A really simple way to be get involved in Citizen Science is just to keep your eyes open and record wildlife that you see whilst you are out and about. (Remember Biological Recording Scotland - BRISC, has top tips on how to ...
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Social Media in Citizen Science
Part of our Scotland Counts project is to support the engagement of a wide audience in Citizen Science. We believe it is a great way to improve scientific understanding and evidence, at the same time as engaging people in ...
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Butterfly surveys with Citizen Scientists
Recording wildlife is a really important environmental indicator, but it needs regular visits and hours of commitment so it can be hard for organisations such as the Council to resource it. Here TCV's Claire Quinn talks ...
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Co-created Citizen Science Pilot with elderly volunteers
A joint pilot in Co-created Citizen Science was recently trialed with Kinross Day Centre (our thanks to Nan Cook), with a group of elderly volunteers. The group were all near or beyond retirement age, in generally good health ...
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Midweek group become citizen science volunteers
TCV's Opal Community Scientist, Amy Styles, has been out in the last few weeks visiting our volunteer conservation groups and chatting to them about being citizen science volunteers by recording wildlife whilst they are out ...
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