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Spending time in nature is good for you.🌳

Getting outdoors and connecting with the natural world can reduce stress, lift your mood and even help you sleep better.

So, whether it's a walk in the park or a trip to the countryside, let's all make the most of what nature has to offer for our mental and physical wellbeing. Mental Health Awareness Week runs from 11–17 May, making now a great time to get outdoors and feel the benefits.

You can check the Scottish Outdoor Access Code to read up on your rights and responsibilities outdoors before you go: www.outdooraccess-scotland.scot

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2026 #MentalHealth #LetsDoNetZero

Spending time in nature is good for you.🌳

Getting outdoors and connecting with the natural world can reduce stress, lift your mood and even help you sleep better.

So, whether it's a walk in the park or a trip to the countryside, let's all make the most of what nature has to offer for our mental and physical wellbeing. Mental Health Awareness Week runs from 11–17 May, making now a great time to get outdoors and feel the benefits.

You can check the Scottish Outdoor Access Code to read up on your rights and responsibilities outdoors before you go: www.outdooraccess-scotland.scot

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2026 #MentalHealth #LetsDoNetZero

Spending time in nature is good for you.🌳

Getting outdoors and connecting with the natural world can reduce stress, lift your mood and even help you sleep better.

So, whether it's a walk in the park or a trip to the countryside, let's all make the most of what nature has to offer for our mental and physical wellbeing. Mental Health Awareness Week runs from 11–17 May, making now a great time to get outdoors and feel the benefits.

You can check the Scottish Outdoor Access Code to read up on your rights and responsibilities outdoors before you go: www.outdooraccess-scotland.scot

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2026 #MentalHealth #LetsDoNetZero

Spending time in nature is good for you.🌳

Getting outdoors and connecting with the natural world can reduce stress, lift your mood and even help you sleep better.

So, whether it's a walk in the park or a trip to the countryside, let's all make the most of what nature has to offer for our mental and physical wellbeing. Mental Health Awareness Week runs from 11–17 May, making now a great time to get outdoors and feel the benefits.

You can check the Scottish Outdoor Access Code to read up on your rights and responsibilities outdoors before you go: www.outdooraccess-scotland.scot

#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2026 #MentalHealth #LetsDoNetZero

May is National Walking Month so let’s take advantage of the better weather and walk or wheel where possible, rather than taking the car. For example, walk or wheel to the local shops instead of driving there. 🚶‍♀️

Swapping the car for walking or wheeling can be a great opportunity for us to enjoy the fresh air and feel better. It can also help lower pollution in our local area and make the air we share much cleaner and healthier for us, our community and our wildlife.

Will you be walking more this National Walking Month?

#NationalWalkingMonth #Walking #LetsDoNetZero

May is National Walking Month so let’s take advantage of the better weather and walk or wheel where possible, rather than taking the car. For example, walk or wheel to the local shops instead of driving there. 🚶‍♀️

Swapping the car for walking or wheeling can be a great opportunity for us to enjoy the fresh air and feel better. It can also help lower pollution in our local area and make the air we share much cleaner and healthier for us, our community and our wildlife.

Will you be walking more this National Walking Month?

#NationalWalkingMonth #Walking #LetsDoNetZero

May is National Walking Month so let’s take advantage of the better weather and walk or wheel where possible, rather than taking the car. For example, walk or wheel to the local shops instead of driving there. 🚶‍♀️

Swapping the car for walking or wheeling can be a great opportunity for us to enjoy the fresh air and feel better. It can also help lower pollution in our local area and make the air we share much cleaner and healthier for us, our community and our wildlife.

Will you be walking more this National Walking Month?

#NationalWalkingMonth #Walking #LetsDoNetZero

May is National Walking Month so let’s take advantage of the better weather and walk or wheel where possible, rather than taking the car. For example, walk or wheel to the local shops instead of driving there. 🚶‍♀️

Swapping the car for walking or wheeling can be a great opportunity for us to enjoy the fresh air and feel better. It can also help lower pollution in our local area and make the air we share much cleaner and healthier for us, our community and our wildlife.

Will you be walking more this National Walking Month?

#NationalWalkingMonth #Walking #LetsDoNetZero

Get ready for No Mow May.💚

There are many ways we can all make space for nature this month, like letting our lawns grow longer to give bees and other pollinators a chance to feast on uncut dandelions and other native flowers.🐝

Reducing mowing can also create a wildflower patch or meadow which encourages biodiversity to thrive.

Help encourage others in your community to restore and regenerate nature by sharing photos of your gardens, window boxes and favourite parks using #LetsDoNetZero.

We’ll share as many as we can on our stories over the next month.

