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 at our nature pagoda to find out more. We will be there on the 31st 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…
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…
This trip visits a wonderful location 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 on a 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…
Visit our Community Garden at St. Mary's Field, Kirriemuir, to take part in various nature activities, and to learn about the work staff and volunteers carry out in this beautiful haven for people and wildlife.
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…
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…
Help tackle invasive non-native species at Forfar Loch. Join the fight to help restore native flora around the loch by hand-pulling Himalayan Balsam. This physical activity involves bending and stooping. Please dress appropriately for the weather wearing sturdy footwear that Read more…
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…
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 & 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…
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…
Join us for a gentle walk around Kirriemuir town centre to spot and chat all things swifts. In past years we have seen 23 at once! We will be joined by some of our swift enthusiasts from our Action for 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…
This is a great opportunity to discover fascinating facts about these amazing birds and how we can all help them. Location yet to be confirmed - either contact Daniele on perthshirewildlife@gmail.com or check the Perthshire Wildlife and Tayside Swifts Facebook 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. Location yet to be confirmed - either contact Daniele on perthshirewildlife@gmail.com or check the Perthshire Wildlife and Tayside Swifts Facebook Read more…
