Paul Chapman 🏴
@paulchap-abz.bsky.social
Wildlife ecology, conservation, land management, orienteering, hill walking. Senior consultant @sacconsulting.bsky.social. Views my own.
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We’re delighted that SRUC has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education for the third time.
The award recognises the impact of the Scottish Farm Business Survey, which informs national agricultural policy and supports reform across the sector.
www.sruc.ac.uk/all-news/sru...
The award recognises the impact of the Scottish Farm Business Survey, which informs national agricultural policy and supports reform across the sector.
www.sruc.ac.uk/all-news/sru...
SRUC honoured with third Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education
www.sruc.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
We’re delighted that SRUC has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education for the third time.
The award recognises the impact of the Scottish Farm Business Survey, which informs national agricultural policy and supports reform across the sector.
www.sruc.ac.uk/all-news/sru...
The award recognises the impact of the Scottish Farm Business Survey, which informs national agricultural policy and supports reform across the sector.
www.sruc.ac.uk/all-news/sru...
I don't even really like football but that was amazing!🏴🏴🏴#SCODEN
November 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I don't even really like football but that was amazing!🏴🏴🏴#SCODEN
It doesn't seem right to see a Calmac ferry in Aberdeen harbour!
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
It doesn't seem right to see a Calmac ferry in Aberdeen harbour!
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Many thanks to @countrysidejobs.bsky.social for highlighting distance learning opportunities.
Really grateful for opportunity to shout about our (award-winning) @srucnews.bsky.social Wildlife & Conservation Management MSc course in the process.
Really grateful for opportunity to shout about our (award-winning) @srucnews.bsky.social Wildlife & Conservation Management MSc course in the process.
Career flexibility has become ever more common, find out how a part-time, distance-learning postgraduate programme from @srucnews.bsky.social can help make the leap into your dream countryside job: c-js.uk/4nvy3yy
October 23, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Many thanks to @countrysidejobs.bsky.social for highlighting distance learning opportunities.
Really grateful for opportunity to shout about our (award-winning) @srucnews.bsky.social Wildlife & Conservation Management MSc course in the process.
Really grateful for opportunity to shout about our (award-winning) @srucnews.bsky.social Wildlife & Conservation Management MSc course in the process.
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Instead of delivering support on the cost of living, Westminster is busy demonising people who seek sanctuary.
I will have no part in it.
Our Saltire is a flag of welcome - and refugees are welcome here in Scotland.
I will have no part in it.
Our Saltire is a flag of welcome - and refugees are welcome here in Scotland.
September 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Instead of delivering support on the cost of living, Westminster is busy demonising people who seek sanctuary.
I will have no part in it.
Our Saltire is a flag of welcome - and refugees are welcome here in Scotland.
I will have no part in it.
Our Saltire is a flag of welcome - and refugees are welcome here in Scotland.
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Let’s be clear - a genocide is unfolding in Gaza as a result of Israel’s actions.
We all have a moral and legal responsibility to act, and Scotland will play its part.
Today I have set out a range of diplomatic, economic and humanitarian measures.
Read below for more. 🧵
We all have a moral and legal responsibility to act, and Scotland will play its part.
Today I have set out a range of diplomatic, economic and humanitarian measures.
Read below for more. 🧵
September 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Let’s be clear - a genocide is unfolding in Gaza as a result of Israel’s actions.
We all have a moral and legal responsibility to act, and Scotland will play its part.
Today I have set out a range of diplomatic, economic and humanitarian measures.
Read below for more. 🧵
We all have a moral and legal responsibility to act, and Scotland will play its part.
Today I have set out a range of diplomatic, economic and humanitarian measures.
Read below for more. 🧵
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There can be absolutely no “shock” about this. The media has been shamelessly platforming Reform all summer. All summer, we’ve had hate-mongering headlines about immigration. It’s a tedious and grim inevitability that you’ve made people angry enough to want to vote for this shit in response.
August 30, 2025 at 6:43 AM
There can be absolutely no “shock” about this. The media has been shamelessly platforming Reform all summer. All summer, we’ve had hate-mongering headlines about immigration. It’s a tedious and grim inevitability that you’ve made people angry enough to want to vote for this shit in response.
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The UK's tiny and historically ineffectual far-right groups - with new financial & strategic backing from US fascists - are successfully capitalising on five years of cowardly "mainstream" ruling-class politicians and media (Tory & Labour) blaming refugees for all the misery they themselves created.
