Traditional scything and meadow management workshop poster

Traditional Meadow and Scything Workshop by TVC

Join us for the annual scythe of the Devon Meadow to maintain this fantastic perennial wildflower meadow that supports a…

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Dense wildflower meadow containing red poppies, yellow and orange daisies, purple and blue flowers, and tall green grasses growing together in a colourful mix.

Biodiversity Month – Central Scotland Wildlife group – Plant ID pop-up

Join Central Scotland Wildlife Group for an informal plant ID session at Easter Inch Moss and Seafield Law LNR Informal…

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Buff Tailed Bumblebee Queen on Flowering Currant

Biodiversity Month: Hedgerow Survey

Discover West Lothian’s local hedgerows with the Ecology & Biodiversity Team and take part in the PTES Great British Hedgerow Survey –…

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Jacobea vulgaris

Biodiversity Month: Weed or Wildflower? – Kerbside Plant ID Session

Join the West Lothian Ranger Service’s Ecology & Biodiversity Team for a fun and interactive session exploring the wild plants…

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Hard Shield-fern (Polystichum aculeatum). Photo by Ken Dawson

Edinburgh Natural History Society Outing – Bawsinch

The focus will be on birds, fungi, wildflowers, trees, insects, butterflies and anything else of natural history interest….

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Fungi

Edinburgh Natural History Society Outing – Polkemmet

The focus will be on birds, fungi, wildflowers, trees, insects, butterflies and anything else of natural history interest….

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Recorders walking through the heather

Edinburgh Natural History Society Outing – Pates Hill Windfarm

A day out with Sue Jury and the Lothian Botany Group. A good site to see moorland species without going…

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Photo by MIke Beard

Dalnacardoch Estate Recording Weekend

Join BSBI for their Dalnacardoch Estate Recording Weekend on 7th – 9th August! Check out more events here!…

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Pyrola minor by Rob Wallace va iRecord CC0

Notable Sightings: Recent Plant Records from VC83

Recent plant recording across VC83 Midlothian has highlighted a range of interesting and locally significant plant finds, reflecting the value…

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Jacobea vulgaris

BSS Lecture – The Oxford Ragwort and the Bristol Whitebeam: tales of hybrid speciation

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