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A Garden Bumblebee feeding on Stachys lanata (Lamb's lugs) - a plant with white hair-covered leaves and pink flowers

Monitoring bumblebees in Orkney

Species on the Edge volunteer, Jean Ward, tells us about her experience of monitoring bumblebees in ...

Read More 21 November 2024
Great yellow bumblebee on a yellow flower

Bees on the Edge

Learn more about our work for our three target bee species....

Read More 22 October 2024
A model little tern in sand on a beach

Terning the Tide

Species on the Edge 'Terning the Tide' Project Manager, Robyn, tells us about the work being done ac...

Read More 27 September 2024
Orkney little tern volunteer Nicki lies down on a beach with a camera. She smiles towards the person taking the photo.

Summer in Orkney as a Little Tern Warden

By Nicki Gwynn-Jones, Species on the Edge Little Tern Warden volunteer Orkney Little Tern Warden, Ni...

Read More 23 September 2024
A filed with a pool of water in it. There is a digger beside the pool

Build the habitat and the waders will come! 

Early this year Species on the Edge Orkney's first land enhancement project started taking shape at ...

Read More 16 September 2024
A woman stands in front of a GP surgery in Orkney. She holds a Nature Presciprion Calendar. The calendar has a bright sunset over the Ring of Brodgar on the front.

NHS Orkney roll out ‘Nature Prescriptions’ following success in Shetland and Edinburgh

Nature Prescriptions rolled out in Orkney to increase patients’ physical and mental health through c...

Read More 20 June 2024
A woman stands in front of a GP surgery in Orkney. She holds a Nature Presciprion Calendar. The calendar has a bright sunset over the Ring of Brodgar on the front.

Prescribing nature connection in Orkney 

Species on the Edge works with NHS Orkney and RSPB Scotland to bring ‘Nature Prescriptions’ to Orkne...

Read More 20 June 2024
Sam at the Ring of Brodgar holding Species on the Edge information resources

It’s all happening in Orkney! Guided walks, species surveys, habitat creation, school visits and more!

Take a look back at year 1 of Species on the Edge in Orkney and find out what we have planned for 20...

Read More 11 April 2024
A person with brown hair and a fringe is knelt own on the grass, bent over, looking at a bee in the grass. Lying beside the person on the grass is a bumblebee information sheet. The person in smiling.

Nurturing conservation careers in Orkney

Species on the Edge volunteer and Youth Panellist, Esméemilja, shares her experience of volunteering...

Read More 1 April 2024
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