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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Posted a version of this video on TikTok yesterday and now I have people sending me pictures of the sunset from where they are! ❤️ It feels unbelievably wholesome!

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

🎥 NEW VIDEO 📹 All the wonderful wildlife we've managed to capture on our trail cam this year. 🐿️ 🦌 🦡 🦊 youtu.be/EjWp7Q63uH4?...

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Meet our neighbours: a year of wildlife on our trail cam!

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

🎥 NEW VIDEO 📹 My birthday trip to see the Scottish Crannog Centre, Inveraray Jail and lots of delightful naturey things! #ScottishNature #ScottishHistory #GetOutside youtu.be/PVhiQ7V6dK4?...

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Shepherds Hut Adventure in Argyll and Bute...and beyond | Birthday Weekend

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

🎥 NEW VIDEO 📹 My first visit to Hadrian's wall...and now I want to walk the whole thing! youtu.be/435W3Sn0wrs?...

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My First Visit to Hadrian's Wall (and Now I Want to Walk It All)!

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

📽️ NEW VIDEO 📹 Who visited my bird feeder whilst i was working from home?! 🦅🐦‍⬛🦆🦉 youtu.be/aqNi2xgoM1w?...

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Window Feeder Wildlife | A Nature Break Whilst Working From Home

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

📢 NEW VIDEO! Searching for pieces of a ruined WW1 airship base in the woods in northeast Scotland! youtu.be/ovkG8cmix3Q?...

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The Lost Airship Base of Aberdeenshire

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

📹 Taking my dad to see Bow Fiddle Rock in Moray, Scotland over summer. Definitely should've taken swimmers. 🏊🏼‍♀️ youtube.com/shorts/ELeuW...

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Taking my dad to see Bow Fiddle Rock in Moray, Scotland.

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

📖 First book read from my #40by40 list. I'm still mulling over my thoughts...it was great, but I wouldn't say I enjoyed it!! I almost think it could be better on a second read-through. I definitely need a bit of a palette cleanser now!

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Fidra @fidrango.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Our Great Global Nurdle Hunt 2025 Report is out today! 📈 Since 2013: 🪸90% of hunts in global biodiversity hotspots detected nurdles In October 2025: 🌍 1,500+ volunteers in 25 countries completed 297 hunts 🔎 Nurdles found in 92% of countries Read the report ▶️ hub.nurdlehunt.org/resource/the...

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

1/2 On my way back from my last event of the year - the annual @hutton.ac.uk symposium where we had a networking poster for @crew-waters.bsky.social. 🙌🏼

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SEFARI Gateway @sefariscot.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Have you had chance to take a look at our new @sefariscot.bsky.social crop booklets yet? 🥔 tinyurl.com/EnhancingCro... 🌾 tinyurl.com/ResilientCrops They're the perfect excuse to take a coffee break!

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Touching grass before settling in to 8 hours of screen time! 🍄‍🟫

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

The perfect late autumn afternoon. 🌊 I should absolutely be taking more dooks in the sea!

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SEFARI Gateway @sefariscot.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

💧Building on yesterday's blog on #AMR in agri-food systems for World #AntimicrobialResistance Week, today we learn about what Scotland’s rivers can tell us about this growing global threat. 🔗 tinyurl.com/HuttonAMR2 #WAAW

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SEFARI Gateway @sefariscot.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

For World #AMR Awareness Week, our latest blog shares @hutton.ac.uk research on AMR in agri-food systems. Read how researchers are tackling this “silent pandemic” through the link below ⬇️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/HuttonAMR #AntimicrobialResistance #OneHealth #WAAW

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Ginny Battson @seasonalight.com · 19/11/2025

Many smaller-scale historical dumps are frequently located in riparian zones, especially associated with farms and estates. We do not have a map of these hazards, because so many of them are buried on private, inaccessible land. 1/2

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SEFARI Gateway @sefariscot.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

📢New SEFARI Gateway Fellowship With Highland and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Development International. Generate a baseline for the Animal Health, Aquaculture & Agri-tech sector & identify the opportunities & barriers to growth. More info ➡️ tinyurl.com/AAAFellowship ⌛Apply by: 8th Dec 2025

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Fidra @fidrango.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Highlight snaps from last month’s #GreatGlobalNurdleHunt 🌍 Huge thanks to all our amazing nurdle hunters! Join our results webinar for the latest stats, including how many nurdles found in protected and biodiverse areas 🪸 Register ⬇️ us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 📷 Credit: J Chan & R Majore

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Time to start my #40by40! I made a list of 40 books I aim to read by the time I hit 40 years. They either scare me (for various reasons) or I feel like I'll never read them otherwise. No books I've read previously & no duplication of author. Any words of warning/encouragement are welcome! 😅

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

...the benefits of working in a research institute that research's and breeds crops! Now join me for my upcoming 100-part series as I cook my way through a mountain of potatoes… 🥔

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Several years ago, at my @eastbio.bsky.social PhD interview, I was asked to talk about a paper from outside of my field that interested me. I can't remember what my answer was then, but I definitely know what it would be now!! 🐀 🐀 🐀 Too cute...and of course important!

