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We're delighted with the announcement of
@DrAmirKhanGP
as our new president. He presented the Nature of Scotland Award for our Health and Wellbeing category last year and we're looking forward to seeing more of him 🌿
We are absolutely thrilled to announce that
@DrAmirKhanGP
has been elected as our new President! 🎉 He an NHS doctor, broadcaster, nature enthusiast and long-time supporter of the RSPB & we are so excited to finally share this news.
Watch this video to meet our new President!
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Our final award is brand new for 2021, Nature Champions of the Decade. In celebration of our 10th anniversary, we looked at some of the winning projects over the years & asked you to choose your favourite. We're thrilled to announce
@SunnysidePri
as our winner. Congratulations!
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Our 2023
#NatureOfScotland
RSPB Species Champion Award winner is Roy Dennis MBE, for a life conserving Ospreys.
Roy's passion is incredibly inspiring, and his work has had extraordinary reach and impact. Huge congratulations
@RoyDennisWF
! 🙌
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That’s a wrap! An amazing evening celebrating the best of Scotland’s nature & wildlife conservation efforts with hundreds of people in the
@eicc
. Congratulations to everyone who entered, was shortlisted, and our winners! We can’t wait to see you again in 2023.
#NatureofScotland
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He may have made up a word but we couldn’t have put it better ourselves
@SteveBackshall
!
The
#natureofscotland
Awards supporter is calling on all those doing a great job for Scottish nature to have their work properly recognised 💚
Nominate/apply here:
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Our fabulous hosts
@MeganMcCubbin
and
@JJChalmersRM
are ready to celebrate with you all tonight and present trophies recognising the incredible projects, organisations & individuals protecting & restoring Scotland's natural environment.
Good luck everyone! 🥂
📸Mike Wilkinson
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The winner of the Youth and Education Award is Sunnyside Primary – how small ripples bring about tides of change! Congratulations to Sunnyside Primary!
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Congratulations to the winner of our
#NatureOfScotland
Landscape Restoration Award - Cairngorms Connect! 🙌
@CairngormsCo
is the biggest habitat restoration project in Britain - well done!
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This
#InternationalWomensDay
, we are very pleased to reveal our 2023 Awards Ceremony host... 🥁...
@MeganMcCubbin
! The Zoologist, TV presenter, accomplished photographer, author,
@Natures_voice
ambassador, and woolly hat connoisseur really is a woman who can do it all! 👏🏆🍃
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And congratulations to winner of the
#NatureofScotland
Innovation Award 2021: B-Lines Map for Scotland!
@BuglifeScotland
@Buzz_dont_tweet
@beamsuntory
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Things are coming together nicely for the
#natureofscotland
awards 2019 co-sponsored by
@nature_scot
which will be hosted by
@euanmcilwraith
and
@gordonjbuchanan
. Open for entries until 4 June and free to enter, download an application form today:
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Last chance to enter the
#natureofscotland
awards in association with
@nature_scot
! From young nature champions to sustainable businesses, if you're supporting wildlife conservation across Scotland submit an application in one of our nine categories today:
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The
#NatureofScotland
awards are back for 2021 🌷🌿🐬🦆! Co-sponsored by
@nature_scot
, we're looking for Scotland's nature champions across 10 categories. Did we mention it's completely free to enter? Click for more:
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That’s a wrap! Thanks to our amazing hosts,
@MeganMcCubbin
and
@JJChalmersRM
, our sponsors, and all the incredible people and projects nominated and shortlisted for awards this evening.
We hope you've had a fantastic time, and congratulations to all! 🥂🎉🙌
📸Mike Wilkinson
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The Cairngorms is home to Lynbreck Croft, the winners of the Food and Farming Award. A hub for people, animals and wildlife, the croft is nothing short of incredible and has proved how biodiversity and welfare are dependent on each other.
@JamesHuttonInst
@lynbreckcroft
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A brand-new category for our 10th anniversary, we want to find the Nature Champions of the Decade. We've selected 10 projects from the last 10 years, and now we want you to vote on the Nature Champions of the Decade. Pick your favourite here:
@nature_scot
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And the 2022 RSPB Species Champion is David Anderson! Dave has been at the forefront of birds of prey conservation for more than 40 years, pioneering new methods to study these much loved species. A very well deserved win!