By posting your photo with this hashtag, you are giving us consent to feature it on our story.

#NoMowMay #LetsDoNetZero

Get ready for No Mow May.💚

There are many ways we can all make space for nature this month, like letting our lawns grow longer to give bees and other pollinators a chance to feast on uncut dandelions and other native flowers.🐝

Reducing mowing can also create a wildflower patch or meadow which encourages biodiversity to thrive.

Help encourage others in your community to restore and regenerate nature by sharing photos of your gardens, window boxes and favourite parks using #LetsDoNetZero.

We’ll share as many as we can on our stories over the next month.

By posting your photo with this hashtag, you are giving us consent to feature it on our story.

#NoMowMay #LetsDoNetZero

Get ready for No Mow May.💚

There are many ways we can all make space for nature this month, like letting our lawns grow longer to give bees and other pollinators a chance to feast on uncut dandelions and other native flowers.🐝

Reducing mowing can also create a wildflower patch or meadow which encourages biodiversity to thrive.

Help encourage others in your community to restore and regenerate nature by sharing photos of your gardens, window boxes and favourite parks using #LetsDoNetZero.

We’ll share as many as we can on our stories over the next month.

By posting your photo with this hashtag, you are giving us consent to feature it on our story.

#NoMowMay #LetsDoNetZero

Get ready for No Mow May.💚

There are many ways we can all make space for nature this month, like letting our lawns grow longer to give bees and other pollinators a chance to feast on uncut dandelions and other native flowers.🐝

Reducing mowing can also create a wildflower patch or meadow which encourages biodiversity to thrive.

Help encourage others in your community to restore and regenerate nature by sharing photos of your gardens, window boxes and favourite parks using #LetsDoNetZero.

We’ll share as many as we can on our stories over the next month.

By posting your photo with this hashtag, you are giving us consent to feature it on our story.

#NoMowMay #LetsDoNetZero

It’s puffin season in Scotland!

Known as the 'clowns of the seas', these beloved birds can be spotted along the Scottish coast at places like the Isle of May, Fidra and Craigleith.

Despite their iconic status, Atlantic puffins are actually one of the many Scottish seabirds under threat. The climate crisis is warming our oceans and reducing the energy‑rich fish puffins rely on for food. Invasive rats are preying on their eggs and chicks, while increasingly frequent storms, oil spills, and the emerging threat of bird flu are all contributing to their decline.

We can work together to protect our oceans and the amazing wildlife, including puffins, that call them home.

To find out how you and your community can help protect nature, visit: www.netzeronation.scot/take-action/nature-and-outdoors

#LetsDoNetZero

It’s puffin season in Scotland!

Known as the 'clowns of the seas', these beloved birds can be spotted along the Scottish coast at places like the Isle of May, Fidra and Craigleith.

Despite their iconic status, Atlantic puffins are actually one of the many Scottish seabirds under threat. The climate crisis is warming our oceans and reducing the energy‑rich fish puffins rely on for food. Invasive rats are preying on their eggs and chicks, while increasingly frequent storms, oil spills, and the emerging threat of bird flu are all contributing to their decline.

We can work together to protect our oceans and the amazing wildlife, including puffins, that call them home.

To find out how you and your community can help protect nature, visit: www.netzeronation.scot/take-action/nature-and-outdoors

#LetsDoNetZero

It’s puffin season in Scotland!

Known as the 'clowns of the seas', these beloved birds can be spotted along the Scottish coast at places like the Isle of May, Fidra and Craigleith.

Despite their iconic status, Atlantic puffins are actually one of the many Scottish seabirds under threat. The climate crisis is warming our oceans and reducing the energy‑rich fish puffins rely on for food. Invasive rats are preying on their eggs and chicks, while increasingly frequent storms, oil spills, and the emerging threat of bird flu are all contributing to their decline.

We can work together to protect our oceans and the amazing wildlife, including puffins, that call them home.

To find out how you and your community can help protect nature, visit: www.netzeronation.scot/take-action/nature-and-outdoors

#LetsDoNetZero

It’s puffin season in Scotland!

Known as the 'clowns of the seas', these beloved birds can be spotted along the Scottish coast at places like the Isle of May, Fidra and Craigleith.

Despite their iconic status, Atlantic puffins are actually one of the many Scottish seabirds under threat. The climate crisis is warming our oceans and reducing the energy‑rich fish puffins rely on for food. Invasive rats are preying on their eggs and chicks, while increasingly frequent storms, oil spills, and the emerging threat of bird flu are all contributing to their decline.

We can work together to protect our oceans and the amazing wildlife, including puffins, that call them home.

