Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2026
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Scotland's Nature Student Conference 2026 - People and Planet: Innovation and Resilience in a Changing World. Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th March 2026 at the University of Stirling. Supported by NatureScot and University of Stirling.
Thank you to everyone who brought and presented posters at #SNSC2026 - we were lucky to have such a wide range of fascinating topics and great engagement in great conversations about ongoing research!
March 6, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Thank you to everyone who brought and presented posters at #SNSC2026 - we were lucky to have such a wide range of fascinating topics and great engagement in great conversations about ongoing research!
Congratulations to our #SNSC2026 prize winners!
Alice Turner delivered an amazing talk on the impact of human disturbance on #beaver foraging 🦫
Jess Frater presented an engaging poster on social acceptability of increased deer culling in Scotland
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Alice Turner delivered an amazing talk on the impact of human disturbance on #beaver foraging 🦫
Jess Frater presented an engaging poster on social acceptability of increased deer culling in Scotland
@cieem.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
March 6, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Congratulations to our #SNSC2026 prize winners!
Alice Turner delivered an amazing talk on the impact of human disturbance on #beaver foraging 🦫
Jess Frater presented an engaging poster on social acceptability of increased deer culling in Scotland
@cieem.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
Alice Turner delivered an amazing talk on the impact of human disturbance on #beaver foraging 🦫
Jess Frater presented an engaging poster on social acceptability of increased deer culling in Scotland
@cieem.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
We want to express a massive thank you to all of the organisations that contributed to the #SNSC2026 conference, including those who brought stalls and spoke to attendees.
Without these organisations, this event would not be possible!
Without these organisations, this event would not be possible!
March 6, 2026 at 1:31 PM
We want to express a massive thank you to all of the organisations that contributed to the #SNSC2026 conference, including those who brought stalls and spoke to attendees.
Without these organisations, this event would not be possible!
Without these organisations, this event would not be possible!
A big thanks to our student keynote speaker Adam Woodward for presenting work on light pollution and seabirds in Scotland. We look forward to hearing all about future work with @naturescot.bsky.social to tackle this!
#SNSC2026
#SNSC2026
March 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
A big thanks to our student keynote speaker Adam Woodward for presenting work on light pollution and seabirds in Scotland. We look forward to hearing all about future work with @naturescot.bsky.social to tackle this!
#SNSC2026
#SNSC2026
Ladybirds of a feather flock together? Callum Grant explores the question 'do ladybirds prefer to overwinter with conspecifics?' 🐞
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March 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Ladybirds of a feather flock together? Callum Grant explores the question 'do ladybirds prefer to overwinter with conspecifics?' 🐞
#SNSC2026
@naturescot.bsky.social
@stir.ac.uk
#SNSC2026
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@stir.ac.uk
Ticked off! Woodland patch and landscape characteristics determine tick presence and density in Scotland by Benjamin Miller
March 4, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Ticked off! Woodland patch and landscape characteristics determine tick presence and density in Scotland by Benjamin Miller
Alleviating climate anxiety in undergraduate students using skills-based learning by @lindindin.bsky.social
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@stir.ac.uk
@britishecologicalsociety.org
#SNSC2026
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March 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Alleviating climate anxiety in undergraduate students using skills-based learning by @lindindin.bsky.social
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@stir.ac.uk
@britishecologicalsociety.org
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@britishecologicalsociety.org
Measuring nature connectedness in children: A face validity investigation of the NCI by Zsuzsa Lugosi-Grant
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March 4, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Measuring nature connectedness in children: A face validity investigation of the NCI by Zsuzsa Lugosi-Grant
#SNSC2026
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@stir.ac.uk
@nhm-london.bsky.social
#SNSC2026
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@stir.ac.uk
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that's a-boar-e!
Belonging, Legitimacy and the Governance of Free-Living Sus scrofa in Contemporary Scotland: A Critical Discourse Analysis by Eleanor Foster
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Belonging, Legitimacy and the Governance of Free-Living Sus scrofa in Contemporary Scotland: A Critical Discourse Analysis by Eleanor Foster
#SNSC2026
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@stir.ac.uk
March 4, 2026 at 12:13 PM
that's a-boar-e!
Belonging, Legitimacy and the Governance of Free-Living Sus scrofa in Contemporary Scotland: A Critical Discourse Analysis by Eleanor Foster
#SNSC2026
@naturescot.bsky.social
@stir.ac.uk
Belonging, Legitimacy and the Governance of Free-Living Sus scrofa in Contemporary Scotland: A Critical Discourse Analysis by Eleanor Foster
#SNSC2026
@naturescot.bsky.social
@stir.ac.uk
Building a web - Understanding online interest in invasive non-native species, presented by Ruth Wright at #SNSC2026
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March 4, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Building a web - Understanding online interest in invasive non-native species, presented by Ruth Wright at #SNSC2026
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@stir.ac.uk
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Poor-poise - Concentration patterns of intentionally and unintentionally produced PCBs in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded along the British coast - Presentation by Katerina Schiffnederova
March 4, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Poor-poise - Concentration patterns of intentionally and unintentionally produced PCBs in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded along the British coast - Presentation by Katerina Schiffnederova
Not got mush-room, unless you’re a willow! @sarahwatts.bsky.social is unearthing the ectomycorrhizal fungi co-occurring with relict arctic-alpine willows and restoration sites using eDNA
March 4, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Not got mush-room, unless you’re a willow! @sarahwatts.bsky.social is unearthing the ectomycorrhizal fungi co-occurring with relict arctic-alpine willows and restoration sites using eDNA
Taking the sting out: Controlling nettles to improve puffin breeding habitat - presentation by Finley Bruce
March 4, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Taking the sting out: Controlling nettles to improve puffin breeding habitat - presentation by Finley Bruce
Gr-aspen the regeneration - from soil to suckers: drivers of clonal regeneration in Aspen (Populus tremula) at Muir of Dinnet NNR - Presentation by Callum Nicol from SRUC
March 4, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Gr-aspen the regeneration - from soil to suckers: drivers of clonal regeneration in Aspen (Populus tremula) at Muir of Dinnet NNR - Presentation by Callum Nicol from SRUC
Professor Kirsty Park ( @stir.ac.uk ) delivered her keynote speech on the WrEN project, undertaking a “natural experiment” approach to assess the effects of historic woodland creation on current biodiversity in order to inform future restoration actions
March 4, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Professor Kirsty Park ( @stir.ac.uk ) delivered her keynote speech on the WrEN project, undertaking a “natural experiment” approach to assess the effects of historic woodland creation on current biodiversity in order to inform future restoration actions
Day 2 of #SNSC2026 kicks off with an introduction from Stuart MacQuarrie (@naturescot.bsky.social) – hope isn’t just a feeling but a strategy.
