North East Scotland Biodiversity Partnership - NESBiP

04/11/2026

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03/11/2026

🪵 Let’s talk log piles and “messy” spaces 🪵

What looks like a messy corner can provide a vital refuge for hibernating mammal, reptiles and amphibians, support insect eating birds and help fungi thrive. 🦔🐸🍄

Nature doesn’t need everything to be neat and tidy. 💚.

So next time you see a pile of logs or an untidy patch in a green space, don’t see an eyesore. See a thriving home for nature 🍃.

03/11/2026

An amazing team effort to restore biodiversity 💚. And you could join their next seed collection session to help!

02/11/2026

🌿 NESBiPs October Newsletter is Out 🌿

Read it on our website for the latest on biodiversity, conservation, and how we’re helping nature across North East Scotland.

📩 Sign up today to get the next issue straight to your inbox!
https://www.nesbiodiversity.org.uk/nesbip-monthly-newsletters/

02/11/2026

Do you manage land and currently support water conservation? Well, NatureScot are looking for your help!

Full details in their post below.

Share your knowledge to help declining waders.

Working For Waders and The Heather Trust have launched a short survey to find out more about how land managers are currently supporting wader conservation and managing predation on their land.

The aim is to better understand what is really producing results on the ground. This will feed into future research and help those who are working to tackle the decline of wading birds across Scotland.

Scotland holds internationally important populations of some breeding waders, like the Eurasian curlew, but almost all species are in serious decline.

Curlew numbers crashed by 62% between 1995 and 2024, while the decline in lapwings and oystercatchers is 63% and 41% respectively.

Predation on wader eggs and chicks is having a significant impact, alongside the intensification of agriculture and land-use change.

The survey can be accessed via the link in the comments and is open for responses until 16 November. 👇

01/11/2026

🦔💤 Please don't disturb hibernating hedgehogs 💤🦔

Over winter, hedgehogs can spend months tucked away in carefully built nests hidden in leaf piles, log piles, compost heaps, hedgerows and other sheltered spots.

If you're carrying out autumn tidy-ups, remember that what looks like an untidy corner could be an important refuge for wildlife. Before moving piles of leaves, logs or vegetation, check carefully for a sleeping hedgehog. Or just leave them until spring!

You can help our NESBiP Big 5 this winter by:

🍂 Leaving some leaves where they fall
🪵 Keeping log piles in place
🌿 Maintaining a wild corner of your garden
🔥 Checking bonfires thoroughly before lighting them

Sometimes the best thing we can do for nature is simply leave a little space for it. 💚

01/11/2026

Just in case any of our followers have been following the "stocking up on foods" news. I thought I'd share this Aberdeen Climate Action Climate Cafe event.

The best way we can help our food systems and local wildlife is by buying local where possible, and this cafe is a great way to learn how initiatives are already doing that.

Come to ACA's next Climate Café and learn about the importance of eating local! 🥕

We will be exploring why you need to consider where your food comes from and how eating local can reduce your carbon footprint whilst supporting the local economy.

Buy local, reduce your food miles, and support our agriculture and environment. 🚜

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GUEST SPEAKERS

• Dan Crossley - Food Ethics Council
The role of eating local for a more sustainable future.

• Coralie Henke - FoodLink NE
How FoodLink NE connects local agroecological producers with their community.

• Oliwer Szmytkowski - Locally Made North East
Introducing the soon-to-be-launched app, Locally Made, that connects North-East producers, market organisers, and the public.

Each speaker will give a 15 minute presentation, followed by a Q&A session.

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DATE, TIME & LOCATION

TUE, 3RD NOV | 7PM
NESCol, Loch St. Aberdeen | AB25 1BN
FREE | In Person & Online (Zoom)

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Sign up for free using the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/climate-cafe-eat-local-think-global-food-climate-and-you-tickets-2002949815817?aff=oddtdtcreator

31/10/2026

🎃 Scary NESBiP Big 5 Myths

Do swift nests leave a mess near buildings?
Will willow roots destroy your drains?
Are hedgehogs garden pests?

This Halloween, we’re busting some common myths about the NESBiP Big 5 and shining a light on real horror stories. Biodiversity loss.

👻 Head to our website to learn more about the NESBiP!

31/10/2026

Your sightings and reports are vital for organisations like Saving Scotland's Red Squirrels, so we need to support them as best we can.

Please submit your grey squirrel sightings to our website as soon as you can after seeing them. Our teams need to respond to grey squirrel sightings as quickly as possible, before the squirrel moves to a new area. With your help, we can protect red squirrels efficiently.

Submit your squirrel sightings here: https://scottishsquirrels.org.uk/squirrel-sightings/

📷 Keilidh Ewan

30/10/2026

🍂 As we come to the end of October, now is the perfect time to start thinking about how you can help nature this November.

One of the best things you can do? Plant a mixed native species hedge. 🌳

By combining species such as hawthorn, blackthorn, hazel, rowan, guelder rose, elder, cherry, dog rose, bramble, honeysuckle and willow, you can create a hedge that provides food, shelter and nesting habitat for wildlife throughout the year.

Autumn and winter are the ideal times to get planting, helping create connected habitats for birds, pollinators, hedgehogs and more. 🌿

💚 The more variety in your hedge, the more wildlife it can support.

Which three species would be at the top of your list for a wildlife-friendly hedge?