Happy to report that I have been accepted to study for an Environmental Sciences degree at UHI Inverness starting in September !
Ullapool Shark Ambassador
@finlaypringle.bsky.social
17 | Marine conservationist | @CaptPaulWatson Shark Ambassador | @Fridays4future activist | @AnimalHeroAward winner 2019 | @youngscot Environment winner 2023| Location: Ullapool, North West Scotland https://ullapoolsharkambassador.com/
A few photos from a recent trip on the Loch Seaforth ferry to Stornoway. In total we saw 330 Common Dolphins, 9 Minke whales and 34 Harbour porpoise
A nice positive, affirming evening at Scottish Southern Energy HQ in Perth for the Powering Futures award ceremony. This new education initiative recognises attainment as opposed to achievement (passing exams). Very proud to be one of the first recipients of the Ken Muir award.
The sign almost bigger than me when I started climate striking on 14 December 2018 !
Climate strike week 337 After 6 and a half years this is my last official Friday #schoolstrike4climate as I have now finished school and will hopefully be going to College to study Environmental Science in September.
A few pictures from yesterdays Surfers Against Sewage national paddle out campaign in Nairn, highlighting the need for all agencies to get a grip on the sewage pollution routinely being dumped in our waterways & seas, threatening our health and the lives of the marine life we all love.
Climate strike week 331 'Another futile warning of a world that is already here' #climatestrike #fridaysforfuture #ClimateJusticeNow #PeopleNotProfit
A wee video of an interview I did last year with @scotcoastclean.bsky.social for their Shaping Our Shores project whilst helping to clean up beaches around the Wester Ross MPA youtu.be/KsBNCumvWNQ?...
SOS Extras: Finlay Pringle
YouTube video by Caledonian Horticulture
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Took part in the latest @nwhbeachcleans.bsky.social group beach clean of Raffin in Assynt as part of the @keepscotbeautiful.bsky.social #SpringCleanScotland campaign. 30+ volunteers removed 1118kg of rubbish from a 1km stretch of beach over 3 days. The largest single item weighed 106kg !
You couldn't make it up and sadly you don't have to, destroying the Amazon rain forest in order to build a road for the next pointless COP climate summit in Belem www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
bbc.co.uk
Seals, sharks and spiny squat lobsters: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 – in pictures theguardian.com/environment/...
Seals, sharks and spiny squat lobsters: Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 – in pictures
The annual competition draws thousands of entries from across the world and brings together images from below the water’s surface that show the diversity and challenges of subaquatic life
theguardian.com
Climate strike week 323 Now is not the time for fossil fuel companies to scale back on renewable energy projects. #fridaysforfuture #climatestrike #peoplenotprofit #climatejusticenow
Levels of #microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests - Tiny plastic pollution also found in livers and kidneys, but the potentially worrying health impacts remain unknown Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests
Research looking at tissue from postmortems between 1997 and 2024 finds upward trend in contamination
theguardian.com
Climate strike week 321 Positive news in UK as previously approved Rosebank & Jackdaw oil & gas projects will now also need to take account of CO2 emissions resulting from use of the fossil fuels extracted #PeopleNotProfit #KeepItInTheGround #fridaysforfuture #climatestrike #climatejustice
Fingers crossed for a positive outcome for this poor whale www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Humpback whale entangled in rope at Skye fish farm
British Divers Marine Life Rescue say the humpback is caught up in rope and unable to swim freely.
bbc.co.uk
9 species see today on my @rspb.bsky.social #BigGardenBirdwatch here in #Ullapool Starling, Collared Dove, House Sparrow, Rooks, Herring Gull, Blackbird, Chaffinch, Song Thrush and Robin. How's everyone else doing today?