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Angus Hannah is the new Scottish Officer replacing Jim McIntosh who has just begun a one year sabbatical. Angus is a highly respected BSBI recorder and one of our leading contractors. He will continue the SNH grant aided work to support Scottish Recorders and monitor rare plant populations. He will be based on Bute and mail and e-mail will be redirected to him. He can be contacted directly by e-mailing BSBI Scottish Officer. For more about the Scottish Officer click here. Meanwhile Jim is to undertake a plant survey of Tristan da Cunha during his sabbatical and you can follow his progress on his blog. A new website has just gone live at: http://mapmate.bsbi.org.uk to support BSBI users of MapMate. It was produced by leading UK MapMate expert, Martin Harvey, under contract to the BSBI thanks to funding from Scottish Natural Heritage. It contains 20 short MapMate training videos, each about 8 minutes long, covering a variety of topics including setting up, data entry, analysis, syncing and mapping. The videos are a great way to learn – and much easier than reading the manual! Another five are planned this winter. Scottish Nature Photography Awards introduces botanical category The Scottish Nature Photography Awards, a photographic competition celebrating nature, wildlife and landscape photography in Scotland, has this year introduced a Scottish Botanical category for images of Scottish native plants and flowers in their natural habitat.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) is sponsoring the opportunity for the winner of the Scottish Botanical category to enjoy a tour of the Garden in the company of supervisor, Tony Garn. The winner will also receive a 600mm x 400mm bespoke artwork piece reproduced from the winning image onto one of a variety of materials available e.g. glass, metal, wood or Perspex (sponsored by Samaron), a copy of the book “Scottish Wild Flowers” by Michael Scott (sponsored by Birlinn) and an individual engraved glass award (sponsored by Envue).
2nd & 3rd place runners-up will receive a Prize Certificate and a copy of the book “Scottish Wild Flowers” by Michael Scott. All the the winning images will be featured in a touring exhibition in 2012 and winning and shortlisted images will be featured in the Portfolio Yearbook 2011 (Sponsored by Envue Ltd).
The 2011 Scottish Nature Photography Awards also has categories for Scottish Wildlife, Scottish Landscape, Natural Abstract and Environmental images, as well as Student and Junior categories. Entries close on 30 November 2011.
Full details of how to enter, the judging panel, prizes, Touring Exhibition and Portfolio Yearbook are on the website at:
http://www.scottishnaturephotographyawards.com
A recorder vacancy has arisen in the above vice-county. We are looking particularly for a keen field recorder, since we already have an offer of help with the data entry/computer side of the work. Angus is a medium sized county of relatively compact shape but very varied terrain, extending from the city of Dundee along the coast with dunes, flats and coastal cliffs to beyond Montrose, and including the Sidlaw hills, much of Strathmore, and the glens of Esk, Clova, Prosen and Isla with the famous alpine flora of Caenlochan. A reasonable level of physical fitness is therefore required. Residence in the county, though preferable, is not essential, but it would be necessary to commit to spending several weeks there each season. Expressions of interest to Angus Hannah, Glenmore, Rothesay, Isle of Bute PA20 0QU or e-mail butesedge@yahoo.co.uk before 31st January.
Last updated 24th November 2011
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