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Three people stand behind a sign with a picture of a tern on it. The sign provides information on tern disturbance.

Orkney’s little tern volunteers are #NatureHeroes!

Species on the Edge volunteers in Orkney are NatureScot Nature Heroes!...

Read More 17 February 2025
Two people sit among grassy dunes looking through binoculars.

2024 round-up from Orkney

Our Orkney team have had a great year working with local communities and volunteers to take action f...

Read More 21 November 2024
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
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