Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025
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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2025 - People, Nature & Climate. 18th and 19th March at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Supported by NatureScot, University of Edinburgh and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
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
Hope you enjoyed the puns!
#SNSC2025
March 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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
Hope you enjoyed the puns!
#SNSC2025
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
from the organising committee gave some closing remarks to summarise the conference #SNSC2025
March 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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
from the organising committee gave some closing remarks to summarise the conference #SNSC2025
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.
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PS - I promise it wasn’t rigged towards the organisers!
#SNSC2025
PS - I promise it wasn’t rigged towards the organisers!
March 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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!
#SNSC2025
PS - I promise it wasn’t rigged towards the organisers!
After lunch Naomi Housego @nchousego.bsky.social led the delegates through a British Ecological Society policy workshop! #SNSC2025
March 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
After lunch Naomi Housego @nchousego.bsky.social led the delegates through a British Ecological Society policy workshop! #SNSC2025
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
March 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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
Tree are the champions! - Ben Wilson with a poster titled: Tree-mendous change: exploring the effects of implementing alternative forest management in Scotland #SNSC2025
March 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Tree are the champions! - Ben Wilson with a poster titled: Tree-mendous change: exploring the effects of implementing alternative forest management in Scotland #SNSC2025
The farm before the storm - Izzy Turner with a poster titled: Impacts of agricultural practice on the abundance of soil microarthropod functional groups #SNSC2025
March 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The farm before the storm - Izzy Turner with a poster titled: Impacts of agricultural practice on the abundance of soil microarthropod functional groups #SNSC2025
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
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
March 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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
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
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
March 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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
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
March 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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
Beavers forced to have a ready meal when near humans - Alice turner with a poster titled: Human disturbance affects beaver foraging #SNSC2025
March 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Beavers forced to have a ready meal when near humans - Alice turner with a poster titled: Human disturbance affects beaver foraging #SNSC2025
Ticking off the poster session - William McLellan with a poster titled: Humans shape their own exposure to ticks through a "landscape of fear" #SNSC2025
March 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Ticking off the poster session - William McLellan with a poster titled: Humans shape their own exposure to ticks through a "landscape of fear" #SNSC2025
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
March 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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
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
March 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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
Stop the noise! 🔇- Jess Lister is highlighting the knowledge gaps and challenges surrounding anthropogenic noise research in freshwater systems #SNSC2025
March 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Stop the noise! 🔇- Jess Lister is highlighting the knowledge gaps and challenges surrounding anthropogenic noise research in freshwater systems #SNSC2025
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
March 19, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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
A killer talk! - Grace Brady talking us through how prey mapping of Atlantic herring can be used to inform killer whale foraging ecology! #SNSC2025
March 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A killer talk! - Grace Brady talking us through how prey mapping of Atlantic herring can be used to inform killer whale foraging ecology! #SNSC2025
Our second student keynote of the week comes from Alex Currie. His PhD research looked at using a multidisciplinary approach to understand the perception of peatland restoration and how this influences the likelihood of uptake from communities in Lewis #SNSC2025
March 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Our second student keynote of the week comes from Alex Currie. His PhD research looked at using a multidisciplinary approach to understand the perception of peatland restoration and how this influences the likelihood of uptake from communities in Lewis #SNSC2025
Can you hear the difference? - Our final beaver talk of the day comes from Alex Adams who is using bioacoustics to understand the impacts of beavers on birds and bats! 🦫🐦⬛🦇 #SNSC2025
March 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Can you hear the difference? - Our final beaver talk of the day comes from Alex Adams who is using bioacoustics to understand the impacts of beavers on birds and bats! 🦫🐦⬛🦇 #SNSC2025
Could beavers be a solution to pollinator declines? - continuing the theme of beavers this morning, Patrick Cook talks about the role of beaver wetlands in creating heterogenous habitats for pollinators! 🦫🐝 #SNSC2025
March 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Could beavers be a solution to pollinator declines? - continuing the theme of beavers this morning, Patrick Cook talks about the role of beaver wetlands in creating heterogenous habitats for pollinators! 🦫🐝 #SNSC2025