Saving the small things that run the planetBuilding 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:
The project will work closely with 4 partners: Aberdeen City Council, Robert Gordon University, NHS Grampian 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
• Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Biodiversity Garden
• 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.
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.
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, Ruth Quigley, 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!
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.