To find out how you and your community can help protect nature, visit: www.netzeronation.scot/take-action/nature-and-outdoors

#LetsDoNetZero

Spring has truly begun.🌷

Take the time to explore your local area this spring and see all the beauty that nature has to offer.

Walking home from work or school, or choosing to walk to the shops instead of driving, is a great chance to enjoy nature as a new season begins. It can also be good for our health and the health of the planet.🌍

#LetsDoNetZero #SpringWalking#ActiveTravel #ScotlandWalks

The migration of birds between far flung countries and continents is one of the wonders of the natural world.💚

Winter isn’t the only time that birds such as swans and waders migrate to Scotland to escape harsher winters further north. As these winter visitors leave our shores, they switch places with summer migrants that arrive in spring to rear their young.

The spring migration sees some birds fly thousands of miles over seas, mountains and deserts to be with us, in what is one of nature’s most incredible shows of stamina.

Birds such as osprey, swifts, swallows, redstarts, willow warblers and arctic tern, and more have already started to be spotted across Scotland.

Not only is the bird migration beautiful to watch it, also provides key benefits to our environment. These include pest control, food sources for other wildlife and sustaining the interconnectedness of global ecosystems.

You can get involved in protecting these incredible journeys by recording your sightings. This helps scientists track how migration patterns are shifting as our climate changes.

You can record bird sightings with @socaberlady on their website: www.the-soc.org.uk/pages/bird-recording

#Scotland #LetsDoNetZero

The migration of birds between far flung countries and continents is one of the wonders of the natural world.💚

Winter isn’t the only time that birds such as swans and waders migrate to Scotland to escape harsher winters further north. As these winter visitors leave our shores, they switch places with summer migrants that arrive in spring to rear their young.

The spring migration sees some birds fly thousands of miles over seas, mountains and deserts to be with us, in what is one of nature’s most incredible shows of stamina.

Birds such as osprey, swifts, swallows, redstarts, willow warblers and arctic tern, and more have already started to be spotted across Scotland.

Not only is the bird migration beautiful to watch it, also provides key benefits to our environment. These include pest control, food sources for other wildlife and sustaining the interconnectedness of global ecosystems.

You can get involved in protecting these incredible journeys by recording your sightings. This helps scientists track how migration patterns are shifting as our climate changes.

You can record bird sightings with @socaberlady on their website: www.the-soc.org.uk/pages/bird-recording

#Scotland #LetsDoNetZero

The migration of birds between far flung countries and continents is one of the wonders of the natural world.💚

Winter isn’t the only time that birds such as swans and waders migrate to Scotland to escape harsher winters further north. As these winter visitors leave our shores, they switch places with summer migrants that arrive in spring to rear their young.

The spring migration sees some birds fly thousands of miles over seas, mountains and deserts to be with us, in what is one of nature’s most incredible shows of stamina.

Birds such as osprey, swifts, swallows, redstarts, willow warblers and arctic tern, and more have already started to be spotted across Scotland.

Not only is the bird migration beautiful to watch it, also provides key benefits to our environment. These include pest control, food sources for other wildlife and sustaining the interconnectedness of global ecosystems.

You can get involved in protecting these incredible journeys by recording your sightings. This helps scientists track how migration patterns are shifting as our climate changes.

You can record bird sightings with @socaberlady on their website: www.the-soc.org.uk/pages/bird-recording

#Scotland #LetsDoNetZero

The migration of birds between far flung countries and continents is one of the wonders of the natural world.💚

Winter isn’t the only time that birds such as swans and waders migrate to Scotland to escape harsher winters further north. As these winter visitors leave our shores, they switch places with summer migrants that arrive in spring to rear their young.

The spring migration sees some birds fly thousands of miles over seas, mountains and deserts to be with us, in what is one of nature’s most incredible shows of stamina.

Birds such as osprey, swifts, swallows, redstarts, willow warblers and arctic tern, and more have already started to be spotted across Scotland.

Not only is the bird migration beautiful to watch it, also provides key benefits to our environment. These include pest control, food sources for other wildlife and sustaining the interconnectedness of global ecosystems.

You can get involved in protecting these incredible journeys by recording your sightings. This helps scientists track how migration patterns are shifting as our climate changes.

You can record bird sightings with @socaberlady on their website: www.the-soc.org.uk/pages/bird-recording

#Scotland #LetsDoNetZero

Scotland is home to some truly remarkable wildlife including the Scottish wildcat - one of our most iconic and rare native species.

The Royal Zoological Society for Scotland and partners are working hard to rebuild our wildcat populations from low levels and help them thrive across Scotland for generations to come by providing the habitat they need.