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Dirty Sanchez! 🫒 Tequila, Noilly Prat, olive brine and an olive. ...I don't want to hear anything about it being a Monday!

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Just about decompressed from the @sefariscot.bsky.social & ScotGov Scotland's Global Food Security Conference! I had a fairly minor part in the organisation, but oh boy, was this a big event to be involved with! If you're interested in finding out what was discussed take a look at #FoodSecurity25

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

If I could do another PhD I'd be applying for this one!

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Such an inspiring event to attend. Well done to all the early career researchers. #ScienceCommunication

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SEFARI Gateway @sefariscot.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

📢 New SEFARI Gateway fellowship with @scottishlandcom.bsky.social. Explore changes in demand for largescale community land acquisitions in Scotland & identify steps to overcome barriers preventing new acquisitions. To apply & for more info ➡️ tinyurl.com/SLCfellowship ⌛Apply by: 21st Nov 2025

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Autumnal Sunday run. 🏃🏻‍♀️

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

The best #AuroraBorrealis I've seen. 🙌🏼 It didn't look quite like this to the naked eye...but these are unedited pictures. Honestly spectacular! #Aberdeenshire

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

My current gaming obsession! #HollowKnight I'm not technically a 'good' gamer and normally throwing myself into boss fight after boss fight and taking hours of practice to beat some of them isn't my jam...but there's something about this little guy that keeps me playing! What a dude?!

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

What an awesome graphic?! I love a cosy evening/morning...I just wish that the period of dark cosy hibernation was shorter! Last winter felt like a long one. #Aberdeenshire

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Brushing up on those #ScienceCommunication skills with Edinburgh Science at @hutton.ac.uk today. 🙌🏼 🧠 🔬 🦠 👩🏻‍🔬

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Covering two stands at the ENRA conference today - comms and impact for @crew-waters.bsky.social and comms and engagement for @sefariscot.bsky.social. With the focus being engagement and impact for the next ScotGov strategic research programme this feels like the perfect event to attend!

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

My first trip up Arthur's Seat. I reached the top beetroot red and sporting 7 (and counting) midge bites. How do they always find me?!

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Love the broad range of topics we get to cover.

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Well, I never imagined I'd find myself enjoying a lecture about economics! Prof Kate Raworth was super engaging for her talk on #DoughnutEconomics for the 46th TB Macauley Lecture. I also had a tonne of great conversations at the @sefariscot.bsky.social stand. Huge thanks if you stopped by!

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I've been informed that I'm actually just a massive townie! 😅

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Maybe I've got selective memory but this has to be my first 1.5 degree September morning since living in Aberdeenshire. 🍂 Brutal! 🍁

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Amy Cooper @small-adventures.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

When you revisit a museum 30 years later & finally get to try the samples… 🍎 The @museumofcider.bsky.social in Hereford was so much bigger than I remembered, although it probably has changed a lot! The basement area was especially impressive. ...we did leave with 2 bottles of perry in hand! 🍐

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SEFARI Gateway @sefariscot.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

📢 New @sefariscot.bsky.social fellowship opportunity with @naturescot.bsky.social Explore how Scotland’s Agriculture & Knowledge Information System can support sustainable & regenerative agriculture To apply and for more information ➡️ tinyurl.com/AKISfellowship ⌛Apply by: 17th Oct 2025

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SEFARI Gateway @sefariscot.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

📢New SEFARI Fellowship Opportunity. Create a route map for the use of eDNA for improved environmental monitoring in Scotland. To apply and for more information ➡️ tinyurl.com/eDNAfellowship ⌛Apply by: 17th Oct 2025

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Scotland's Centre of Expertise for Waters @crew-waters.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

💧Take a look at our new news article on how Scotland is strengthening research on emerging water contaminants.💧 🔗 tinyurl.com/CREWWaterQua...

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The James Hutton Institute @hutton.ac.uk · 10/09/2025

🐝✨ Did you know #HoneyBees can help track “forever chemicals” in our environment? A new study from the Hutton and University of Graz shows #bees are effective bioindicators for #PFAS contamination, offering a natural way to monitor pollution. More: ow.ly/tzj650WUugK

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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh @thebotanics.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

🌴 Our iconic Palm Houses are entering a new chapter. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look now the huge project is nearing competition. Our Garden teams will soon start landscaping and replanting more than 600 botanical specimens before we re-open the doors in 2026 🥳

Exterior view of the newly restored Palm Houses at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Close up of the interior ironwork of the restored Palm Houses at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

Close up on the sandstone exterior of the restored Palm Houses at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, with large arched windows.

Close up of the domed glassed ceiling of the restored Palm Houses at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.

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