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21 Days of Nature 2024

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Why not join our challenge to give nature a helping hand every day for 21 days from 10th - 30th June 2024? Participants will be sent a daily email featuring a number of suggested actions for each day, along with Read more…

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Join our Online Midsummer BioBlitz!

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Every Action Counts - Tayside's Local Patch Project Discover the wildlife in and around your own home over the next two days and add your observations online via the easy iNaturalist App. No wildlife knowledge is expected so just follow Read more…

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Blairgowrie BioBlitz

Blairgowrie St Catherine's Centre, George Street,, Blairgowrie

Blairgowrie are hosting their first town BioBlitz on the 21st and 22nd of June 2024. The weekend will be filled with activities, information stalls, surveys, expert led walks and presentations. We will also be hosting the "Why not Scotland" film Read more…

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Biodiversity Villages & Towns Midsummer BioBlitz

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Every Action Counts - Tayside's Local Patch Project Our Perth and Kinross Biodiversity Village, Town & Neighbourhood communities can add their own wildlife records all year round using their own individual page (check out the details in the link below). Read more…

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Stanley Swift Project

Stanley - meeting place to be agreed Perthshire

Our Scottish-born swifts are only with us for three months each year. After a journey of up to 6,000 mile from equatorial and southern Africa, they return to their chosen nests in Scotland in early May and head south to Read more…

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Dawn Chorus

email info@biodiversityblair.scot for location

Wrap up warm & enjoy coffee and a croissant in a town garden! email info@biodiversityblair.scot for location The dawn chorus is the symphony of song performed by birds looking for love, and to defend their patch. Some species sing throughout Read more…

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Moth Morning at the Botanics

University of Dundee Botanic garden Riverside Drive, Dundee

Join us at Dundee University Botanic Gardens at 9.00am to discover which moths have been caught overnight in the moth trap. We will explore the amazing variety of moths and learn how to identify them with local experts. All moths Read more…

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Alan Stewart’s Morning Book Talk

Blairgowrie St Catherine's Centre, George Street,, Blairgowrie

Following decades of being a police inspector in Tayside, renowned author, Alan Stewart, will be giving a presentation on one of his well-known wildlife crime fiction books with reference to the local area. He will give a different talk in Read more…

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Guided Exploration

Blairgowrie St Catherine's Centre, George Street,, Blairgowrie

You are invited to join a short walk to identify plants, bugs, birds and animals in different areas of the town. No previous knowledge expected - just come and see what we find!

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Dun Coillich: Past, Present and Future

Dun Coillich Community Land Glengoulandie, Dunkeld

Join our Forest Manager and native woodland expert Willie McGhee and our Project Officer Heather Hamilton on a guided walk of Dun Coillich. During the walk you will be introduced to the emerging Native Woodland on the hill, both planted Read more…

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Pond Dipping and Freshwater Life

University of Dundee Botanic garden Riverside Drive, Dundee

Join us, the Dundee Naturalists' Society, for some pond dipping and to look at the freshwater creatures in the Dundee Botanic Gardens. We hope to also have the results of a night's moth trapping to see for those who arrive Read more…

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Small Blue Survey and Butterfly Walk

Join Caitlin, Buglife Species on the Edge Conservation Officer for a butterfly walk at Elliot Links SSSI as she searches for the rare Small Blue butterfly! This event is completely free and all under18s must be accompanied by an adult. Read more…

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Worm Charming Competition

Blairgowrie St Catherine's Centre, George Street,, Blairgowrie

Teams of two are needed (a charmer and a picker) to entice as many worms (no digging, no chemicals/vinegar) out of a marked area of ground. Singing, tap-dancing, fork-twanging and silly bird costumes all encouraged to get those worms out.

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Walk with a Focus on the Lens

Blairgowrie St Catherine's Centre, George Street,, Blairgowrie

Join Mike Jones on a hunt for a good wildlife photograph. Make sure you bring a camera. Please book in advance so we know who to expect!

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Red Squirrel Talk

Blairgowrie St Catherine's Centre, George Street,, Blairgowrie

Susie from Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels will give some practical tips on how we can help our native squirrel survive.  

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Bumblebee Identification Stroll

Blairgowrie St Catherine's Centre, George Street,, Blairgowrie

An easy stroll with an expert - with an opportunity to spot some of our 20 Scottish bumblebee species.

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Bird Ramble

Blairgowrie St Catherine's Centre, George Street,, Blairgowrie

(put your walking boots on) with George Donald, a local enthusiast who will help you spot and identify different species. This will be an all-afternoon ramble but you can leave earlier if you wish.

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Alan Stewart’s Afternoon Book Talk

Blairgowrie St Catherine's Centre, George Street,, Blairgowrie

Author and retired wildlife detective, Alan Stewart, will be talking about one of his wildlife crime fiction books, with reference to the local area. Alan will be giving a talk earlier in the day but try to make both events Read more…

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