Stay up to date on the wildcats’ journey at @saveourwildcats 🐾

Video credit: @saveourwildcats

#Wildcats #LetsDoNetZero #ScottishWildlife
#ScottishWildcats

As we approach the Scottish Parliament Election on 7 May, you'll notice reduced activity across our social channels. Thank you for your continued support - we'll be back to our regular schedule soon.

Communities will benefit from over £7 million to support action to reduce emissions & improve resilience to the impacts of climate change.

This includes £171,946 funding to Angus Climate Action Hub to support a wide range of work, including the management and development of Dronley Community Woods.

This has seen members of the Hub work with local schools and volunteers to plant over 4,500 new trees in 2025 and support five, local part-time jobs to maintain and restructure the 50 hectare site to ensure it has a greater resilience to the impacts of climate change such as flooding and drought.

➡️https://bit.ly/4lKBa5E

Scotland’s changing climate is putting new pressure on our forests.

Warmer temperatures, intense weather and the spread of pests and diseases mean we need to make our forests more resilient for the future.

Here’s how @forestryandlandscot are taking action:

🌳 Mixed species: Planting a wider variety of trees helps slow the spread of pests and diseases.
🧽 Keep it Clean: Cleaning boots, bikes and equipment reduces the risk of spreading harmful organisms.
🌱 Strategic planting: Planting trees on steep slopes helps prevent landslips and flooding, creating long‑lasting habitats for nature.
🪓 Strategic felling: Removing vulnerable trees near roads and infrastructure helps prevent wider damage during extreme weather.

They’re working with partners across Scotland and the UK to protect our forests and help them thrive in a changing climate.

Round of applause for all their incredible work this #InternationalDayOfForests.

Scotland’s changing climate is putting new pressure on our forests.

Warmer temperatures, intense weather and the spread of pests and diseases mean we need to make our forests more resilient for the future.

Here’s how @forestryandlandscot are taking action:

🌳 Mixed species: Planting a wider variety of trees helps slow the spread of pests and diseases.
🧽 Keep it Clean: Cleaning boots, bikes and equipment reduces the risk of spreading harmful organisms.
🌱 Strategic planting: Planting trees on steep slopes helps prevent landslips and flooding, creating long‑lasting habitats for nature.
🪓 Strategic felling: Removing vulnerable trees near roads and infrastructure helps prevent wider damage during extreme weather.

They’re working with partners across Scotland and the UK to protect our forests and help them thrive in a changing climate.

Round of applause for all their incredible work this #InternationalDayOfForests.

Scotland’s changing climate is putting new pressure on our forests.

Warmer temperatures, intense weather and the spread of pests and diseases mean we need to make our forests more resilient for the future.

Here’s how @forestryandlandscot are taking action:

🌳 Mixed species: Planting a wider variety of trees helps slow the spread of pests and diseases.
🧽 Keep it Clean: Cleaning boots, bikes and equipment reduces the risk of spreading harmful organisms.
🌱 Strategic planting: Planting trees on steep slopes helps prevent landslips and flooding, creating long‑lasting habitats for nature.
🪓 Strategic felling: Removing vulnerable trees near roads and infrastructure helps prevent wider damage during extreme weather.

They’re working with partners across Scotland and the UK to protect our forests and help them thrive in a changing climate.

Round of applause for all their incredible work this #InternationalDayOfForests.

Scotland’s changing climate is putting new pressure on our forests.

Warmer temperatures, intense weather and the spread of pests and diseases mean we need to make our forests more resilient for the future.

Here’s how @forestryandlandscot are taking action:

🌳 Mixed species: Planting a wider variety of trees helps slow the spread of pests and diseases.
🧽 Keep it Clean: Cleaning boots, bikes and equipment reduces the risk of spreading harmful organisms.
🌱 Strategic planting: Planting trees on steep slopes helps prevent landslips and flooding, creating long‑lasting habitats for nature.
🪓 Strategic felling: Removing vulnerable trees near roads and infrastructure helps prevent wider damage during extreme weather.

They’re working with partners across Scotland and the UK to protect our forests and help them thrive in a changing climate.

Round of applause for all their incredible work this #InternationalDayOfForests.

Replacing a gas boiler with a new heat pump could help you lower your emissions while enjoying a warm cosy home.

This is because these modern, low-carbon heating systems are much more energy efficient than boilers and electric heating.

Visit netzeronation.scot to discover if a heat pump could work for you.

Petrol and diesel cars currently account for nearly 40% of Scotland’s transport emissions.

By driving these cars less we can lower our fuel costs, improve our health and cut emissions.

Visit netzeronation.scot to explore more sustainable ways to travel.