Organised by SNH and partners, the week offered something for every taste, including enjoying a guided badger walk on Corstorphine Hill in Edinburgh, mini-beast hunting at Vogrie Country Park in Midlothian, a bluebell walk in the BallathieWoods in Perthshire, learning about bats and swifts in Pitlochry, pond-dipping at Vane Farm at Loch Leven, seeing puffins near Dunbeath in Caithness, hearing the dawn chorus at Threave Gardens in Dumfries and Galloway, watching sea eagles on the Isle of Mull and going for a guided walk at the Allt Mhuic butterfly reserve near Fort William, to name just a few. Children at St Leonard’s Nursery in Edinburgh launched
the week when SNH board member, Professor Keith Nicholson, joined the pupils to explore the nursery’s spectacular wildlife garden. “Scottish BiodiversityWeek gives people all over Scotland a chance to get out in the countryside and enjoy some wonderful events,” commented Professor Nicholson. “We live in a special place. Everyone knows about the natural beauty in areas like the Highlands and Islands, but there’s a surprising amount of wildlife even in our city parks. So I hope people enjoyed getting out and enjoying some of these fun events.” But the occasion isn't quite over yet. Our nature photography competition is ongoing until 31 July. You can find out more about it from
www.snh.org.uk/ biodiversityweek. The theme is 'emotions' – we want to know how nature affects you. There are great prizes to be won, including a one-to-one tutorial with SNH’s own photographer, Lorne Gill, and a fantastic digital camera. The top 30 images will be used to develop an exhibition that will feature in the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. Send your best images to
bit@snh.gov.uk and don’t forget to tell us how the images you took affected you.
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Artist Fraser MacDonald and his assistant Neil planting herbs in a recycled planter at his ‘Garbology’ site at Perth and Kinross recycling centre.
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Professor Keith Nicholson helps a couple of pupils from St Leonard’s Nursery in Edinburgh explore the wildlife in their pond.
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Dennis McCullough shows how to handle a great tit that’s been caught at a bird ringing workshop at Westmuir Community Woodland, near Kirriemuir in Angus.
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Perth Youth Theatre Collective performing the environmental play The Tree at Larghan Park, Coupar Angus.
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