Saturday 28th March, 7-9.30pm, Belhaven Church Hall, EH42 1NH Sustaining Dunbar invites members new and old to our latest ‘Potluck’, bring and share meal. 6.30pm for meal at 7pm. Presentation and question time about our Rivers Project and other local biodiversity initiatives at 8pm. Bring some food and drink to share (if you can -there is always…
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Wild River Walk Three
Brox/Spott Burn Lower Reaches, Sunday 29th March 2026, 10am-1pm An exploratory walk with Renatus DerbridgeThe third of three ‘Wild River Walks’ (every last Sunday of Jan, Feb and Mar) exploring the Spott Burn from the river’s point of view. We will stay as close as possible to the water and let the river be our…
Normally on the Second Wed of the month 12.30-14.00 Now at the new venue of Ramshackles Café, Bleachingfield Centre, Dunbar Next café, Wednesday 11th March, 2026 An open, inclusive, café space for people to get together to talk, share concerns and ideas and plan action in the context of the climate and nature emergencies. Everyone…
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Save Belhaven Community Garden
Call to Action! NHS Lothian have now received and officially acknowledged our application to take Belhaven Community Garden into community ownership so as to protect this asset for the benefit of everyone living in the Dunbar and East Linton ward in the long term. As part of the process, “anyone may make representations about this…
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Wild River Walk Two
Spott Burn Upper Reaches Sunday 22nd February 10am-1pm An exploratory walk with Renatus Derbridge The second of three ‘Wild River Walks’ (every last Sunday of Jan, Feb and Mar) exploring the Spott Burn from the river’s point of view. This month we will explore some of the upper reaches, starting up the Brock Burn and…
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Wild River Walks
Wild River Walk One -Brox Burn Lower Reaches Sunday 25th January 10am-1pm An exploratory walk with Renatus Derbridge NOTE: Because of the recent wet weather and flooding in the lower reaches, this Sunday’s walk will now explore the middle reaches near Spott village. Meet at Spott Village Hall at 10am The first of three ‘Wild…
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Wassailing at BCG
Saturday 10th January 2026, 2-4pm, Belhaven Community Garden Wassailing is an ancient winter tradition originating from the Anglo-Saxon toast “Waes Hael” (be well), involving singing, drinking spiced ale or cider, and making a noise in orchards on or around Twelfth Night to bless the apple trees for a good harvest in the coming year, to…
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Riverflies on the Biel -update
Riverfly monitoring is a UK wide citizen science project which, in Scotland, is coordinated and supported by Buglife. Riverflies are invertebrates that spend most of their life cycle in a river, stream, pond or lake. The three key groups are stoneflies, caddisflies and mayflies. Along with other freshwater invertebrates, they are at the heart of…
Background This project is a partnership between Sustaining Dunbar and Forth Rivers Trust and is being funded by a grant from the Neighbourhood Ecosystem Restoration fund which we are pleased to have been able to match with funding from the East Lammermuir Community Benefit Fund. It is a small project but with the ambitious aim…
Tree Planting in West Barns (16th November 2025) Wild about West Barns joined the East Lothian Countryside Rangers on Sunday 16th November to help plant a whopping 524 young trees in a new community woodland behind West Barns Bowling Club! The woodland planting started in Spring 2025 and has been extended this Autumn with the…