Amy Cooper
Small adventures in history, nature and science...(with some other stuff thrown in for good measure)!
- Posted a version of this video on TikTok yesterday and now I have people sending me pictures of the sunset from where they are! ❤️ It feels unbelievably wholesome!
- 🎥 NEW VIDEO 📹 All the wonderful wildlife we've managed to capture on our trail cam this year. 🐿️ 🦌 🦡 🦊 youtu.be/EjWp7Q63uH4?...
- 🎥 NEW VIDEO 📹 My birthday trip to see the Scottish Crannog Centre, Inveraray Jail and lots of delightful naturey things! #ScottishNature #ScottishHistory #GetOutside youtu.be/PVhiQ7V6dK4?...
- 🎥 NEW VIDEO 📹 My first visit to Hadrian's wall...and now I want to walk the whole thing! youtu.be/435W3Sn0wrs?...
- 📽️ NEW VIDEO 📹 Who visited my bird feeder whilst i was working from home?! 🦅🐦⬛🦆🦉 youtu.be/aqNi2xgoM1w?...
- 🎥 NEW VIDEO 📽️ Bucket list trip to see the Chillingham Cattle! 🐄 #VisitNorthumberland #CoolCoos youtu.be/zA-wLoi000E?...
- 📢 NEW VIDEO! Searching for pieces of a ruined WW1 airship base in the woods in northeast Scotland! youtu.be/ovkG8cmix3Q?...
- 📹 Taking my dad to see Bow Fiddle Rock in Moray, Scotland over summer. Definitely should've taken swimmers. 🏊🏼♀️ youtube.com/shorts/ELeuW...
- 📖 First book read from my #40by40 list. I'm still mulling over my thoughts...it was great, but I wouldn't say I enjoyed it!! I almost think it could be better on a second read-through. I definitely need a bit of a palette cleanser now!
- Time to start my #40by40! I made a list of 40 books I aim to read by the time I hit 40 years. They either scare me (for various reasons) or I feel like I'll never read them otherwise. No books I've read previously & no duplication of author. Any words of warning/encouragement are welcome! 😅
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- 1/2 On my way back from my last event of the year - the annual @hutton.ac.uk symposium where we had a networking poster for @crew-waters.bsky.social. 🙌🏼
- 2/2 I'm still thinking about the final ⚡️ talk of the day. We were introduced to #VirtualWater, the hidden water used to grow the food we import. Especially important when thinking about crops from areas facing severe #WaterScarcity (e.g places in Spain now desalinating seawater just to irrigate!).🤯
- Reposted by Amy CooperHave you had chance to take a look at our new @sefariscot.bsky.social crop booklets yet? 🥔 tinyurl.com/EnhancingCro... 🌾 tinyurl.com/ResilientCrops They're the perfect excuse to take a coffee break!
- Touching grass before settling in to 8 hours of screen time! 🍄🟫
- The perfect late autumn afternoon. 🌊 I should absolutely be taking more dooks in the sea!
- Reposted by Amy Cooper💧Building on yesterday's blog on #AMR in agri-food systems for World #AntimicrobialResistance Week, today we learn about what Scotland’s rivers can tell us about this growing global threat. 🔗 tinyurl.com/HuttonAMR2 #WAAW
- For World #AMR Awareness Week, our latest blog shares @hutton.ac.uk research on AMR in agri-food systems. Read how researchers are tackling this “silent pandemic” through the link below ⬇️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/HuttonAMR #AntimicrobialResistance #OneHealth #WAAW
- Reposted by Amy CooperFor World #AMR Awareness Week, our latest blog shares @hutton.ac.uk research on AMR in agri-food systems. Read how researchers are tackling this “silent pandemic” through the link below ⬇️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/HuttonAMR #AntimicrobialResistance #OneHealth #WAAW
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- Reposted by Amy Cooper📢New SEFARI Gateway Fellowship With Highland and Islands Enterprise and Scottish Development International. Generate a baseline for the Animal Health, Aquaculture & Agri-tech sector & identify the opportunities & barriers to growth. More info ➡️ tinyurl.com/AAAFellowship ⌛Apply by: 8th Dec 2025
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- Time to start my #40by40! I made a list of 40 books I aim to read by the time I hit 40 years. They either scare me (for various reasons) or I feel like I'll never read them otherwise. No books I've read previously & no duplication of author. Any words of warning/encouragement are welcome! 😅
- ...the benefits of working in a research institute that research's and breeds crops! Now join me for my upcoming 100-part series as I cook my way through a mountain of potatoes… 🥔
- Several years ago, at my @eastbio.bsky.social PhD interview, I was asked to talk about a paper from outside of my field that interested me. I can't remember what my answer was then, but I definitely know what it would be now!! 🐀 🐀 🐀 Too cute...and of course important!
