NESBiP & NESCAN Spring Seminar – Guest Blog – Grace Green

NESBiP Spring Seminar this year, was in collaboration with NESCAN – “Supporting Local Biodiversity using the Climate Adaptation Route Map”. Read SRUC Student, Grace Green’s experience of the seminar.

Grace Green

SRUC Student - gjm-green@hotmail.co.uk

Invasive Species Week – Can you help us?

12th – 18th May is Invasive Species Week & aims to raise awareness on invasive plant & animal species. Read to learn how you can help NESBReC and the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative by reporting your sightings.

Swifts Are On Their Way – A Non-Stop Journey

Our guest blog this month has been written by Cally from the Huntly Swift Group – NES Swifts.

International Dark Sky Week 2025 – Light Pollution

During the week of 21st April, the World has been celebrating International Dark Sky Week. But did you know that Light Pollution is rapidly on the rise. Read to learn how you can help.

RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch Results & How to Help Garden Birds

RSPB have released the results from their biggest citizen science project – the Big Garden Birdwatch. Read to learn how North East Scottish garden birds are doing and how you can help them.

Help declining butterflies by making a few simple changes

More than half of the butterfly species in the UK are currently experience long-term declines. Newly released data shows that 2024 was one of the worst years on record for butterflies.

NESBiP Monthly Newsletter

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Banff & Buchan Schools Creating Wildlife Habitats for Pollinators – Guest Blog

Read to learn how the Aberdeenshire Council Rangers and Banff and Buchan schools are collaborating and creating wildlife habitat networks for pollinators.

Jodie Rhodes

Banff & Buchan Ranger for Aberdeenshire Council

Tomintoul Wildflower Meadow – Guest Blog

Read to learn how the Crown Estate Scotland team, a local farmer & the Tomintoul community turned an empty strip of land into a thriving wildflower meadow to help their local pollinators.

Mark Johnston

Glenlivet Estate Head Ranger, Crown Estate Scotland

Watch, Inspire, Protect – We are on YouTube!

Hutton Highlights is a James Hutton Institute podcast and back in May, NESBiP was invited to talk about pollinators and why they are wonderful.