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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21 Days of Nature 2024

online , United Kingdom

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…

Free

Tayside Garden BioBlitz (Online)

online , United Kingdom

Starting today, let's go outside and record the wildlife in our gardens! No particular knowledge is expected as sightings are verified by experts. There will be insects (butterflies, bumblebees, hoverflies, ladybirds etc), birds and perhaps the occasional mammal (hedgehog, squirrel, Read more…

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Bumblebee Identification for Beginners (online)

online , United Kingdom

It's National Insect Week 2024 as well as Tayside Biodiversity Month! Join Bumblebee Conservation Trust for this online bumblebee identification workshop with a Cairngorms focus. Find out more about bumblebees, why they are so important to our lives and environment, Read more…

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Recording Angus wildlife with NESBReC

Montrose Basin Visitors Centre Rossie Braes, Montrose

Join NESBReC and Angus Council at the Scottish Wildlife Trusts Montrose Basin Visitor Centre to learn about nature recording in Angus and how the North East Scotland Biological Records Centre will extend coverage into Angus in 2024, making a real Read more…

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Beaver Watch (Loch of the Lowes)

Loch of the Lowes Dunkeld, United Kingdom

An evening of beaver watching and learning at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve. Supported by Players of the People's Postcode Lottery. Join the Ranger team for an interactive talk about beavers and the chance to spot them from our Read more…

BioBlitz at Carnoustie Golf Links

Carnoustie Golf Links Links Parade, Carnoustie, Angus, United Kingdom

Join us at Carnoustie Golf Links on Thursday 27th June and Friday 28th June 2024 for the first ever Golf BioBlitz, sponsored by the R&A Foundation. Discover the wildlife lurking in the rough as we explore sand dunes, heath, woodlands, Read more…

Free

Amphibian Ladder Workshop (Dundee)

Crescent Community Centre, Lothian Crescent, Dundee

A free workshop to learn about our amphibians and how to help them. We will be making a number of amphibian ladders to go into roadside gullypots and installing them during the afternoon. To find out more information and to Read more…

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Big Wild Summer: Brilliant Bugs Trail

RSPB Scotland Loch Leven RSPB Scotland Loch Leven, Kinross, Perthshire and Kinross, United Kingdom

Join us this summer for our new Brilliant Bugs trail! From burrowing beetles to wiggly worms, discover more about these tiny creatures and see if you can uncover any yourself. You can purchase you trail sheets online in advance to Read more…

£2

Coastal Wildlife Wander and Litter Pick

Arbroath Cliffs car park Kings Drive, Arbroath, United Kingdom

Enjoy a stroll along Seaton Cliffs to appreciate the coastal wildlife including breeding seabirds and unique flora of the maritime habitat. Pause for lunch at Carlingheugh Bay before collecting any litter we find on our return. Please bring packed lunch. Read more…

Free

Bumblebee Surveying Workshop (online)

online , United Kingdom

It's National Insect Week 2024 and Tayside Biodiversity Month too! Whether you're a beginner or an experienced bee enthusiast, this free online event will help to kickstart your bumblebee surveying journey. The Cairngorms National Park is a traditionally under-recorded area Read more…

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