetimes today! There's still time to book ya tickets for #FullFlow this weekend - join the conversation!

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

It's #WorldEnvironmentDay Let's continue to love and protect #theflowcountry - one of the most important environments in the fight against climate change, and the last great wilderness. photo: James Carter

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

Conference group picture - an amazing group of people, united by a passion for the Flow Country. Thank you to all. #FTTFConf

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

1 month

Today, our project team, partners and community members will come together to celebrate The #FlowCountry securing its @UNESCO World Heritage Site status! Stay tuned for pictures throughout the day! 📸

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

6 years

A stunning landscape, photographed here by Neil Cowie, RSPB. To work in such a unique and beautiful environment for the past 3.5 years has been amazing! #ScotlandHour #Scotland #Caithness #Sutherland

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

So proud of our #HeritageTreasures in #TheFlowCountry , like the Flows Lookout which gives visitors a fantastic view of our unique peatlands! Thank you to @HLFScotland for making this possible 😍 #LoveHeritage

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

John Nicolson MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), has recorded a message of support for the Flow Country Partnership’s ‘Keep Us Covered’ campaign to secure cross-party backing from across Scotland & the UK for the World Heritage Site bid.

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

1 year

BBC (Blanket Bog Coverage) article on the visit from UNESCO assessors below. Also featured on BBC Radio Scotland Good Morning and Lunchtime shows and should be hearing, and seeing, more on the BBC News this evening

The vast bog that helps fight climate change

The Flow Country is bidding to be the world's first peatland world heritage site.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

8 years

The Scottish sense of humour is always sure to raise a smile! #ScotlandHour #TheFlowCountry #NoOneWasHarmedInTheMakingOfThisPhoto

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

3 years

World heritage status bid for Flow Country in Caithness and Sutherland gathers pace with public consultation set to start over boundary @nature_scot @HighlandCouncil @ERI_UHI @RSPBScotland

World heritage status bid for Flow Country in Caithness and Sutherland gathers pace with public...

It is planned to hold talks and drop-in events over the next few months as well as engage with local schools and undertake a region-wide mail drop.

www.northern-times.co.uk

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

Chance to see prints of Flow Country peatland restoration by artist @Shaun_Fraser commissioned for the Flows to the Future project. On show at the Circus Artspace Inverness @waspsstudios

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

"Dark and dappled, the landscape is of great interest to scientists and more recently to artists, who want to raise awareness of this remarkable place"

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 months

Soon we’ll find out if the #FlowCountry will become an @UNESCO World Heritage Site. 🤞 If successful, we’ll become the first peatland site in the world to achieve this status. 🌍 Thanks to our partners, colleagues and friends in getting us to this stage. 🙏 📸 by Murdo Macleod

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

This one by Maciej Winiarczyk is absolutely stunning!! #A6 #ScotlandHour #TheFlowCountry #DarkSkies #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

Why should the Flow Country be made a World Heritage Site? Join Inverness-based wild swimmer @caldamac this weekend to find out.... Get your tickets here! #FullFlow

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Busy week up in the Flow Country with a visit from @NatureScotCEO to meet with @RSPBScotland & @Flowsresearch discussing science, restoration successes & plans as well as our World Heritage Site bid. Just on time to celebrate #bogday @IUCNpeat @nature_scot @HighlandCouncil

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

This little chap lives in the Wick River. The wildlife across waterways in #TheFlowCountry is incredible! #ScotlandHour

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

The UNESCO volunteers helped with #peatlandrestoration today by removing a whopping 9,000 non-native conifer saplings from the blanket bog!

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

#TeamFlowCountry addressing reception attendees and asking them to back our bid for the Flow Country World Heritage Site inscription bid 🥳 @nature_scot @Flowsresearch @HighlandCouncil @RSPBScotland @UNESCOUK @WorldHeritageUK

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

And for all those on #WeddingHour , we still haven't had any weddings at the Flows Lookout... it's a very romantic setting!! #JustSaying

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

You do have to be careful in #TheFlowCountry though - some of the pools near the Lookout are 3metres deep! #ScotlandHour

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

Why make the Flow Country a world heritage site? Find out this July with TV historian and archaeologist Neil Oliver, geology’s ‘rock star’ @Profiainstewart and @UNESCO expert Professor Barry Gilbertson

