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  • Tuesday 22nd July 2025

    Bee Bank & Meadow Restoration at Heritage of Braid

    With Biodiversity Action Team

    About 39.8 miles away from your postcode

    At Hermitage Of Braid

    Activity description

    Volunteer with TCV: Bee Bank & Meadow Restoration at Heritage of Braid 🐝 Who We Are We’re The Conservation Volunteers (TCV)—a UK-wide charity that connects people with green spaces to create healthier, happier communities. In Edinburgh, we run the Edinburgh Biodiversity Action Team (EBAT), a local volunteer group taking practical action to protect and enhance nature across the city. From planting wildflowers to restoring habitats, we’re working together to make Edinburgh greener, wilder, and more resilient. 🌼 What We’re Doing – and Why It Matters At the Heritage of Braid Wildflower Meadow, we’re creating a new bee bank—a specially designed habitat that provides nesting space for solitary bees, which are vital pollinators but often overlooked. Alongside this, we’ll be managing surrounding grassland and scrub to improve floral diversity and sowing a mix of native wildflowers that support both bees and butterflies. Pollinators are in serious decline across the UK: 🐝 Over 250 species of bee live in the UK, but many are under threat due to habitat loss. 🦋 Two-thirds of Scotland’s butterfly species have declined in recent decades. 🌼 97% of wildflower-rich grasslands have been lost since the 1930s. This project directly supports the Edinburgh Nature Network (ENN) by enhancing a key habitat corridor in the south of the city, improving ecological connectivity between the Braid Hills, Blackford Hill, and the Hermitage of Braid. It also aligns with the Urban Biodiversity Strategy by creating climate-resilient green infrastructure, increasing pollinator habitat, and engaging local communities in nature recovery. 🛠️ How Volunteers Help Volunteers will take part in a range of practical conservation tasks, including: ✅ Building and shaping a bee bank using soil and sand ✅ Managing grassland and scrub to reduce dominance and improve diversity ✅ Sowing native wildflower species that support pollinators ✅ Monitoring the site for bee and butterfly activity ✅ Helping maintain access and keeping the site clean and welcoming No experience is needed—just enthusiasm and a willingness to get involved. All tools, training, and guidance are provided. 🌍 What You’ll Get in Return 🌿 Learn practical conservation and habitat creation skills 🐝 Help protect pollinators and restore biodiversity 🌤️ Enjoy time outdoors in a beautiful natural setting 🤝 Meet like-minded people and be part of a friendly team 📊 Contribute to real ecological monitoring and citizen science 🙌 Make a meaningful difference for nature in your city

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  • Wednesday 23rd July 2025

    Glasgow Biodiversity Action Team

    With Biodiversity Action Team Glasgow

    About 1.1 miles away from your postcode

    At Glasgow wide

    Activity description

    Join The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) to enhance the biodiversity of Glasgow’s many fantastic parks and greenspaces. Help care for the local woodlands and wildlife areas, plant trees and hedges, create wildflower meadows, clear invasive plant species, and much more! Conservation volunteering is a great opportunity to make a difference for nature and to combat climate change. TCV projects run daily from Tuesday – Saturday, approximately 10am – 2pm, with city centre pick-ups and drop-offs. There’s no minimum commitment – just join in when you can. Let’s make Glasgow greener together! We work in various sites across Glasgow. Details of upcoming sessions are emailed out each Friday. Get in touch if you would like to be added to our mailing list.

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  • Wednesday 23rd July 2025

    Citizen Science Volunteer Group

    With Citizen Science Volunteers

    About 1.1 miles away from your postcode

    At Glasgow wide

    Activity description

    This group meets every Wednesday (and the occasional Thursday) to carry out biological surveying and recording across Glasgow and further afield. This will give you experience in carrying out biological surveys, allow you to take part in Citizen Science projects, and gain native species identification skills. PICK UP FROM KILLERMONT STREET MUST BE ARRANGED IN ADVANCE

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  • Wednesday 23rd July 2025

