Want to win a hedgehog home? Going along to the Scone Palace Garden Fair? Visit us, Perth and Kinross Countryside Trust and Tayside Biodiversity Partnership will be at our nature pagoda on 31st May and 1st June, 10am to 5pm. Read more…
The Royal Scottish Geographical Society is offering a specially curated tour around the Fair Maid's House in Perth about the very best of desert exploration. Expect to hear stories of adventure drawn from RSGS archives related to some of the 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…
Fancy learning how to carve and use your own bamboo pen from the comfort of your own home, create your own beautiful illustrations with ease, and raise money for charity all in one fell swoop? The focus of this exciting Read more…
Join us for a gentle guided mindful walk across Dun Coillich, led by our Project Officer and walk leader Vicky Bickerstaff. Walking is a movement we do every day but we’re often unaware of it. Being outside and deliberately walking Read more…
Join our ranger on the 1st of June to walk along the Dounalt path to the bridge and hunt out some wildflowers! A slow and gentle incline to a lunch spot that will hopefully be in wildflower bloom. However, if Read more…
Bird expert, Scott Paterson, leads a walk for all the family to identify the many birds singing and calling in Portmoak Moss, Scotlandwell, KY13 9JA
Grab your binoculars for a morning of bird watching in this local rewilding project. The safari will be led by Mike, who has been monitoring the bird life at Rewilding Denmarkfield for three years, and has a wealth of knowledge Read more…
Join us for a walk around Denmarkfield to learn about the local bird life and discover more about the exciting rewilding project. This is the first of three wildlife safaris at Rewilding Denmarkfield this summer. Grab your binoculars for a Read more…
Experience the evening wildlife on one of Perthshire’s loveliest rivers. We meet you near Blairgowrie at dusk and take a short drive close to the river. We have a 15 minute walk to the water, during which you will find Read more…
Led by Alice Kenny, Butterfly Conservation Wild Spaces. The Perth & Kinross Council Biodiversity Ambassadors are staff within the local authority who champion nature in and out of work. They enjoy a programme of events ranging from training webinars and Read more…
Build on your bumblebee ID skills with this NESBReC online workshop by Annie Ives from Bumblebee Conservation Trust. Scotland is home to five cuckoo bumblebee species, but some are easier to identify than others! We’ll take a closer look at Read more…
This trip visits a wonderful location near Alyth where beavers have built a series of amazing dams and we can easily see how they have changed the surroundings to produce wildlife-rich wetlands. We spend the first half of the evening Read more…
Come into Loch Leven Community Library to find out more about our local wildlife!
Enjoy a sunrise at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve for a morning of watching beavers, osprey and other wildlife Join the Perthshire Ranger for the magic of sunrise from the hide- with the chance to spot beavers, observe the Read more…
Children from Aberlemno primary school will be visiting East Haven on Friday 7th June to learn more about how we need to look after the marine environment. They will undertake a beach clean and a survey for the Marine Conservation Read more…
Everyone is welcome to join us on Saturday 8th June 2024. 10am to 1pm at Civic Hall, 2 High Street, Perth. PK Climate Action will be hosting a summer market with a focus on biodiversity, in collaboration with the Tayside Read more…
Come join us for an exciting outdoor adventure where we'll explore the beauty of nature together. This session is all about connecting with the outdoors and enjoying the fresh air. Whether you're a seasoned nature enthusiast or just looking to Read more…
Our Action for Nature and Food & Growing volunteers are hosting a Summer Open Day at the Community Garden at St. Mary’s Field to coincide with Tayside Biodiversity Partnership‘s 25-year anniversary! We are developing our Community Garden into a space where we Read more…
Come and see Forestry and Land Scotland at the Glen Doll Ranger Centre, for an opportunity to find out more about our land management proposals and see what this could look like on the ground in the future. Drop-in anytime Read more…
Come and learn about the work being done at this exciting local rewilding project! Join us for a fun filled day celebrating three years of Rewilding Denmarkfield! Explore Denmarkfield's rewilding project first-hand and learn about our efforts to restore native Read more…
Drop-in to the cabin at Murton and decorate your own tin can bug hotel. Sessions will be 11am to 12pm and then 1pm to 2pm ona first come, first served basis. You can then head off on to the nature Read more…
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…
To mark World Environment Day, the Perthshire Seed Library is holding an interactive workshop about peat free gardening. Explore different growing media, learn about the importance of peat in the challenge of climate change and learn how to grow healthy Read more…
Come and see Forestry and Land Scotland staff in Kirriemuir Town Hall to find out more about our land management proposals for Glen Doll and Glen Prosen and see what this could look like on the ground in the future. Read more…
This canoe safari takes place on a beautiful section of the River Tay near Aberfeldy. This is an ideal way to get close to wildlife with minimal disturbance and we usually see a variety of bird life as well as Read more…
Join us on a day trip to explore the best that the Angus coast can offer – beautiful beaches, sea bird colonies, coastal wildflowers, the chance of seeing dolphins and traditional seaside fare for lunch (vegetarian & vegan options are Read more…
Keep Scotland Beautiful had 100 entries to this year's Pocket Garden Design Competition. Run in partnership with the Garden for Life Forum (of which the Tayside Biodiversity Partnership is a member), the 2024 competition now has 30 entries from 19 Read more…
This event by West Stormont Woodland Group is being arranged with Vision PK to bring a small group of visually-impaired people to Taymount Wood for an enjoyable few hours in nature. WSWG has secured funding for this event from the Read more…
The Kinross-shire Climate Café will meet before our summer break on 14th June in the centre of Milnathort and walk together to Tillywhally Community Woodland. The walk will be an experience of our fragmented and volatile nature in the modern Read more…
The Perthshire Society of Natural Science has an extensive programme of events. During the Tayside Biodiversity Festival there will be an all-day excursion looking for the rare plant Meum (Spignel) and other botanical species.