Hope-based action within environmental work delivers success and we have the proof!
Hope-based action within environmental work delivers success and we have the proof!
March 4, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Day 2 of #SNSC2026 kicks off with an introduction from Stuart MacQuarrie (@naturescot.bsky.social) – hope isn’t just a feeling but a strategy.
Hope-based action within environmental work delivers success and we have the proof!
Hope-based action within environmental work delivers success and we have the proof!
Dam humans ruining my meal! 🦫
Alice Turner from @stir.ac.uk (and of SNSC organising committee fame) presents her PhD research on how human disturbance affects beaver foraging
#SNSC2026
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Alice Turner from @stir.ac.uk (and of SNSC organising committee fame) presents her PhD research on how human disturbance affects beaver foraging
#SNSC2026
@naturescot.bsky.social
March 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Dam humans ruining my meal! 🦫
Alice Turner from @stir.ac.uk (and of SNSC organising committee fame) presents her PhD research on how human disturbance affects beaver foraging
#SNSC2026
@naturescot.bsky.social
Alice Turner from @stir.ac.uk (and of SNSC organising committee fame) presents her PhD research on how human disturbance affects beaver foraging
#SNSC2026
@naturescot.bsky.social
Peat and Tidy - Niamh Gurrin from the University of Edinburgh presents how peat bog restoration impacts stream water quality 💧
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@stir.ac.uk
March 3, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Peat and Tidy - Niamh Gurrin from the University of Edinburgh presents how peat bog restoration impacts stream water quality 💧
#SNSC2026
@naturescot.bsky.social
@stir.ac.uk
#SNSC2026
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@stir.ac.uk
I want to break tree! Sitka spruce colonisation of treeline environments in Scotland by Rory Abernethy 🌲
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March 3, 2026 at 4:20 PM
I want to break tree! Sitka spruce colonisation of treeline environments in Scotland by Rory Abernethy 🌲
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@naturescot.bsky.social
@stir.ac.uk
#SNSC2026
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@stir.ac.uk
All Time Crow 🪶 - our second student talks session kicks off with allofeeding and allopreening of a crow with a beak abnormality from Julia Chase
March 3, 2026 at 4:10 PM
All Time Crow 🪶 - our second student talks session kicks off with allofeeding and allopreening of a crow with a beak abnormality from Julia Chase
Our #SNSC2026 poster session is underway, with presenters discussing a wide range of environmental and ecological topics including blue crab, tansy beetles, ticks and more!
March 3, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Our #SNSC2026 poster session is underway, with presenters discussing a wide range of environmental and ecological topics including blue crab, tansy beetles, ticks and more!
Having a whale of a time with our student keynote speaker Penny Clarke, detailing research from the recently completed PhD on how satellite imagery is giving insights into whale monitoring and conservation 🐋 #SNSC2026
March 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Having a whale of a time with our student keynote speaker Penny Clarke, detailing research from the recently completed PhD on how satellite imagery is giving insights into whale monitoring and conservation 🐋 #SNSC2026
Our #SNSC2026 panel explored how to navigate career pathways across in the environmental sector. We heard about "wiggly" career paths, and how they can lead to accumulation of diverse skillsets, how to gain experience in your area of interest, and how we can bridge gaps between research and policy.
March 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Our #SNSC2026 panel explored how to navigate career pathways across in the environmental sector. We heard about "wiggly" career paths, and how they can lead to accumulation of diverse skillsets, how to gain experience in your area of interest, and how we can bridge gaps between research and policy.
Living life to the Gull-est! Helen Pruzina from @stir.ac.uk with work on modelling how resource use influences Herring Gulls
March 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Living life to the Gull-est! Helen Pruzina from @stir.ac.uk with work on modelling how resource use influences Herring Gulls
CoreGone? - Not on Ruaidhri's watch!
Ruaidhri Forrester from University of Glasgow with a talk on assessing Vendance (Coregonus lavaretus) status in the UK
Ruaidhri Forrester from University of Glasgow with a talk on assessing Vendance (Coregonus lavaretus) status in the UK
March 3, 2026 at 1:43 PM
CoreGone? - Not on Ruaidhri's watch!
Ruaidhri Forrester from University of Glasgow with a talk on assessing Vendance (Coregonus lavaretus) status in the UK
Ruaidhri Forrester from University of Glasgow with a talk on assessing Vendance (Coregonus lavaretus) status in the UK