David, Simon and Kamila from Scottish Natural Heritage's Biodiversity Reporting Service tweeting about science and nature in Scotland.

Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined November 2016
Looking for some information about what plant and animal life lives nearby. Try the #DataExplorer opalexplorenature.org/dataex… where you can see what OPAL #citizenscientists have spotted on their survey
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Conference Call. Rewarding the delivery of public goods: how to achieve this in practice, 28-29 November, Edinburgh. Offers of platform presentations and posters to [email protected] by 15th June 2018
With Dotterel popping up in strange places, on their way back to Scotland, perhaps it's a good time to reflect upon the major decline of breeding population? wadertales.wordpress.com/201… #ornithology
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PhD Alert! New #PhD at @ThinkUHI , co-supervised at @ScotMarineInst . Environmental DNA metabarcoding associated with salmon farming. Details here: uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterp…
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15 fully funded #phd #jobs inspire4nature.eu/phdpositio… 6 days left to apply for 15 PhD positions across European Universities : very good salary + research funding + best training available + secondments at Birdlife, UNEP-WCMC, ZSL, IUCN.
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SNH_Science retweeted
We're excited to announce @ScotgovSASA WDF unit & @EdinburghUni have been awarded funding from @PAWScotland to develop a #forensic #DNAdatabase for #Henharrier to assist the @NWCU and police with investigations of #wildilfecrime involving these majestic #birdofprey @nature_scot
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SNH_Science retweeted
Only one week left to apply for the Policy Manager position! We are looking for someone to promote the importance of ecological science to policymakers. Is that you? Apply today! britishecologicalsociety.org…
In case you missed it, we're recruiting for a Fisheries Population Modeller for maternity cover (12 months). Closing date is this Friday ow.ly/eyAe30jhJuQ
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Join @BC_Scotland for a great day learning about #bees, as part of the Edinburgh Shoreline Project with @HLFScotland @nature_scot @EdinLandscape.
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We want to make it easier for people outside academia to use environmental data – so tell us what you need! Please take our survey - socsi.in/diNox @CEHScienceNews @BAS_News @BritGeoSurvey @NOCnews @innovateuk #environmentaldata #OpenData
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Announcing the latest dinosaur discovery from Scotland: trackways of sauropod and theropod footprints in a 170-million-year old lagoon. Thanks @NatGeo for funding, @Paige_dePolo for doing an awesome job leading the study, and @davfof for finding the site! news.nationalgeographic.com/…
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Scotland's #blueplanet, 6 times the size its land mass @ScottishSeas @ScotMarineInst @marinescotland @ArgyllMTourism @BaskingSharkSco
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Delighted to have welcomed colleagues from NINA - the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research - to discuss options for restoring high altitude woodland (particularly birch and willow species) in the @CairngormsCo area. @SNH_Science @fcscotland @RSPBLochGarten #Wildlandlimited
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Happy Easter! One of our #airsurvey lichens xanthoria has been used to dye everthying from fabric to #eastereggs opalexplorenature.org/lichen… #easterfacts #likinglichen
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#bou2018 Des Thompson talking about the challenges of upland bird conservation @SNH_Science #ornithology
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Great to see people working on the OPAL #soilsurvey, thanks for your data. Hope you found plenty of wrigglers! Did you get a chance to check for #NZFlatworm while you were at it? xitter.cf/GreenGymWF/status/9764…
Replying to @OPALnature
@OPALnature soil and Earthworm survey with the Lloyd Park Sharing Heritage +50s group. Lots of #Earthworms & lots of fun ! @TCVtweets
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Michael Thornton presenting on taiga bean geese foraging habits and SPA's. Excellent research by dedicated staff with real world applications. #SEECC2018
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Blown away by the quality of student talks at #SEECC2018. Fantastic collaboration between @nature_scot and Scottish Universities.
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Replying to @l_ECO_nie
@l_ECO_nie tells all at #SEECC2018 that one day the A9 road will become a famous scenic route. Will it rival the Garden Route in South Africa? Open to debate... @TouristScottish – at Saint Andrews, Scotland
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SNH_Science retweeted
HELP REQUIRED. How do you connect with rivers? Do they help your #mentalhealth and/or physical #wellbeing? Victoria Keele, a PhD student funded by SNH, based at @PlymUni is investigating the multiple benefits of Scotland's rivers. Fill in her survey 👇😊 ow.ly/wNq330j3z0j