@BeamSuntory
#NatureofScotland
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Moving on to the Forest and Woodland Award, sponsored by
@forestsandwood
. Congratulations to
#wildlandlimited
for their native forest restoration project at Glen Feshie, Cairngorms
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A huge congratulations to Scotia Seeds, winner of the
#NatureofScotland
Business Award! Great to see how much you do for Scottish pollinators through your business.
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And the winner of the
#NatureofScotland
2021 Health & Wellbeing Award is Healthier, Greener and Better Connected in the Community (
@greenspacetrust
). Congratulations to you all!
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The winner of the Food and Farming Award is Lynbreck Croft! Congratulations to Lynn Cassels and Sandra Baer!
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We've got two Highly Commended projects in the Health & Wellbeing category - a big well done to NHS Greenspace and Walking with Nature!
@PathsforAll
@P_H_S_Official
@nature_scot
@scotforestry
@NHSNSS
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The winner of the
@ScottishWater
Coasts and Waters award is Seawilding: Community-led marine habitat restoration. Congratulations
@seawilding
#NatureofScotland
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The winner of the Community Initiative Award is Back from the Brink: Saving our Small Blue! Congratulations to the team at Tayside Biodiversity Partnership and the coastal communities in Angus!
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Entries are open for the 2022
#NatureofScotland
awards co-sponsored by
@Nature_Scot
! Following last year's 10th anniversary, we can't wait to read about Scotland's hidden conservation gems. Browse the categories and start your entry here:
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Finally, it is time to announce the winner of the
#natureofscotland
Lifetime Achievement Award. We’re delighted to be awarding this to Simon Pepper OBE for his lifetime of conservation work. His legacy is rooted in environmentalism in Scotland.
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And finally, we come to the award that you helped with! Our public vote for the Citizen Science Award took in over two thousand votes for initiatives across Scotland and the winning project is: UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme! Congratulations guys!
@ScotSAGES
#NatureofScotland
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And winner of the Innovation Award is Generation Restoration: Supporting the Scaling-up of Seagrass Restoration. Congratulations to
@RBGE_science
,
@TheBotanics
,
@PlantsRbge
,
@AlineFinger1
,
@nature_scot
,
@ProjectSeagrass
,
@seawilding
,
@EdinburghUni
,
@CCNScotland
#NatureofScotland
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And the winner of the 2022 Nature and Climate Action Award is Southern Uplands Partnership. Congratulations
@southernupland1
!
#NatureofScotland
@ScottishPower
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And that's a wrap! A huge thanks to
@arlenestuartuk
and the
@EICC
for helping us put on an amazing show, and to all of the people, projects and communities who entered our 2021 awards. Finally, congratulations to our
#NatureofScotland
Awards winners!
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There was a clear message tonight of hope and energy for the future of Scotland’s nature conservation. We are delighted that all those on our shortlist and all of our nominees are a part of that!
#NatureOfScotland
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The Innovation Award, sponsored by
@JamesHuttonInst
, is a salute to the innovators on nature’s side. Tonight, we award a Highly Commended to two projects: RSPB Abernethy Cattle Grazing for Capercaillie & Working for Waders Initiative.
@forwaders
#NatureofScotland
@rspblochgarten
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Next, we're announcing the shortlist for the
@Scottish_Water
Coasts & Waters Award.
A huge well done to everyone who has made it through to the
#NatureofScotland
Awards final.
#YCW2021
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Calling Scotland’s
#nature
conservationists! There’s just 3 weeks left to get your entries in for the 2022
#NatureofScotland
Awards! No matter how big or small your project is, we want to hear about how you’re protecting nature:
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Our judges have now reviewed the considerable achievements of our nominees across our 9 categories.
Particularly pleased technology allowed Euan to join from a boat in the Moray Firth!
>> SAVE THE DATE - shortlist revealed on RSPB Scotland Twitter & Facebook pages on 9 Sept
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And that's a wrap - what an amazing night! Congratulations to all those shortlisted for an award this evening.🏆
We'll see you at the ceremony on 22 November along with our hosts
@MeganMcCubbin
@JJChalmersRM
- we can't wait!
