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Learning in local greenspace

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Greenspace Map for Outdoor Learning

Quickly identify greenspaces close to your establishment that may provide outdoor learning potential.
Beyond your boundary - easy steps to learning in local greenspace

Find, access, use and improve your local greenspace for learning and begin to develop a whole school approach.
Learning in local greenspace case studies

Gain inspiration and support from the experiences of others learning in their local greenspace.
Learning in Local Greenspace films

Find inspiration from some of our Learning in Local Greenspace Project partners.
The Learning in Local Greenspace project

This Scottish Biodiversity Strategy Routemap project brought benefits to pupils, teachers and the wider school community in 115 schools serving disadvantaged communities.

News and Blogs

Sea eagle or white tailed eagle in flight with a fish in talons

Forty new satellite tags will track how sea eagles interact with livestock in western Scotland.

Sandwich tern and chick

Reserve Officer Daryl shares his experience of 20 years looking after the tern colony at Forvie.

A group of coastal nesting gannets with white plumage, dark wingtips and distinctive yellowish-buff colour on their heads and necks. The birds are densely packed together on a dark, rocky ground.

We understand there are strong feelings about the guga hunt.

Sandwich Terns (Sterna sandvicensis) at Sands of Forvie NNR

An afternoon on the Forvie estuary learning about some of our birds.

A coastal landscape of the Isle of May captured from an elevated perspective looking down at the sea and cliffs. On the left dark-rugged asalt rock columns and cliffs meet the deep blue ocean with white surf crashing against the base. A small pebble beach or rocky shoreline is visible near the cliffs, blending into green moss or algae. The top half of the cliff face is covered in a vibrant green grassy plateau that extends in the distance. In the far background, a faint structure resembling a lighthouse.

The Isle of May is celebrating a huge milestone this month, marking 70 years as a National Nature Reserve (NNR).

Join in the biggest butterfly survey in the world and help take the pulse of nature.

Event 17 July to 9 August