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Highlights from our Year of Coasts & Waters poetry competition
Our Coast Lines of Tentsmuir poetry project has just had its wonderful finale at StAnza, Scotland’s International Poetry Festival, at St Andrews’ Byre Theatre. Molly Aldam has been with SNH on a graduate placement since September, working to connect a … Continue reading
Posted in art, beach, beaches, coastal, Community engagement, Competition, graduate placement, Marine, Nature in art, poetry, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea life, seals, SNH, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts and Waters, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020, Young people
Tagged art, beach, Coast, culture, marine, nature, NatureScot, NNR, poetry, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea, SNH, Tentsmuir National Nature Reserve, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
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SNH celebrates International Day of Women & Girls 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
Posted in biodiversity, Diversity, International Year of Girls and Women in Science, Marine, Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve, National Nature Reserves, Rum NNR, SNH, STEM, Uncategorized
Tagged #11February, #genderequality, #GirlsInScience, #GirlsInSTEM, #WomenInScience, #WomeninScienceDay, ScotNature
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Sea-searchers recognised for 31-year contribution to marine conservation.
SNH has supported Seasearch in Scotland for many years now. The skills and enthusiasm of their union of marine life investigators has in turn supported our own research. Some of our marine team are Seasearch volunteers in their free time. … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, biodiversity, citizen science, coastal, Community engagement, conservation, mapping, Marine, Marine Protected Areas, MPA, MPAs, Priority Marine Features, Research, sea life, SNH, survey, Uncategorized, Volunteering, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
Tagged #YCW2020, citizen science, divers, diving, mapping, marine, marine life, Nature of Scotland Awards, NatureScot, Research, Scottish Natural Heritage, scuba, Seasearch, SNH, survey, training, Volunteering, volunteers, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020 #YCW2020
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A’ Ghaoth agus an Aimsir / Wind and Weather
Faodaidh atharrachadh na gaoithe a rèir na combaist innse dhuinn mun aimsir a tha romhainn / The direction of the wind can help us predict the weather, according to traditional lore. Àirde na gaoithe agus ro-innse na h-aimsir Tha seanfhacal … Continue reading
Posted in coastal, Folklore, Gaelic, History, Marine, sea life, SNH, Uncategorized
Tagged Folklore, Gaelic, nature, poetry, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, superstitions, weather, winds
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Stormie nights on Fair Isle
Fair Isle sits at the southernmost point of Shetland and its name derives from the Old Norse name Friðarey, meaning ‘island of peace’. Fair Isle is famous for its knitwear, historic shipwrecks and its diverse bird life, so what better … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, coastal, Marine, Marine Protected Areas, MPA, MPAs, Non-native species, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea life, seals, Shetland, SNH, survey, Young people
Tagged environmental management, Fair Isle, Helen Gunton, invasive non-native species, killer whales, Masters degree, Orca, Research, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Shetland, SNH, storm petrel, student
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SNH seabird scientist on lessons learned in Antarctica
Early this year, I travelled to Antarctica for three weeks, with 79 women from all over the world, in the culmination of a year-long women in science leadership development programme called Homeward Bound. This ground-breaking initiative aims to increase representation … Continue reading
Skate spotting and eggcase hunting
SNH skate tracking intern Rachel Mawer reflects on a recent trip to the Outer Hebrides and Shetland to raise awareness of some fascinating marine projects. Back in November, in conjunction with the Scottish Association for Marine Science, we launched the Skatespotter … Continue reading
On the trail of the 64s group – capturing Wild Shetland
Wildlife cameraman Fergus Gill was Maramedia’s main team member on the ground throughout summer 2017, when they filmed their latest spectacular nature documentary Wild Shetland: Scotland’s Viking Frontier. Fergus is of course the son of our own celebrated photographer, Lorne, … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, coastal, Marine, National Nature Reserves, photography, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea life, seals, Shetland, SNH, Uncategorized, Young people
Tagged Fergus Gill, Filming, gannets, Hermaness, killer whales, Lorne Gill, Maramedia, National Nature Reserve, nature, Orca, Scottish Natural Heritage, Shetland, SNH, Wild Shetland, Wildlife
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The bird with the golden eye
Goldeneye may bring to mind one of the better James Bond movies of the 1990s but it is of course also a medium sized duck which is found all around the world’s more northerly regions, from North America, across Europe … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, coastal, Marine, sea life, SNH, Uncategorized
Tagged birds, ducks, goldeneye, nature, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
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Monitoring the condition of our Marine Protected Areas
Almost 90 years after St Kilda’s last 36 residents were evacuated to the mainland, the islands remain hugely important for the wildlife they support. The World Heritage Site hosts huge seabird populations, including the world’s second largest colony of North … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Birds, conservation, cowries, Marine, Marine Protected Areas, MPA, MPAs, photography, Priority Marine Features, Protected Areas, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea life, SNH, survey, Uncategorized
Tagged marine survey, MPAs, MPAs Marine Protected Areas, photography, PMF, Priority Marine Features, SAC, Scottish Natural Heritage, sea caves, SNH, St Kilda
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