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Mapping the way forward for Scotland’s pollinators
Our blog today looks at one of the many projects NatureScot is working on to improve the future for our vital pollinating insects. Cameron, one of this year’s NatureScot graduate placements who is mapping Scotland’s pollinator-friendly habitats, tells us more … Continue reading
Posted in bees, biodiversity, Insects, Uncategorized
Tagged biodiversity, flowers, graduate placement, Habitat Map of Scotland, Habitats, insects, mapping, nature, NatureScot, pollinators, Scotland
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Marvellous Mining Bees
The discovery of mining bees in Simon Ritchie‘s parents’ garden inspired him to read-up on these scarce burrowing insects. There are more than 1,300 species of mining bee around the world. However, only a fraction of these species are known … Continue reading
Posted in bees, gardens, Insects, National Nature Reserves, St Cyrus National Nature Reserve, Uncategorized
Tagged bees, buffish minining bee, gardens, insects, mining bees, nature, nature reserves, NatureScot, NNR, pollinators, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, St Cyrus National Nature Reserve
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Garden sanctuary
Suzanne McIntyre is missing the nature reserves she manages in the south of Scotland. But she’s discovered there’s a lot more life in her own back yard than she had realised, and that tuning in to nature in your garden can … Continue reading
Posted in bees, biodiversity, Birds, gardens, green health, Uncategorized
Tagged birds, garden life, garden sanctuary, gardens, lockdown, meditation, nature, NatureScot, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
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Bringing butterflies and bees back to Skolie Burn SSSI
Since starting a Community Woodland group, Ian Records’ life has changed completely – dropping leaflets, knocking on doors, writing up woodland management plans and doing flower surveys. Here, he tells how a protected area can galvanise a local community to take action to improve their local area for people and wildlife. Continue reading
Posted in Access, bees, biodiversity, citizen science, Community engagement, conservation, Ecology, Flowers, Insects, Land management, meadow, Orchids, plants, Projects, Scotland's Protected Places, SNH, SSSI, Uncategorized, Volunteering, wild flowers
Tagged bees, butterflies, citizen science, Community Groups, Edinburgh, grassland, meadows, nature, Orchids, pollinators, regeneration, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Site of special scientific interest, Skolie Burn, SNH, SSSI, UK, wild flowers, woodland regeneration
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A club where birdies are par for the course
In our guest blog today Billy McLachlin, course manager at Royal Troon Golf Club, tells us how they are working for wildlife on one of the world’s finest links courses. Royal Troon Golf Club is a site of international renown … Continue reading
Posted in bees, biodiversity, Birds, citizen science, coastal, Community engagement, conservation, Flowers, plants, SSSI, Uncategorized, wildlife management
Tagged golf, nature, ringlet, Royal Troon Golf Club, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, stonechat, Troon, Wildlife
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Snails and grasshoppers on the menu at EU wild LIFE conference
Spiders, bees, grasshoppers, snails and other creepy-crawlies are top of the bill at an International nature conference taking place in Scotland this week. Wildlife specialists and project managers from across the European Union (EU) are meeting in Stirling for a … Continue reading
Posted in bees, biodiversity, climate change, conference, Ecology, Flanders Moss NNR, Insects, Land management, peatland restoration, plants, Projects, Uncategorized
Tagged bugs, connectivity, ecological coherence, EU, Flanders Moss NNR, insects, invertebrates, LIFE, nature, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
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Creating a buzz at Flower & Food Festival
Dundee’s annual Flower and Food Festival is a big event in the calendar for our Tayside and Grampian team. This year was extra special, being the show’s 30th anniversary. Held in Camperdown Park, the festival provides something for everyone, from … Continue reading
Posted in bees, biodiversity, climate change, foraging, Uncategorized, Volunteering, wild flowers, woodlands
Tagged bees, Dundee, flowers, food, natural larder, nature, pollinators, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
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Pollinating Edinburgh’s Living Landscape
There has been lots happening to benefit pollinators across Edinburgh, especially since the launch of the Edinburgh Living Landscape, as Hebe Carus of the Scottish Wildlife Trust revealed in a recent catch up with Jim Jeffrey, SNH Pollinator Strategy Manager. Edinburgh’s Living … Continue reading
Posted in bees, Birds, conservation, Flowers, meadow, Projects, urban nature, wild flowers
Tagged bees, butterflies, greenspaces, pollinators, RBG Edinburgh, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH
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Bird’s foot trefoil
The familiar and unpretentious bird’s-foot-trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) seems to be spread all over the Scottish landscape; it is found on grasslands, meadows, rock ledges, sand dunes, derelict sites and roadside verges. This perennial herb, member of the legume family (Fabaceae, … Continue reading
From Beinn Eighe to bees
It was in the reign of Queen Victoria that the first foreign honeybees were imported into the UK and our weather-hardy, chocolate-coloured brown bee began to fall out of fashion. Before this, all beekeepers in Britain kept the British Isles’ … Continue reading
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