Tayside Biodiversity Festival

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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!

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…

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…

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…

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.

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!

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

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

(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.

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…