Green Hay Day: How to Make a Meadow Developing our meadows and enriching our greenspaces in St Andrews is the aim of the Meadows in the Making project – and …
Meadows in the Making
Funding has been awarded for an exciting landscape-scale project to create a network of meadow habitat in open spaces in and around St Andrews and Guardbridge for the benefit of …
Vacancy: Ecological Projects officer
Here is an exciting short term (25 hours per week) post at the University working with Transition and the Environment Team. Closing date 3rd May 2021 The post will lead …
The Hedgehog Friendly Campus Active Through March
March was a busy and exciting month for the St Andrews Hedgehog Friendly Campus team! We held our first litter picking event, with a team of students volunteering their time …
Updates from the Hedgehog Friendly Campus
A message from Hedgehog Friendly Campus: The University’s Hedgehog Friendly Campus initiative is well underway. Hedgehog Friendly Campus is a national initiative sponsored by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society to …
On The Tenth Days of Christmas…
On the tenth day of Christmas my true love shared with me 10 reasons to plant a tree 10 reasons why you should plant a tree this festive season: 1) Trees fight climate changeThey make and …
On the Fifth Day of Christmas…
On the fifth day of Christmas my true love showed to me 5 creature features hidden amongst the trees! Downtime over the festive period provides the perfect opportunity enjoy some time outdoors and look out for some of the winter …
Hedgehog Friendly Campus
Hedgehogs are one of Britain’s most iconic and popular mammals, but sadly they are experiencing significant population decline, with recent studies suggesting by up to 50% since the year 2000. …
Big Butterfly Count 2019
The big Butterfly count is on and the meadow area in Guardbridge Community Garden is proving a good spotting location. On Friday the 19th July, coinciding with the start of …
The importance of Biodiversity. Mankind (single species) versus nature (biomes, ecosystems, biodiversity, communities and populations of multiple species); is it a winner-takes-all contest or can we live in sustainable harmony?
Background The 1992 Earth Summit in Rio led to three Conventions a year later on Climate Change, Biological Diversity and Desertification Prevention (UN). Biodiversity can be defined as the variety …
May Flowers at Guardbridge
April showers bring forth May flowers, so the old adage goes. It didn’t feel like we had many April showers, but there was certainly occasionally frost and hail. Nonetheless, flowers …
EVENT: Grow Wild on Earth Day: Embrace Your Flower Power!
A warm welcome to everyone!:) As a means to celebrate Earth day, we are hosting an afternoon embracing our native Scottish wildlife, in association with Grow Wild. Grow Wild’s mission …