Grab your tickets 👉
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A shout-out to Dr Richard Lilley and the
#GenerationRestoration
team on
#WorldSeagrassDay
! Winners of the 2022 Innovation Award, they're continuing their important work supporting the scaling-up of seagrass restoration. 📷 Jake Davies
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And the winner of the
#NatureOfScotland
Food and Farming Award is... The Southwest Scotland Regenerative Farming Network!
Their efforts help shine a light on how communities are addressing the challenges impacting local food systems.
Congratulations!👏
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Our first trophy of the evening is for the Nature and Climate Action Award sponsored by
@ScottishPower
. And the winner is The Easter Beltie Restoration (
@DeeCatchment
) - a huge congratulations to you all!
@JamesHuttonInst
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Don’t get yourself in a flap, there’s still time to submit your
#NatureofScotland
Awards entry! With 9 categories, there’s an award for everyone, whether you’ve been running for years or are fairly new on the scene. Closing 14 June:
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*Shortlist Spotlight* 🔦 The Ben Lawers treeline woodland and scrub restoration project, part of
@N_T_S
, is shortlisted in our brand new for this year Forest and Woodland Award category, sponsored by Confor
@forestsandwood
. Book your free ticket now>
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Huge congratulations to our first three sets of
#NatureofScotland
Awards finalists! See more about their projects below 🎉👇
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Winning the
#natureofscotland
Lifetime Achievement Award, we’d like to once again congratulate Sir John Lister Kaye OBE
@Aigas
for winning this prestigious award.
#conservation
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We hope you enjoyed the shortlist reception tonight, thanks to those of you who made it along! The
#natureofscotland
shortlist will be available to view on our website in the morning!
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Congratulations to our
#NatureOfScotland
Coasts & Waters Award winner, Biosecurity for LIFE!
Their work has been groundbreaking in protecting Scotland's seabird islands.🙌
#NatureOfScotland
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Winners of the 2021 Innovation Award, B-Lines Scotland project
@BuglifeScotland
provides an opportunity to create a network of wildflower habitats across Scotland creating essential routes for pollinators to use. Thanks to
@Ally_Lemon
for presenting their trophy! 🌼🏆
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Highly commended in the Political Advocate of the Year Award goes to Holly Gillibrand. Congratulations Holly!
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And now on to our
#NatureOfScotland
Business for Nature Award winner!
Congratulations to Orcadian Wildlife: 20 Years of Sharing Orkney’s Amazing Wildlife, for all the fantastic work they've done! 🙌
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On
#WorldSeagrassDay
we celebrate the team at
@Seawilding
! Winners of the 2022 Coasts and Waters award, Seawilding is a community-based initiative which works to restore fragmented seagrass meadows in Loch Craignish and along the west coast of Scotland. Image credit:Phillip Price
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🚨 New judge alert 🚨 we’re excited to announce that
@DougieVipond
is joining our judging panel for the
#NatureofScotland
awards. Dougie has been hosting
@BBCScotland
’s Landward since 2009 & we can’t wait to see what he brings to the judging team this year
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The winner of the Coasts and Waters Award is Seasearch – 30 years of underwater citizen science! Congratulations to Seasearch and everyone involved in this wonderful project!
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With just two days to go until the 2022
#NatureofScotland
Awards we're wishing all of the shortlisted projects the very best of luck this Thursday. We're looking forward to welcoming you to a night of celebration with hosts
@IoloWilliams2
and
@arlenestuartuk
at the
@eicc
!
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Next up is the Business for Nature Award, sponsored by
@NatureScot
. CEO Francesca Oso wska is presenting the accolades tonight, with a Highly Commended awarded to The Ethical Dairy: Agroecological Dairy Farming.
@TheEthicalDairy
#NatureofScotland
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Half of our judging panel, and half of our hosting team are ready for the awards to begin. Welcome back to the
#NatureofScotland
Awards, in person! 🎉
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We were delighted to present
@SunnysidePri
with their special Nature Champions of the Decade trophy this week, and the kids enjoyed grilling our RSPB Scotland Director of Operations Dave Beaumont on all things spiders 🕷🏆
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A very special award is up next, celebrating the individuals dedicating their lives to Scottish species and habitats. Firstly, we’d like to award a Highly Commended to Barry Prater for the Northern Brown Argus.
@BC_Scotland
@BCeastscotland
#NatureofScotland
@beamsuntory
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And our Innovation Award winner is Saving the Pine Hoverfly From Extinction!