August 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The UK's tiny and historically ineffectual far-right groups - with new financial & strategic backing from US fascists - are successfully capitalising on five years of cowardly "mainstream" ruling-class politicians and media (Tory & Labour) blaming refugees for all the misery they themselves created.
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🤬 Woman who admitted incitement to violence and racism on Social Media and in Court was jailed for 2.5 years.
Gets released early and British TV and media repeating what she said originally, give her prime spot on TV.
Britain wonders why they have a problem which every day is getting more extreme?
Gets released early and British TV and media repeating what she said originally, give her prime spot on TV.
Britain wonders why they have a problem which every day is getting more extreme?
August 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
🤬 Woman who admitted incitement to violence and racism on Social Media and in Court was jailed for 2.5 years.
Gets released early and British TV and media repeating what she said originally, give her prime spot on TV.
Britain wonders why they have a problem which every day is getting more extreme?
Gets released early and British TV and media repeating what she said originally, give her prime spot on TV.
Britain wonders why they have a problem which every day is getting more extreme?
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Are you seeking employees for a land-based or animal care post?
You can advertise your job vacancy for free on the SRUC website by completing this form 👉 buff.ly/S9XWY5g
You can advertise your job vacancy for free on the SRUC website by completing this form 👉 buff.ly/S9XWY5g
August 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Are you seeking employees for a land-based or animal care post?
You can advertise your job vacancy for free on the SRUC website by completing this form 👉 buff.ly/S9XWY5g
You can advertise your job vacancy for free on the SRUC website by completing this form 👉 buff.ly/S9XWY5g
Power cut has given me the excuse I needed to test the vehicle to load capability of my EV. Now running two monitors off my car's battery #StormFloris
August 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Power cut has given me the excuse I needed to test the vehicle to load capability of my EV. Now running two monitors off my car's battery #StormFloris
Went out to do my late @bbs-birds.bsky.social visit at Potarch, Aberdeenshire this morning. My 4th year of doing this square, which has a nice variety of habitats, but mostly woodland and river.
June 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Went out to do my late @bbs-birds.bsky.social visit at Potarch, Aberdeenshire this morning. My 4th year of doing this square, which has a nice variety of habitats, but mostly woodland and river.
Can't believe BBC2 is doing a Billy Joel night on the very evening I was meant to be seeing him live at Murrayfield. Talk about rubbing salt into the wound! Hope he makes a good recovery but can't see him doing big stadium gigs again.
June 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Can't believe BBC2 is doing a Billy Joel night on the very evening I was meant to be seeing him live at Murrayfield. Talk about rubbing salt into the wound! Hope he makes a good recovery but can't see him doing big stadium gigs again.
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🔴‘How the Media is Cashing in on the Rise of Nigel Farage’
News organisations are failing the country at the moment when responsible independent journalism is most needed, argues Mathilda Mallinson
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/30/r...
News organisations are failing the country at the moment when responsible independent journalism is most needed, argues Mathilda Mallinson
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/30/r...
'How the Media is Cashing in on the Rise of Nigel Farage'
News organisations are failing the country at the moment when responsible independent journalism is most needed, argues Mathilda Mallinson
bylinetimes.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🔴‘How the Media is Cashing in on the Rise of Nigel Farage’
News organisations are failing the country at the moment when responsible independent journalism is most needed, argues Mathilda Mallinson
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/30/r...
News organisations are failing the country at the moment when responsible independent journalism is most needed, argues Mathilda Mallinson
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/30/r...
A few pics from an enjoyable week working in Shetland the week before last. Lucky (mostly) with the weather and able to do a bit of sightseeing at the end!
June 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
A few pics from an enjoyable week working in Shetland the week before last. Lucky (mostly) with the weather and able to do a bit of sightseeing at the end!
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The irony is, the UK rivals the US for the best international reputation for higher ed.
& foreign students contribute >£40bn per year to our economy too.
We could be set to benefit from this, but instead we are cutting migrant graduates’ rights.
Because Farage😔 #r4today
& foreign students contribute >£40bn per year to our economy too.
We could be set to benefit from this, but instead we are cutting migrant graduates’ rights.
Because Farage😔 #r4today
May 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The irony is, the UK rivals the US for the best international reputation for higher ed.
& foreign students contribute >£40bn per year to our economy too.
We could be set to benefit from this, but instead we are cutting migrant graduates’ rights.
Because Farage😔 #r4today
& foreign students contribute >£40bn per year to our economy too.
We could be set to benefit from this, but instead we are cutting migrant graduates’ rights.