    Forth Valley Biodiversity Action Team

    With Forth Valley BAT

    About 24.5 miles away from your postcode

    At Carsebridge Cultural Campus

    Activity description

    The Forth Valley Biodiversity Action Team undertake various practical conservation tasks and improve green spaces across Falkirk and Stirling. Activities include woodland management, pond clearance, maintaining paths and sowing wildflower seeds. We are dedicated to enhancing biodiversity through a range of activities from woodland management, creating habitats, eradicating invasive species, sowing wildflower seeds and community garden work. Volunteering is a great way to gain new skills and an opportunity to meet new people from a range of backgrounds. Come and join us to help care for the environment, meet new people and spend some time in the great outdoors!

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  • Wednesday 23rd July 2025

    EPIC Green Gym

    With EPIC Volunteers

    About 26.3 miles away from your postcode

    At Ochils Woodland Park

    Activity description

    EPIC are running a Green Gym in Clackmannanshire! Do you want to: get fit, make new friends and learn skills all while improving the local environment then please come out to our green gym. We will be running a number of different practical conservation activities such as woodland management, path building and much more.

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  • Thursday 24th July 2025

    Glasgow Biodiversity Action Team

    With Biodiversity Action Team Glasgow

    About 1.1 miles away from your postcode

    At Glasgow wide

    Activity description

    Join The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) to enhance the biodiversity of Glasgow’s many fantastic parks and greenspaces. Help care for the local woodlands and wildlife areas, plant trees and hedges, create wildflower meadows, clear invasive plant species, and much more! Conservation volunteering is a great opportunity to make a difference for nature and to combat climate change. TCV projects run daily from Tuesday – Saturday, approximately 10am – 2pm, with city centre pick-ups and drop-offs. There’s no minimum commitment – just join in when you can. Let’s make Glasgow greener together! We work in various sites across Glasgow. Details of upcoming sessions are emailed out each Friday. Get in touch if you would like to be added to our mailing list.

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  • Thursday 24th July 2025

    EPIC Volunteers

    With EPIC Volunteers

    About 24.1 miles away from your postcode

    At Menstrie Glen

    Activity description

    EPIC Volunteers take on practical conservation activities across Clackmannanshire. We help look after our path network, make our greenspaces better for wildlife through biodiversity improvements and support community groups in the Wee County.

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  • Thursday 24th July 2025

    Livingston Wild Ways Well

    With Howden Walled Garden volunteers

    About 27.5 miles away from your postcode

    At Howden Walled Garden

    Activity description

    Wild Ways Well is designed to help everyone to experience the wellbeing benefits of spending time in nature. Every Thursday afternoon we meet at Howden Walled Garden to help make this place better for people and wildlife. We take part in a variety of different activities such as conservation gardening, wildlife surveying, natural art, seed and tree planting, health walks and more. Everything is done at a relaxed, easy, pace and we work hard to be welcoming to everyone.

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  • Friday 25th July 2025

    Glasgow Biodiversity Action Team

    With Biodiversity Action Team Glasgow

    About 1.1 miles away from your postcode

    At Glasgow wide

    Activity description

    Join The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) to enhance the biodiversity of Glasgow’s many fantastic parks and greenspaces. Help care for the local woodlands and wildlife areas, plant trees and hedges, create wildflower meadows, clear invasive plant species, and much more! Conservation volunteering is a great opportunity to make a difference for nature and to combat climate change. TCV projects run daily from Tuesday – Saturday, approximately 10am – 2pm, with city centre pick-ups and drop-offs. There’s no minimum commitment – just join in when you can. Let’s make Glasgow greener together! We work in various sites across Glasgow. Details of upcoming sessions are emailed out each Friday. Get in touch if you would like to be added to our mailing list.

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  • Friday 25th July 2025

    Seven Lochs Volunteers

    With Seven Lochs Volunteers

    About 1.9 miles away from your postcode

    At Seven Lochs Wetland Park

    Activity description

    Working on a range of conservation and community projects across the Seven Lochs Wetland Park. Everything from working on a community growing space to path maintenance to biodiversity enhancement at one of Glasgow's oldest buildings!

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