Congratulations, our judges were so impressed by the project's efforts to conserve this important, lesser-known species. Well done! 👏
#NatureOfScotland
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Huge congratulations to 50 Years of the Bailies of Bennachie - our 2023
#NatureOfScotland
Community Initiative Award winner!
Judges were impressed by the team's unwavering dedication to the hill and to improving the habitat and the visitor experience. Well done team! 🎉👏
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Is your project’s name in one of these envelopes? The most important part of the evening - but we’re keeping them under lock and key until our hosts are ready to reveal the winners. 🤐🤫 See you soon!
#NatureofScotland
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And a huge congratulations to our
@Scottish_Water
Coasts and Waters winners, the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative
@SISI_Project
! A big thanks to everyone who volunteers for the project.
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And finally, a huge well done to the finalists of the Youth & Education Award, helping us protect Scotland's natural environment for future generations 👏🎉
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Our recent host, friend of the Nature of Scotland Awards & all round ornithological icon
@IoloWilliams2
has this message for anyone thinking about taking part in the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch this year. Sign up here 🪶🌿
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And congratulations to the New Abbey Primary School Eco Warriors - winners of the 2021
#NatureofScotland
Youth & Education Award!
It’s been great to see how much you’ve achieved for nature!
@dgcouncil
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With just two days to go, we're wishing all of the people and projects on the
#NatureOfScotland
Awards shortlist the very best of luck for Wednesday evening!
Will we see you at the
@EICC
?
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And the winner of the
#NatureOfScotland
Health and Wellbeing Award… Whispers From the Woods & Winds!
Our judges were so impressed by the innovative way the project worked with the refugee and asylum-seeking community in Scotland. Very well deserved! 👏
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Moving on to the Youth & Education Award, we'd first like to celebrate our Highly Commended project Blairvadach at Pinkston Basin.
@BlairvadachOEC
@Blairvadach_R
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The Business Award is up next, and we're recognising the work of
@NairnDunbar
for their efforts in protecting their local environment.
@CMNairnDunbar
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We're getting close to our favourite time of the year! The Nature of Scotland Awards 2021 are just around the corner, co-sponsored by
@nature_scot
! We'll be seeking out and celebrating nature champions from across Scotland, so watch this space…👀
#NatureofScotland
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Thank to you to everyone who has been involved with the
#natureofscotland
awards 2019, whether you attended, supported, applied or even just told your friends – we couldn’t do it without you! We wish you all a safe journey home.
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Next, it's the
#NatureOfScotland
Conservation Science Award finalists, recognising those who have made important scientific contributions to nature conservation, now and for the future.
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Shout out to this little one as today is Red Squirrel Appreciation Day. We're so lucky to have had many past Nature of Scotland Award nominees working hard to protect and support this iconic species.
#SquirrelAppreciationDay
credit: Ben Andrew
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The days are getting brighter and Spring is on the way. And that means the
#NatureofScotland
awards are waking up, ready to celebrate Scotland's nature champions. Look out for the launch next week!
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We're live! Entries are open for the 2023
#NatureofScotland
awards. We can't wait to hear about the incredible conservation work being carried out across Scotland. You can find all the info on categories and start your FREE entry here:
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It’s almost time for the Nature of Scotland Awards 2019 co-sponsored by
@nature_scot
! Don’t forget to follow us and use the hashtag
#natureofscotland
to keep up to date with everything from this evening’s celebrations.
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We've arrived at the penultimate award of the night, the
#NatureOfScotland
RSPB Species Champion Award!
Congratulations to Dr Róisín Campbell-Palmer
@rcampbellpalmer
who came highly commended in this category for her work on beaver ecology restoration with
@BeaverTrust
!
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The Nature of Scotland Awards 2020 co-sponsored by
@nature_scot
are seeking entries from nature champions across Scotland. Here’s last year’s host
@gordonjbuchanan
telling you a little bit more about the awards!
@RSPBScotland
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It's the moment you've all been waiting for - time to announce the first
#NatureofScotland
Awards finalists!
Congratulations to all those shortlisted for the Business Award!
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Huge congratulations to everyone shortlisted today as part of the
#natureofscot
Awards, so many outstanding people and projects to celebrate!