Why not join East Haven on a Bug Hunt and Butterfly walk. We will identify as many species as we can and all data will be uploaded to irecord. We will start in the Community Gardens and work our way Read more…
Why not join East Haven on a Bug Hunt and Butterfly walk? We will identify as many species as we can and all data will be uploaded to iRecord. We will start in the Community Gardens and work our way Read more…
Come and join us at the Forestry and Land Scotland Offices, Glen Prosen, for an opportunity to find out more about our land management proposals and see what this could look like on the ground in the future. Explore the Read more…
Join us for a walk out to Culhawk Wildflower Garden to admire and learn about the diverse range of plants in this beautiful garden. Please email for meeting details and any queries: sustainablekirriemuir@gmail.com.
Find out more about these beautiful and fascinating creatures which form an important part of the ecosystem. We will introduce you to positioning and setting up a moth trap, plus the processes involved in analysing, identifying and recording your catch. Read more…
Join the Tay Estuary Forum and CIEEM on a walk through the spectacular dunes to examine the erosion that has taken place following a series of major, destructive storms that took place during the winter months of 2023-2024. Are the Read more…
Join Murton staff for a short informal talk about Murton. A brief history of Murton, and the conservation work that has taken place to make it the flourishing nature reserve it is today. This will be followed by a gentle Read more…
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 in the afternoon. To find out more information and to Read more…
A short walk along the coastal cycle path to look at how we plan to manage Elliot Links Site of Special Scientific Interest for biodiversity and public access, and the active travel improvements we are making to National Cycle Network Read more…
Join Scottish Wildlife Trust staff for a nature walk at the Montrose Basin Wildlife Reserve to celebrate the Summer Solstice - we will be identifying wildlife as we go along, and listening to the late evening birdsong. We will also 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 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…
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…
Landscape scale approaches to nature positive land management are becoming more effective in addressing the nature and climate crisis across Scotland and in Angus. Join the River South Esk Catchment Partnership, RSPB, CIEEM as we explore Glen Clova hearing about Read more…
Come along to find out all about these wonderful ecosystem engineers with ecologist and beaver expert Jean Oudney.
Join us at Dundee University Botanic Gardens to discover the creatures that take over the gardens at night. There will be a short chat and talk. Then we will be setting up moth traps and taking a walk to meet Read more…
A combined outing exploring both botany and butterflies. Please check the PSNS (Perthshire Society of Natural Science) web site as the date may change.
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…
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…
Have you voted for your three schools? The voting for the 2024 competition will close at 9am, 24th June and Tayside is of course represented. Click on the link to find out more. So please explore the amazing work that Read more…
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…
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…
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…
Looking to add more butterfly friendly plants but not sure where to start? Do you already have some butterfly friendly plants but want to know more about specific lifecycles? Join Butterfly Conservation's Wild Spaces to learn how to support butterflies Read more…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
We would like to invite you for a guided walk at Dronley Community Woodland (north of Dundee, by Birkhill). It is a multi-purpose woodland: timber production, biodiversity and recreation are equal priorities. Dronley Community Woodland offers volunteering opportunities, courses, and Read more…
A FIELD TRIP TO EAST HAVEN WITH DR. KEITH SKENE £17.50 and £20 The intertidal zone is one of the most fascinating ecological places on the planet, key to so much debate in terms of the impact of climate change, Read more…
A family event to promote and celebrate the new Fergus and Meg exhibition at Perth Art Gallery and the Tayside Biodiversity Festival. Activities and crafts will take inspiration from the couple’s love of nature. Activities include making head dresses, beeswax Read more…
As the Tayside Biodiversity Festival comes to a close, how about starting up a photographic time lapse as we leave one month and go into a new one? ZOOMIn2 is about taking regular photographs of your special space. For this Read more…
At Dun Coillich we run regular volunteer days which allow the community to get involved with the practical side of managing the community owned land up at Dun Coillich to improve biodversity and public access. Our volunteers get hands-on with Read more…
This is a great opportunity to discover fascinating facts about these amazing birds and how we can all help them. Tonight we will be exploring Portmoak, Scotlandwell and Kinnesswood - either contact Daniele on perthshirewildlife@gmail.com or check the Perthshire Wildlife Read more…
