Francesca Nunn Ecology

Spring is sprung.

So January was gulls and winter birds surveys, February more winter bird surveys and some study-I am taking a course in Sustainable Deer Management at UHI because I wanted to understand the challenges and different points of view on the subject. March saw me back in the lab for a

It's been a bird-full type of month.

It was a pleasure working with the BTO in January, helping them complete their Winter Gulls Project by carrying out gull surveys around the Central Belt, Ayrshire and even Cumbria. I have a new-found respect for our gull species (although have always been a GBBG fan, you can't

Peatland Restoration Project Design

I was really fortunate to be able to attend the two week Peatland Restoration Design course recently. The course is designed by NatureScot and hosted and delivered by the SRUC. It's a great mix of theory and practical and gives excellent guidance on formulating peatland restoration design as

IUCN Peatland Programme Conference 2024

Conference 2024: Day 3 programme | IUCN UK Peatland ProgrammeThursday 19th September: topic deep dives (recorded for the Peatland Programme YouTube channel)IUCN Peatland Programme It was unfortunate that I could only attend one day of this conference but it was well worth the trip to an incredibly sunny Aviemore to

Bird Gallery #1

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