🍃Thank you to everyone who entered
#natureofscotland
Awards 2020, our judges were bowled over by the contribution!🍃
Everyone’s invited to our Virtual Awards Ceremony on 25 Nov! Follow
@NatureofScot
for updates and join our Facebook event: 📸
@SimonPhotos
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What a night it was at the
#NatureofScotland
Awards last week! Our two incredible hosts
@arlenestuartuk
and
@IoloWilliams2
brought all the glamour, sentiment and fun our finalists deserved. Next time the drinks are on us 🥂 Thank you!
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A huge, heartfelt thanks to the Edinburgh International Conference Centre
@eicc
and the team behind Make It Edinburgh Live
#MakeitEdinburghLive
for delivering the Nature of Scotland Awards 2020 last night. From start to finish we couldn't have asked for better! 🍾 🏆
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This year's winner of the
#NatureOfScotland
Conservation Science Award is Putting Scottish Peatlands “On The Map”.
Our judges were so impressed by the national and international applicability of their research.
Huge congratulations!🎉
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Highly commended in the Youth and Education Award goes to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park – Young Volunteer Pathways!
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The winner of the
#NatureofScotland
Nature Tourism Award 2017 is the North West Highlands Snorkel Trail. Congratulations!
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Our fabulous host for the evening
@arlenestuartuk
opens the 2021
#NatureofScotland
Awards, welcoming all of our shortlisted people and projects for what is sure to be a fantastic evening.
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The winner of the Community Initiative Award is TCV Natural Talent Programme – closing the ecological skills gap! Congratulations to TCV!
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It’s time to reveal our hosts of the
#natureofscotland
awards 2019… We are thrilled to reveal that award-winning wildlife cameraman and TV presenter Gordon Buchanan will be joining BBC Scotland’s Euan McIlwraith to announce this year’s winners!
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A massive congratulations to everyone shortlisted today as part of the
#NatureofScotland
Awards, so many outstanding people and projects to celebrate!
But stay tuned! At 2pm we’ve got a very special announcement to celebrate our 10th Anniversary…👀
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The time has almost come!
Our guests are arriving at
@ScotParl
in Edinburgh and
@ColinSmythMSP
is gearing up to announce the people and projects shortlisted for the 2023
#NatureOfScotland
Awards.🏆
Follow along here and don't miss it!
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Tonight's the night! 🏆 We can't wait to welcome you to
@ScotParl
this evening to announce our
#NatureOfScotland
awards shortlist!
We'll be sharing the successful people and projects from 7pm. Follow us here to make sure you don't miss a thing. Good luck everyone!
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With a passion for wildlife, Gordon Buchanan is “delighted to be hosting the
#natureofscotland
awards 2019 which will recognise and celebrate the people working tirelessly to protect our natural heritage.”
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There were some great submissions to the Community Initiative Award, sponsored by
@GreenPower_Intl
. Well done to our Highly Commended projects Coigach & Assynt Living Landscape Partnership Scheme and Growing for Garnock.
@GarnockLP
@coigachassynt
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Nature lovers, we need your help! We want you to vote for the winner of our new award for 2022, the Citizen Science Award. There are six fantastic projects to choose from, and we'll announce the winner at our award ceremony on 17 November. Vote now:
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Great to be
@ScotParl
hosted by
@fincarson
for the
#NatureofScotland
award shortlisting, our first in person event for three years!
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Congratulations to all those shortlisted for our next three sets of
#NatureofScotland
Awards. See more from the finalists of the Food & Farming, Forest & Woodland and Health & Wellbeing Awards below 🎉👇👏
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It's today! The
#NatureofScotland
Awards are back tonight and we can't wait to celebrate the people and projects protecting Scotland's natural environment. Are you joining us?
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It’s almost time for the Nature of Scotland Awards 2018 co-sponsored by
@nature_scot
! Don't forget to follow and use our hashtag
#natureofscotland
to see and share moments from this evening’s celebrations.
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And the winner of the Youth and Education Award goes to Scottish Green Pathways – Froglife. Congratulations to the team
@froglifers
#NatureofScotland
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Sponsored by
@Scottish_Water
in the
#YCW2021
, we had some great projects submitted for the Coasts & Waters Award.
Well done to all those at Highly Commended project Revive the Allan (
@forthriverst
).
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