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BSBI Botany @bsbibotany.bsky.social · Mar 19

A great couple of days at #SNSC2025!
My colleagues @bsbiscotland.bsky.social & @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social really enjoyed chatting with the students about #PlantAtlas2020 & hearing the brilliant talks.
Huge thanks to the @scotnsconf.bsky.social team on a great event & many thanks for inviting us!

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

And that’s a wrap - A final thank you to all of the organising committee at the conference this year, our keynote speakers, the team at the botanic gardens, all presenters and everyone who attended the event - looking forward to doing it all again next year!

Hope you enjoyed the puns!
#SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Finally, Eileen Stuart from NatureScot @naturescot.bsky.social and Naomi Housego @nchousego.bsky.social
from the organising committee gave some closing remarks to summarise the conference #SNSC2025

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Sarah Woods @sarahelizwoods.bsky.social · Mar 19

Great to get along to @scotnsconf.bsky.social this week - two great days at RBGE talking to student naturalists about wild plants and their interests. We talked skill levels, training, data, recording, Sticky Catchfly and arctic alpines (obviously inspired by @sarahwatts.bsky.social!)

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

A beaver themed prize giving! 🦫 - Eileen Stuart then presented the prizes for best talk to James Macarthur at UHI Inverness and the best poster to Alice Turner from the University of Stirling.
#SNSC2025

PS - I promise it wasn’t rigged towards the organisers!

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

After lunch Naomi Housego @nchousego.bsky.social led the delegates through a British Ecological Society policy workshop! #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

I get by with a little help from my trends - Beatrix Ward with a poster titled: Effects of anthropogenic land-use and abiotic environmental factors on the community structure of carrion beetles (Silphinae spp.) #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Tree are the champions! - Ben Wilson with a poster titled: Tree-mendous change: exploring the effects of implementing alternative forest management in Scotland #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

The farm before the storm - Izzy Turner with a poster titled: Impacts of agricultural practice on the abundance of soil microarthropod functional groups #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Open bike night - Jane Evans with a poster titled: A Question of Perception -
How does the Scottish Mountain Biking Community view its ecological and environmental impact & what are the implications for Site Managers with regards to future engagement and education? #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Fish-ion impossible - Mateus Henrique Amaral and Leandro Luiz Giatti with a poster titled: Environmental conflicts between small-scale fishers and the energy sector in Brazilian coastal food systems #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

It’s all about the process! - Adelaide Sander with a poster titled: Restoring nature by understanding decisions #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Then and now - plant atlas 2020 with a poster titled: understanding changes in Scotlands flora #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Understanding a nature based solution - Isla Kendall with a poster titled: what makes a nature-based solution? #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Talk on the wild side - Christina Mazilu with a poster titled: Evolving meanings of ‘wild’ and ‘rewilding’ in Scotland #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

To tree or not to tree - Sarah Mullally with a poster titled: To plant or not to plant? Efficacy and impacts of woodland expansion in upland soils. #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Nothing grey about these partridges - Lara Auld and Georgia Gargett with a poster titled: A decade of partridges at Balgonie #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Beavers forced to have a ready meal when near humans - Alice turner with a poster titled: Human disturbance affects beaver foraging #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Ticking off the poster session - William McLellan with a poster titled: Humans shape their own exposure to ticks through a "landscape of fear" #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Now it’s time for the posters #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Our final keynote talk of the conference comes from the fantastic Dr Janet Fisher at the University of Edinburgh. Her research highlights the challenges in achieving outcomes for people nature and climate! #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Forget about Alan, it’s time for the Grey Partridge! - Our last student talk of the conference comes from Georgia Gargett and Lara Auld who are highlighting a conservation management approach for grey partridge recovery from the Balgonie Estate #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Stop the noise! 🔇- Jess Lister is highlighting the knowledge gaps and challenges surrounding anthropogenic noise research in freshwater systems #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

Forget the pearls, it’s all about the microbiome! - our next talk comes from Alanna McCallum who is using nanopore sequencing to explore the microbiome of freshwater pearl mussels #SNSC2025

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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 @scotnsconf.bsky.social · Mar 19

A killer talk! - Grace Brady talking us through how prey mapping of Atlantic herring can be used to inform killer whale foraging ecology! #SNSC2025

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