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Celebrating International Day of Girls & Women in Science
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science – a day declared by the UN to bring attention to the fact that less than 30 percent of researchers worldwide are women. Biases and gender stereotypes are still steering … Continue reading
Mapping the Birds of South East Scotland – A Celebration of Citizen Science in Action
This week’s blog is written by Mike Thornton, a NatureScot operations officer in the Lothians, and a keen volunteer citizen scientist. Mike has worked on a range of citizen science projects, including the Birds in South-east Scotland 2007-13, a Scottish … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Birds, citizen science, conservation, Volunteering
Tagged biodiversity, birds, citizen science, Lothians, Scottish Borders, South-east Scotland
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A new way to benefit nature on farms and crofts
Today’s blog, written by NatureScot agriculture officer, Kirsten Brewster, details a new trial in Scotland, which gives incentives to farmers and crofters to manage flower-rich meadows, help vulnerable populations of wading birds thrive, restore peatlands, and manage other nature-rich areas. … Continue reading
Coigach and Assynt’s secret hazel woodlands
We sometimes think of Assynt, in the north west of Scotland, as a spectacular but stark place of rock, heath and bog. But here and there are plenty of trees – marvellous woodlands, those on better soils often dominated by … Continue reading
Mentoring the next generation of conservationists
In February 2020, Murray Borthwick was staring down a telescope at Morton Lochs, undertaking fieldwork for his honours thesis and simultaneously realising that studying birds was what he wanted to do for a living. Fast forward to the summer and … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, conservation, NatureScot, SNH, Young people
Tagged #mentor, #mentoring, #ornithology
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Sharing our views: the Scottish Beaver Forum
Today’s blog is written by the Chair of the Scottish Beaver Forum and NatureScot’s Tayside & Grampian Area Manager, Denise Reed. In Scotland, beavers became a European Protected Species in May 2019. Their numbers have expanded across Tayside and beyond … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, conservation, mammals, Rewilding
Tagged #beavers, #mitigation, #wildlifemanagement, NatureScot
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Mulling over Ulva’s history
A mere hop, skip and jump from Mull will land you on Ulva. An island with ancestral links to David Livingstone, known in the past as ‘Wolf island’, and the scene of sweeping Clearances. To this day Ulva is as … Continue reading
Moths on the move
Mike Thornton, SNH Operations Officer for the Forth Area, describes how integral moths are to Scotland’s biodiversity, and why it’s crucial to know how their populations are changing. I lift the egg cartons out of the moth trap, slowly revealing … Continue reading
Posted in Argyll National Nature Reserves, biodiversity, citizen science, climate change, conservation, Ecology, moth, science, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, survey, Volunteering
Tagged biodiversity, citizen science, climate change, insects, moths, NatureScot, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
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Forvie NNR – the first 60 years
Forvie has long been a special place. Back when people started to settle near the mouth of the river Ythan at the end of the ice age, it was a place rich in wildlife – or food as it would … Continue reading
Posted in coastal, conservation, Forvie NNR, National Nature Reserves, Outdoor learning, Research, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
Tagged Forve, grey seals, NatureScot, NNR, NNRs, Research, ScotNature, Scottish Natural Heritage, seals, SNH, tern colon, terns
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