- Dirty Sanchez! 🫒 Tequila, Noilly Prat, olive brine and an olive. ...I don't want to hear anything about it being a Monday!
- Just about decompressed from the @sefariscot.bsky.social & ScotGov Scotland's Global Food Security Conference! I had a fairly minor part in the organisation, but oh boy, was this a big event to be involved with! If you're interested in finding out what was discussed take a look at #FoodSecurity25
- If I could do another PhD I'd be applying for this one!
- PhD vacancy ‘Birds as Vectors of Plastics, Heavy Metals, and Pesticides in Scottish Wetlands’ with @drneiljames.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project... #ornithology #birds #PhD #Caithness
- Take a look at my new blog for @sefariscot.bsky.social #ScienceCommunication
- Read our new blog to find out what it was like to be literally tied in knots during Edinburgh Science's communication training. 🔗 tinyurl.com/EdinburghSci... A course hosted by @hutton.ac.uk and funded by @sefariscot.bsky.social #ScienceCommunication
- Such an inspiring event to attend. Well done to all the early career researchers. #ScienceCommunication
- The second day of the @bioss.bsky.social SEFARI PhD showcase is drawing to a close. It’s inspiring to see researchers embracing the challenge of communicating to mixed audiences with such openness and genuine curiosity. 👏🏼 #KnowledgeExchange #ScienceCommunication
- Reposted by Amy Cooper📢 New SEFARI Gateway fellowship with @scottishlandcom.bsky.social. Explore changes in demand for largescale community land acquisitions in Scotland & identify steps to overcome barriers preventing new acquisitions. To apply & for more info ➡️ tinyurl.com/SLCfellowship ⌛Apply by: 21st Nov 2025
- Autumnal Sunday run. 🏃🏻♀️
- The best #AuroraBorrealis I've seen. 🙌🏼 It didn't look quite like this to the naked eye...but these are unedited pictures. Honestly spectacular! #Aberdeenshire
- My current gaming obsession! #HollowKnight I'm not technically a 'good' gamer and normally throwing myself into boss fight after boss fight and taking hours of practice to beat some of them isn't my jam...but there's something about this little guy that keeps me playing! What a dude?!
- Normally I post for one centre of expertise ( @crew-waters.bsky.social or @sefariscot.bsky.social ) at a time and I rarely post on LinkedIn! ...but the 46th TB Macauley Lecture on Doughnut Economics felt like an opportunity to shake that up. 🍩 www.linkedin.com/posts/amy-co...
- 🎥 My first (but hopefully not last) time climbing Arthur's Seat. #ExploreScotland #VisitEdinburgh youtube.com/shorts/L8wfb...
- What an awesome graphic?! I love a cosy evening/morning...I just wish that the period of dark cosy hibernation was shorter! Last winter felt like a long one. #Aberdeenshire
- Brushing up on those #ScienceCommunication skills with Edinburgh Science at @hutton.ac.uk today. 🙌🏼 🧠 🔬 🦠 👩🏻🔬
- Covering two stands at the ENRA conference today - comms and impact for @crew-waters.bsky.social and comms and engagement for @sefariscot.bsky.social. With the focus being engagement and impact for the next ScotGov strategic research programme this feels like the perfect event to attend!
- My first trip up Arthur's Seat. I reached the top beetroot red and sporting 7 (and counting) midge bites. How do they always find me?!
- Love the broad range of topics we get to cover.
- 🧵1/4 Thrilled to have 2 of our recent projects presented at a RESAS lunchtime seminar today. 💧AI and flood forecasting - tinyurl.com/2cx77ujb 💧Psychoactive substances - tinyurl.com/WastewaterMo...
- #StormAmy My namesake storm!!
- 🚨 Storm Amy is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain to North West England from Friday 3 October. 💨 Winds could reach 50–60 mph & heavy rainfall may cause localised flooding, especially in rivers and low-lying areas. What to do if #flooding is expected: thefloodhub.co.uk/am-i-at-risk...