Because Farage😔 #r4today
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Brady Stevens, a graduate of the Environmental Protection and Management MSc at SRUC, now works as a consultant with @sacconsulting.bsky.social
Brady reflects on his time at SRUC, sharing how the course helped shape his career and gave him the practical, real-world knowledge he uses daily.
Brady reflects on his time at SRUC, sharing how the course helped shape his career and gave him the practical, real-world knowledge he uses daily.
May 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Brady Stevens, a graduate of the Environmental Protection and Management MSc at SRUC, now works as a consultant with @sacconsulting.bsky.social
Brady reflects on his time at SRUC, sharing how the course helped shape his career and gave him the practical, real-world knowledge he uses daily.
Brady reflects on his time at SRUC, sharing how the course helped shape his career and gave him the practical, real-world knowledge he uses daily.
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“Starmer has repeatedly insisted he does not have to choose between the
EU and the US over trade”
But undermining our reset with the EU to please Trump is just not a risk worth taking.
As things stand, Starmer is wrong. He must choose. And he must choose Europe.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/364...
EU and the US over trade”
But undermining our reset with the EU to please Trump is just not a risk worth taking.
As things stand, Starmer is wrong. He must choose. And he must choose Europe.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/364...
Forget soft Brexit if you strike trade deal with Trump, EU insiders warn Starmer
Some Brussels insiders believe the US may want to drive a wedge between Britain and the European Union
liveapp.inews.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
“Starmer has repeatedly insisted he does not have to choose between the
EU and the US over trade”
But undermining our reset with the EU to please Trump is just not a risk worth taking.
As things stand, Starmer is wrong. He must choose. And he must choose Europe.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/364...
EU and the US over trade”
But undermining our reset with the EU to please Trump is just not a risk worth taking.
As things stand, Starmer is wrong. He must choose. And he must choose Europe.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/364...
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“Take back control of our laws” so American fascists can decide them for us…
I don’t think so.
Just imagine if the EU demanded this of us.
Intolerable for it to even be on the table.
Intolerable to be at this table at all, frankly.
Another Brexit humiliation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I don’t think so.
Just imagine if the EU demanded this of us.
Intolerable for it to even be on the table.
Intolerable to be at this table at all, frankly.
Another Brexit humiliation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
April 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
“Take back control of our laws” so American fascists can decide them for us…
I don’t think so.
Just imagine if the EU demanded this of us.
Intolerable for it to even be on the table.
Intolerable to be at this table at all, frankly.
Another Brexit humiliation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I don’t think so.
Just imagine if the EU demanded this of us.
Intolerable for it to even be on the table.
Intolerable to be at this table at all, frankly.
Another Brexit humiliation.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I went out with the thermal imager this evening to see if I could see where my cat was. Found a badger instead in the field behind my house @nesmammals.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I went out with the thermal imager this evening to see if I could see where my cat was. Found a badger instead in the field behind my house @nesmammals.bsky.social
I had an enjoyable family trip to western Norway last week. Apart from a very brief trip across the border from Sweden a couple of years ago, it was my first visit to the country since 2003, despite living closer to Bergen than London!
April 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I had an enjoyable family trip to western Norway last week. Apart from a very brief trip across the border from Sweden a couple of years ago, it was my first visit to the country since 2003, despite living closer to Bergen than London!
I recently acquired a thermal imaging monocular and ended up with a somewhat higher spec model than I intended (HikMicro Falcon 2.0). I've been pretty pleased with the results so far. Tonight I heard a Snipe drumming over the marsh below my house and managed to get this video.
#BirdingScotland
#BirdingScotland
April 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I recently acquired a thermal imaging monocular and ended up with a somewhat higher spec model than I intended (HikMicro Falcon 2.0). I've been pretty pleased with the results so far. Tonight I heard a Snipe drumming over the marsh below my house and managed to get this video.
#BirdingScotland
#BirdingScotland
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Why isn’t this story leading every news bulletin? What is it going to take before politicians take a stand? And many other futile questions
March 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Why isn’t this story leading every news bulletin? What is it going to take before politicians take a stand? And many other futile questions
Very pleased to hear a Long-eared Owl only 1km from home on my regular dog walking route last night. Only my third record in the area in 30+ years and the first time I've ever heard one singing. #BirdingScotland
March 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Very pleased to hear a Long-eared Owl only 1km from home on my regular dog walking route last night. Only my third record in the area in 30+ years and the first time I've ever heard one singing. #BirdingScotland