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Phew - another busy week of drop ins across the Flow Country area is almost complete! It's been great to receive comments and input from a range of people that live and work here. Today's penultimate stop is Halladale Hall in Forsinain from 11-7pm. #FridayFeeling

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

6 years

Have you enjoyed reading our annual newsletter? Your feedback is very important to us, so do let us know by completing our survey: If you want to read our newsletter online again, you can download the PDF here:

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Just 1 week for you to have your say on the proposed Flow Country World Heritage Site management plan! Link in our pinned Tweet 📌

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

If you do decide to visit the Flows Lookout, you may well meet others who are enjoying the boardwalk. Like these little guys! #ScotlandHour

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

6 years

Spring/Summer Volunteering Opportunity! Are you interested in a great opportunity to help conserve nature, meet like-minded people and live and work in a vast, beautiful landscape? Come to Forsinard as a visitor experience volunteer! Read more:

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Hopefully we'll be able to add the Flow Country to this amazing group of sites soon 👀

Anna Nsubuga - UK Ambassador to UNESCO

@UKAmbUNESCO

2 years

Scotland is the first country in the world to bring its 13 @UNESCO sites together into a single discovery trail! Take a look 😍 👇 @UNESCOUK @VisitScotland @ScotGovFrance @nature_scot @HistEnvScot @VisitBritain @FCDO @DCMS

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

15 days

📢 Important Update: This Event is Now Virtual! 📢 🔗 Register now:

The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

1 month

The @ScottishLandCom is hosting a public meeting in Thurso to discuss land ownership and use in the area. 📅Date: 2 September 🕖Time: 7pm – 8.30pm 📍Location: Pentland Hotel, Thurso Free and open to all! 🔗 Register now:

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

8 years

Beautiful frosty morning at the #FlowsLookout !

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 months

Straddling Caithness and Sutherland, the #FlowCountry is the largest area of blanket bog in the world.🌍 We eagerly await the decision from the @UNESCO World Heritage Committee on whether its outstanding universal value justifies a place on the World Heritage site list. 🤞🏼

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

It's not all spooky at this time of year though! We have our #DarkSkies event on Friday night :) #ScotlandHour #Caithness #Sutherland

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

Hold on to your hats (and peat probes) - the Flows to the Future Conference has just been announced! Including all our favourites @Flowsresearch @ERI_UHI @nature_scot @RSPBNorthScot @hannahimlach @WSitebid & more! TICKETS LIVE NOW

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

3 months

🎉 Did you celebrate World Peatlands Day last week? Scotland is 100 times smaller than Canada but is home to 13% of the world’s blanket bogs! #TheFlowCountry holds more CO2 than every forest and woodland in the UK… combined! Find out more:

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

The Flows project is coming to an end so obviously we gotta throw a party! On a serious note, a massive massive thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past 5 years - now come and boogie with us!

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

I made a neep lantern once - much, much harder and more rewarding than a pumpkin!! #Halloween #ScotlandHour

Strathnaver Museum

@naverMuseum

7 years

A1 Everyone needs a neep lantern to ward off evil spirits #scotlandhour #halloween

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

6 years

#A1 . This view, taken from the train going south. You come out from a plantation of conifers and get this stunning view of #TheFlowCountry . #ScotlandHour #Scotland #Caithness #Sutherland

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

Why should the #FlowCountry become a World Heritage Site? Join the discussion at the #FullFlow events taking place in Lairg, Thurso and Inverness in July For more information see the event pages on

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

Another day, another feature in national news 😎

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

a rainy but rewarding day - the first tiny butterworts are flowering all over the bog!

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Great to have cross party support from MP's (l-r): @John2Win (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland) @Jamie4North @MrJohnNicolson @IanMurrayMP

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

We love this @walkhighlands article about the Dubh Lochan trail: #ScotlandHour

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

6 years

Throwback to presenter Paul Murton visiting the Flow Country for the programme 'Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs' which is on TONIGHT!

