Aberdeen City Wide BioBlitz 2026

On 14th August, Aberdeen will come alive with wildlife exploration as communities, families, nature lovers and experts come together for the Aberdeen City Wide BioBlitz.

Discover Woodland Wildlife in Elgin – BioBlitz Event

Join NESBiP, Moray Council and NESBReC for the first Elgin Oakwood BioBlitz on Friday 10 July. Take part in expert led wildlife walks and help record woodland biodiversity.

Take part in Aberdeen Insect Week 2026

Celebrate Aberdeen Insect Week 2026 by attending one of the events being held across the city. Learn more about them, how to ID them & more!

NESBiP Wildflower & Scything Workshops 2026

Join NESBiP’s 2026 Wildflower & Scything Workshops. In collaboration with Curam Fyvie and Outdoor & Woodlands Learning Scotland, we will be delivering a series of hands-on workshops across North East Scotland.

Abbie Ferrar

NESBiP Coordinator

NESBiP Camera Trap Project

The NESBiP Camera Trap Project offers schools and community groups across Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Moray the chance to borrow a camera trap, discover local wildlife, and contribute biodiversity records to NESBReC.

City Nature Challenge 2026: Aberdeen

Join the Aberdeen City Nature Challenge from 24th to 27th April 2026 to help put North East Scotland’s biodiversity on the map.

Meadow-in-a-box: A Different Approach to Urban Greening

Meadow-in-a-Box was created to fill a gap in Aberdeen City Councils approach to managing the city’s green spaces. How could the City Council create beautiful, pollinator and people-friendly habitat that would also help combat the global climate emergency?

Simon Whitworth

Aberdeen City Council Countryside Officer

NESBiP Wildflower & Scything Workshops 2025

Join us this summer and autumn for a Wildflower & Scything workshop. Together with Curam Fyvie and Outdoor & Woodlands Learning Scotland, we will host several workshops around North East Scotland.

Abbie Ferrar

NESBiP Coordinator

Management of St Machar’s Cathedral Graveyard for Biodiversity

By changing the management of St Machar’s Cathedral graveyard, this community group hopes to increase and safeguard urban biodiversity.

Ian Talboys

St Machar’s Cathedral Volunteer & Former Aberdeen City Council Countryside Officer

Citizens leading a soil sample collection effort across Scotland

The James Hutton Institute is engaging 1200 citizens in an effort to increase soil literacy and map the state of soil across Scotland.

Karolina Trdlicova

Citizen Science Coordinator