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Saturday 25th April, 10am-1pm, Belhaven Community Garden Meet the Bees -an introductory workshop for anyone interested to learn more about the life of a honey bee colony. Join us for a friendly morning gathering at Belhaven Community Garden. Meet the bees and learn how to “read” what’s happening in and around a hive. We’ll begin…
A hedgehog-themed evening was enjoyed with the 1st Dunbar Squirrels at the Beehive Garden recently with Jen, our Pledgehog Officer and Carey, our Outreach Officer. We visited the hedgehog shelter and looked at videos of hedgehogs taken by our local cameras, had a bug hunt for creepy crawlies (hedgehog food), made clay hedgehogs, sang songs…
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…
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…
Pupils, parents and staff at West Barns Primary School are working together, with support from Sustaining Dunbar’s Pledgehog Project, to achieve a ‘Hedgehog Friendly School Award’. This involves them protecting hedgehogs, enhancing their habitat and educating others on how they can help. The school aims to complete as many actions as possible from a hedgehog-friendly…
With our minds beginning to turn towards gardening after a long winter, it’s a good time to highlight the very real danger of strimming for hedgehogs. Hedgehogs often shelter in longer grass and don’t run away when they hear loud noises or are frightened, but instead their safety mechanism is to curl up into a…
Happy New Year and happy growing from the Outreach Team! We would like to start the year by looking back at some lovely moments from before Christmas and sharing what’s coming up next across our projects. Nursery Outreach & The Beehive Garden Our young volunteers from Dunbar Grammar have been an amazing support to everyone…
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…
It’s that time of year when I like to look back and think about how well the past year has gone. We realise that none of our Pledgehog Project could have happened without our supporters and funders to which we are extremely grateful! So today’s blog is to celebrate the continued support there is to…
I thought it might be a nice idea to spread the hedgehog love this Christmas and list some hedgehoggy ideas for Christmas gifts for friends and family. I have picked some of my favourites, but there are a wide variety of hedgehog themed gifts on The British Hedgehog Preservation Society website you can also look…