Western Australia is a centre of expertise on species #reintroduction and other #conservationtranslocation . Thanks to the Biodiversity and Conservation Science, UWA and Australian Wildlife Conservancy for hosting me during my The Churchill Fellowship. Saul Cowen Nicki Mitchell Leonie Monks, Amanda Bourne

Meeting some of the rarest plants in the world, in SW Australia, and hearing about bold #conservationtranslocation work and other approaches. Part of my The Churchill Fellowship. Thanks to @LeonieMonks and colleagues. Sarah Dalrymple @UHI NatureScot

End of the 3rd Int Conservation Translocation Conf in WA last week. Fantastic event, inspirational stories of species #reintroduction / #conservationtranslocation . There is hope! Photo taken from the stage on last day during expert panel Q&A. #ICTC23 Former NatureScot account UHI

Also see for kaigi.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebs… for details. Scottish talks focussed on our work with #Wildcats and #beaver . #conservationtranslocation #reintroduction

The International Conservation Translocation Conference is now underway in Perth – thanks to Saul Cowen and team for organising. First plenary by plant CT guru Joyce Maschinski #ICTC23 #conservationtranslocation #reintroduction #IUCN

The 9th of the 10 species the Scottish Plant Recovery team are focusing on: Scottish Wych Elm (Ulmus glabra) ✨🌳✨ Former NatureScot account
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Net Zero Scotland #naturerestoration fund #scottishplantrecovery #naturerestoration #wychelm

The first year of wildcat releases is complete 🙌

19 wildcats have now been released into the Cairngorms Nature/Cairngorms Connect landscape, with most doing well.

This is HUGE step forward in our partnership efforts to restore this iconic species 🐱

Read more 📰 bit.ly/WildcatReleases

Got my first British Wildlife Mag co-authorship in the August issue. Thanks to Martin Gaywood for leading on our conservation translocations article

Very pleased to see our article 'Conservation translocations in Britain’ now published in the Aug 2023 edition of British Wildlife Mag. Coauthored with Aline Finger Delphine Dr Sarah Dalrymple Jim Foster and David Bavin David Bavin. Available at britishwildlife.com/article/articl…

I've just placed a PDF version of the Scottish Wildcat Action summary report on ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/37… Saving Wildcats (#SWAforLIFE) Former NatureScot account National Museums Scotland Forestry and Land Scotland Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Cairngorms National Park Scottish Wildlife Trust National Trust for Scotland WildCRU, Oxford The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies