Alastair MacGugan

Wetscoaster on missionary in East, awed by this small islands wildlife, make connections as more in common than not, stop grandstanding. Usual twitter caveats.

[Alastair MacGugan @StucScardan]

The cows aren’t that impressed with the nights drawing in!!!

[Alastair MacGugan @StucScardan]

Have come to the end of a week where I wish I wasn’t a wildlife management professional. I could have then just joined the herd and brayed.

[Alastair MacGugan @StucScardan]

Wise words @RogerDowald1 Moral and ethical assessments are very different. Wise use of nature is central to nature based solutions. Slippery definitions may well help generate headlines and subscriptions but they won’t ultimately deliver practical solutions.

[Roger Burton @RogerDowald1]

Make space among the weekend celebrations to listen carefully 👇🏻 & digest the implications of slippery definitions of AW & AR in the ethics of #wildlifemanagement https://t.co/Zp73rOzYyG

[Alastair MacGugan @StucScardan]

Friday night shocker… standing packed in worse than sardines on the Haymarket 22:08 to Dunblane…. What a disgrace .. take the car the next time.@ScotRail

[TCSoA PE Department @TCSoA_PE]

Congratulations S4 and S5 @TheCSoA pupils Niamh, Ilja, Grace, amd Rowan who won the @scottishrugby U16 Shield!

[Scotland's Farm Advisory Service @FASScot]

The latest episode of our Thrill of The Hill podcast series has been published. This time we're chatting with Patrick Laurie from @ForWaders. Available online at https://t.co/zrQqEKHALo @nature_scot @RSPBScotland

[Alastair MacGugan @StucScardan]

The Working for Waders nest camera project is starting to wind down for the year after a busy ... https://t.co/RSFJnhWFpS

[Graham Appleton @GrahamFAppleton]

#WaderTales blog #109
@AonghaisC and colleagues show that we cannot improve on high survival rates of #Curlew so higher fledging success is essential for species recovery.
Blog: https://t.co/5EVZBNiZFM
Paper: https://t.co/Dem3MJnZCi
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology

[Alastair MacGugan @StucScardan]

@ForWaders @nfcolquhoun @DavyMcCracken Love the ears!!!!£

[Alastair MacGugan @StucScardan]

Turning the tide for Scotland’s waders https://t.co/X6s6dovd58

Working for Waders showing if we all do even a little we
can make a difference for our waders @ForWaders

[Alastair MacGugan @StucScardan]

@PeteMoorePhotos Still waiting for the 3 pairs to sound out.....the change of land use might be making this wait a bit futile.... still to be convinced we have balance right....

[Amanda Brown @amandab1005]

And it’s live! Campaign to raise awareness of Scottish Venison and its versatility. @ScotVenison @scotfooddrink @SaosSupply

[Working_for_Waders @ForWaders]

Balancing livestock welfare & wader habitats can be tricky - if you're making a start on conservation grazing this year, have a listen to our new podcast on sustainable parasite control featuring @Philip_skuce - @scottishfarmer @nffnuk @LockettRichard https://t.co/r5T07WolE3

[Working_for_Waders @ForWaders]

After some “minor” technical hitches during our webinar last week, please join us on Facebook on Wednesday for a roundup of the work we’re looking forward to in 2021! https://t.co/NTMqa5YU22

[Roger Burton @RogerDowald1]

Well Facebook Live might be a challenge but judging by the brilliant improvisation from Patrick, it’s going to be well worth checking out the @ForWaders website to hear how people are coming together to do something practical #workingforwaders

[Rob Yorke @blackgull]

Bravo for one brave man, backbone behind @ForWaders risking a Facebook livestream update incl podcasts. Since posted 》 https://t.co/l9QbccqZ64

[Working_for_Waders @ForWaders]

"Test, Don’t Guess!” - an interesting new podcast with @philip_skuce of @MoredunComms discussing integrated parasite control of livestock in order to find a balance for waders & soil health - hear it on Thurs@6pm as part of our FB Webinar https://t.co/cAL8eRLgAJ @LockettRichard

[NatureScot @NatureScot]

#NatureScot has supported this great work by @ForWaders from the start in 2017. We co-chair the WfW Facilitation Team & contribute funds towards projects, such as developing wader hot spot maps, practical work, awareness-raising events and a small grants fund.

[ScottishWildMan @ScottishWildMan]

Interesting podcast interviews on predator control for conservation benefit by @PaulChap_ABZ with @StucScardan - @nature_scot and @kennykortland - @ForestryLS #wildlifemanagement

[Davy McCracken @DavyMcCracken]

In this podcast, Paul Chapman from SAC Consulting discusses predator control with NatureScot’s Alastair MacGugan and hears about an approach to predator-prey conflicts in the Cairngorms Connect project, from Kenny Kortland of Forestry and Land Scotland.
https://t.co/AJuklXvPaa