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

How can I talk about #tourism and things to do in #Caithness and #Sutherland without mentioning @NorthCoast500 . They've totally revolutionised the way people see the north of #Scotland : a revolution which has been a joy to behold!! #NC500 #ScotlandHour

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

8 years

One of the most exciting things happening this month!! Please RT! #Scotland #TheFlowCountry #Sutherland #Caithness #Fun #Exciting #Events

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

If you're a young person who is interested in the environment, you can get in touch with us to find out if we have any #volunteering opportunities that might suit you 😀 #ScotlandHour #YOYP2018 #TheFlowCountry

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Delegates gather in Thurso to celebrate a decade of peatland research in the Flow Country

Delegates from around the UK and Europe gathered in Thurso for a scientific conference organised by the Environmental Research Institute (ERI).

www.northern-times.co.uk

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Thanks for your support @MrJohnNicolson 😁

JOHN NICOLSON 🇵🇸 🇺🇦

@MrJohnNicolson

2 years

The Flow Country deserves UNESCO World Heritage Status. It offers; 🌱rich biodiversity 🌸 UK’s largest Carbon Capture 🏡 A chance for people to make their lives here… …and wouldn’t this building make a fine Scottish Embassy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1/2

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

One spooky thing about #TheFlowCountry is the light. In the vastness of the landscape, it can play tricks on your eyes! #ScotlandHour

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

6 years

Not #TheFlowCountry per se, but I can't resist sharing this picture of a visitor to Wick, #Caithness , just near my house! #Exciting #Walrus #Scotland #Nature

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Don't forget - you can comment online regarding the proposed Flow Country World Heritage Site. Link to Common Place where you can also find more information below 👇

The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Our drop in sessions for the Flow Country World Heritage Site project are now finished 🤗 BUT you can still see the maps, information and add your own questions or comments online at: @HighlandCouncil @RSPBScotland @ERI_UHI @nature_scot

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

@HPSterk @ThinkUHI @Flowsresearch @Film4 Choose sphagnum. Choose peat probes. Choose midge nets…Choose life.

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Excited to be putting the final touches to the Flow Country World Heritage Nomination Dossier, and the opportunity to include the work of some local artists such as this lovely painting of a bog pool by Bethan Nadin. Once complete the dossier will go to UNESCO by the 1st of Feb.

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

6 years

Local volunteer Brian helping us pot trees (taken from the bog as part of the ongoing restoration work!) to give to schools on our Christmas school visits. Can't wait to see all the lovely Flow Country decorations the children are going to make for the Christmas trees!

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

3 months

🍾 Today, we’re celebrating our new status as a registered charity! This will help us in our efforts to achieve inscription of #TheFlowCountry as a @UNESCO #WorldHeritageSite

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

6 years

A great event at @TheBotanics 😁😁😁 So brilliant to hear @MarkCocker2 describe #TheFlowCountry as "arguably the most important landscape in Britain and certainly, in world terms, the rarest habitat for which we have responsibility". #Scotland @RSPBNorthScot #Nature #AmReading

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

8 years

Happy #WorldWetlandsDay , did you know peatlands store huge amounts of carbon and are therefore crucial in the fight against climate change?

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

Project manager, Caroline, travelled down to Perth last week for the opening of @sophiegerrard_ 's show. Sophie's work features photos and portraits taken in the Flow Country - recognise any familiar places and faces?

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Resident in #Caithness or #Sutherland & close to the proposed boundary of the Flow Country World Heritage Site? This flyer should be arriving in the post any day now... Includes information about the bid, draft boundary map & details of drop in events throughout May 2022:

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Peatlands and blanket bog such as the Flow Country is such an amazing habitat in Scotland, the UK and around the world which is why we are bidding for #WorldHeritageSite status! Get behind the bid and #KeepUsCovered .

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

6 years

Not exactly Natural World... more Natural Out-Of-This World! Don't forget that #TheFlowCountry is also a great place to witness the majesty of the night sky! Photograph by Maciej Winiarczyk. #ScotlandHour #Scotland #NorthernLights #Caithness #Sutherland

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

6 years

#A2 : My mum always says "perambulate"! Where better to do that than a country with such gorgeous scenery to admire! #ScotlandHour #TheFlowCountry (Photo of the Flows Lookout by Iain Sarjeant)

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

The Golden Plover is one of our key species in #TheFlowCountry :)

Robert Macfarlane

@RobGMacfarlane

7 years

The Latin name of the European golden plover is Pluvialis apricaria, which might be translated as 'the sun-goldened rain-returning bird'.