- Well, I never imagined I'd find myself enjoying a lecture about economics! Prof Kate Raworth was super engaging for her talk on #DoughnutEconomics for the 46th TB Macauley Lecture. I also had a tonne of great conversations at the @sefariscot.bsky.social stand. Huge thanks if you stopped by!
- I've been informed that I'm actually just a massive townie! 😅
- Maybe I've got selective memory but this has to be my first 1.5 degree September morning since living in Aberdeenshire. 🍂 Brutal! 🍁
- When you revisit a museum 30 years later & finally get to try the samples… 🍎 The @museumofcider.bsky.social in Hereford was so much bigger than I remembered, although it probably has changed a lot! The basement area was especially impressive. ...we did leave with 2 bottles of perry in hand! 🍐
- Reposted by Amy CooperHow can NHS Scotland’s outdoor estate boost health, #Biodiversity and #ClimateAction? 🌿 Join this free webinar to find out 👇 tinyurl.com/NHSestateweb... ⌚Thursday 2nd October - 13:30 - 15:30 @publichealthscot.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social
- Reposted by Amy Cooper📢 New @sefariscot.bsky.social fellowship opportunity with @naturescot.bsky.social Explore how Scotland’s Agriculture & Knowledge Information System can support sustainable & regenerative agriculture To apply and for more information ➡️ tinyurl.com/AKISfellowship ⌛Apply by: 17th Oct 2025
- Reposted by Amy Cooper📢New SEFARI Fellowship Opportunity. Create a route map for the use of eDNA for improved environmental monitoring in Scotland. To apply and for more information ➡️ tinyurl.com/eDNAfellowship ⌛Apply by: 17th Oct 2025
- Reposted by Amy Cooper💧Take a look at our new news article on how Scotland is strengthening research on emerging water contaminants.💧 🔗 tinyurl.com/CREWWaterQua...
- Reposted by Amy Cooper🐝✨ Did you know #HoneyBees can help track “forever chemicals” in our environment? A new study from the Hutton and University of Graz shows #bees are effective bioindicators for #PFAS contamination, offering a natural way to monitor pollution. More: ow.ly/tzj650WUugK
- Reposted by Amy Cooper🌴 Our iconic Palm Houses are entering a new chapter. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look now the huge project is nearing competition. Our Garden teams will soon start landscaping and replanting more than 600 botanical specimens before we re-open the doors in 2026 🥳
- Love shops like this! Absolute treasure troves. We didn't buy any antiques or second hand furniture, but I did come home with 5 books for the grand total of £1.40!!!
- Reposted by Amy Cooper🐗 Once extinct in Britain, wild boar are back in Scotland’s forests — and their numbers are set to rise. New Hutton research predicts the population will grow from 1,472 to 2,399 by 2075, spreading across the Highlands, Perthshire, Moray & more. More: ow.ly/axCq50WPxBr
- Rainy day walk around Burn O'Vat and Loch Kinord. I'm so surprised I hadn't taken my dad here on an earlier visit! It's such a 'must do' for Aberdeenshire. #ScottishNature #WildScotland #VisitAberdeenshire
- Tiny details!
- Picking up a raffle prize from Dufftown station was the perfect excuse to finally take a trip on the KDR line. 🚂 #VisitMoray #ExploreScotland #Vintage #Trainspotting #DayTrip youtube.com/shorts/KElxu...
- Two very different 5 ⭐️ reads one after the other! The 1st a cosy fantasy romance and the 2nd a literary dystopian...I'll let you figure out which one's which! #Booksky
- Sandend is one of my favourite campsites just for how easily you can access the sea. The non-electric pitches have a pretty much uninterrupted view of the beach. Majestic!!
- The Auchmacoy doocot (dovecot) is a beehive dovecot built in the 17th century and supposed to be one of the finest examples of its type in Aberdeenshire.
- Can't believe it took such a long time to visit bow fiddle rock! What a stunning spot to explore? #VisitMoray #ExploreScotland
- The Lonach gathering is always a treat.
- Smooth pea gall wasp. 🌱
- The #couch25k programme trains you to run for 30 mins which only got me to 4km...so this week I had to see if I could make it the extra km! It honestly feels like such an achievement!
