Aberdeen Nectar Networks
Building on from the successful Aberdeen B-Lines project, Aberdeen Nectar Networks will further enhance and create habitat for pollinators across the city of Aberdeen. These stepping stones of habitat will be created both along and between our mapped B-Lines network, increasing landscape permeability for some of our most important insects whilst enhancing greenspaces for public wellbeing.
Quick Facts:
- Name of Project: Aberdeen Nectar Networks
- Duration of Project: April 2025 – March 2026
- Location of Project: Aberdeen
- Species benefiting from Project: Ground nesting solitary bees, such as the Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) and Gwynne’s Mining Bee (Andrena bicolor), as well as other generalist pollinating insects and invertebrates.
- Project funded by: The Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund, managed by NatureScot, Hugh Fraser Foundation, J & JR Wilson Trust, Nimar Charitable Trust and Milkywire.
- Project partners: Aberdeen City Council, Robert Gordon University and Cove Woodland Trust
What will the project do?
The project will work closely with 3 partners: Aberdeen City Council, Robert Gordon University and Cove Woodland Trust to enhance and restore habitat on their land.
The sites for the project include:
• Robert Gordon University Campus
• Cove Community Woodland
• Bon Accord Terrace Gardens
• Hazlehead Park
• Westburn Park
• Victoria Park
• Eric Hendry Park
• Raeden Park
• Culter By-Pass
• Parkway
• Danestone Country Park
• Deeside Way
Aberdeen Nectar Networks aims to create 8 hectares of habitat through a variety of methods, such as wildflower seed sowing and plug planting, nectar-rich bulb planting and the creation of bee banks for nesting mining bees.
Enhancements on these sites will also benefit Aberdeen city residents by improving greenspaces and providing nature-rich areas to enjoy.
Robert Gordon University Campus © Ruth Quigley The project also hopes to encourage biological recorders to submit records of invertebrates from the Aberdeen B-Lines and Aberdeen Nectar Networks sites to better enhance our understanding of the distribution of key invertebrate groups within the city, and the impact of the habitat work.
How can you get involved?
Volunteers are integral to the success of many of our B-Lines projects. If you would like to be involved in helping to deliver Aberdeen Nectar Networks via practical conservation work in the form of habitat creation, please reach out to the project Conservation Officer, Leanna Fernandez, at [email protected], who will keep you up to date with upcoming activities.
You can also contribute to our B-Lines network by adding your own project to our B-Lines map. Your contribution doesn’t have to be large – it can be anything from window boxes with some wildflowers, to a field-scale meadow!
Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)© Julia Moning (iNaturalist, CC BY 4.0) The “Aberdeen Nectar Networks” project is supported by the Scottish Government’s Nature Restoration Fund, managed by NatureScot, along with funding from the Hugh Fraser Foundation, J & JR Wilson Trust, Nimar Charitable Trust and Milkywire.