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

3 years

The Flow Country has grounds to be a world heritage site

It covers more than 160,000 hectares of northern Scotland and now the world knows exactly where it is (Jeremy Watson writes).Scientists have finally mapped the extent of the Flow Country for the...

www.thetimes.com

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

6 years

Last night a greenish tinge was spotted on the horizon... The Field Centre inhabitants grabbed wellies and hats and made a beeline to the tower for a beautiful night of stargazing with views of the northern lights!

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

Loads of free events happening in the flow country next week - two guided walks and an immersive art event! For more information see our website:

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

"The lochans shone pewter, and around them, in their congregations, the bog cotton washerwomen waving white flags" A beautiful essay on the Flow Country: Cal Flyn, The Tree Farm:

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

If you haven't had your say or were unable to attend in person, the online Commonplace consultation is open until 29th July 2022:

The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

Our drop in sessions for the Flow Country World Heritage Site project are now finished 🤗 BUT you can still see the maps, information and add your own questions or comments online at: @HighlandCouncil @RSPBScotland @ERI_UHI @nature_scot

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 years

@MrJohnNicolson @UNESCO Thanks for highlighting the Flow Country amongst the many other wonderful existing and potential World Heritage Sites!

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

This is the face of a woman who has discovered you can make beer from heather... Thanks to everyone who took part in the Munsary Wildflower Walk, a wonderful occasion despite the midges! @HPSterk @PlantlifeScot

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

Yesterday @bbcalba visited Forsinard to find out about our @UNESCO working holiday....'ave a watch!

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

6 years

So much of Orkney is in my blood - it is the place of my birth and will always have a special place in my heart. It has a calmness to it that certainly does you good! #ScotlandHour

NorthLink Ferries

@NLFerries

6 years

A4: Green, rolling fields bordered by huge seascapes, festivals, stacks & crashing seas, wonderful food & drink, island-hopping, Orcadian music & crafts & of course spectacular wildlife. In #Orkney you can even feel the air and the pace of life doing you good #ScotlandHour

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

2 months

Meet Frances Gunn, chair of the Flow Country World Heritage Project Steering Group. If successful in its bid, the #FlowCountry will become Scotland’s first @UNESCO #WorldHeritage site inscribed for purely natural criteria. 🌿 @UNESCOUK #PeopleoftheFlows

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

3 years

Great article about The Flow Country's bid for world heritage site status in the groat!

Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland could be part of COP26 climate change conference

The peatlands of Caithness and Sutherland could feature in the United Nations' COP26 climate change conference taking place in Glasgow in November.

www.johnogroat-journal.co.uk

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

Greyfriars Kirkyard is indeed very, very spooky... #TheFlowCountryOnTour #ScotlandHour

Edinburgh International Festival

@edintfest

7 years

A4: A walk across a foggy Greyfriars Kirkyard in Edinburgh… followed by a lovely cuppa at #EdintFest home @thehubroyalmile . #scotlandhour ^M

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

7 years

The waters up here can get pretty wild sometimes... #TheFlowCountry #Caithness #ScotlandHour

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

5 years

Lots of positive feedback from our parliamentary event on Tuesday, hosted by @GailRossSNP - great to hear all the discussions & thanks to all who came! #TheFlowCountry

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@TheFlowCountry

5 years

Have you listened to the BBC Radio Scotland "Out of Doors" programme on our Jellicoe Event? It's available here as a podcast!:

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

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Did you know❓ The blanket bog and peatlands ecosystem in the #FlowCountry can be traced back to the end of the last ice age over 10,000 years ago! 🥶 See the full timeline here: 📸 by Murdo Macleod

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The Flow Country

@TheFlowCountry

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Unesco World Heritage status ambition comes a step closer for Scotland’s globally important Flow Country peatlands @nature_scot @HighlandCouncil @RSPBScotland @ERI_UHI

Unesco World Heritage status ambition comes a step closer for Scotland’s globally important Flow...

Ambitious plans for the globally significant peatlands of Scotland's Flow Country to achieve Unesco World Heritage Site designation have taken a major step forward.

www.scotsman.com

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