Bright Green Nature is a nature restoration charity based in the Scottish Borders.
We are thrilled to launch our new website with a special gift for you – a Mindful Minute from Deer Park. Please take a moment to pause, breathe, and immerse yourself in the peace of this beautiful place. Notice how it makes you feel and let nature’s calm inspire you.
Our aim is to empower and enable communities to protect nature in the places they love and to restore and protect rare and vulnerable habitats.
We work exclusively at small scale and grass roots level, working alongside communities to restore the places that they value.
We rely on the help of our valued volunteers and partners to achieve our ambitions.
Get in touch to learn how you can join us and help to make a difference.
We restore and protect the health and resilience of natural ecosystems, by:
Restoring, protecting and connecting habitats to conserve and improve abundance and resilience of native biodiversity
Restoring and protecting ecosystem function, health and resilience
Supporting and conducting research into ecosystem restoration practices; dissemination and interpretation of results to benefit nature and people
We connect and engage people with nature, by:
Improving the connectivity of people with Nature so that they are motivated to protect it
Making nature accessible to all; reaching new audiences through using nature to connect with people in innovative ways
Connecting people with their natural and cultural heritage to understand its importance in shaping how we understand nature and how we live with nature in the future
Empowering communities and individuals to learn new nature based skills and knowledge, to improve wellbeing and employability
Next week we’ll be welcoming 6–10 Galloway Belties to Deer Park, where they’ll join our brilliant team of Exmoor ponies already doing a fantastic job of conservation grazing.
Belties are hardy, gentle cattle with their unmistakable white “belt”. They’re brilliant at grazing rougher grasses and browsing scrub, helping to create a varied patchwork of grassland that benefits wildflowers, insects, birds and lots of other wildlife.
Deer Park is a special open-access site with calcareous grassland, and careful grazing helps keep it open, varied and full of life. The Belties will complement the Exmoors by tackling different plants and creating a slightly different grazing pattern.
Keep an eye on this page over the next few weeks as we introduce you to the new arrivals! 🌼🦋
Photo credit: Marc Wilkinson@Inchkeith Organics
A big thank you to everyone who popped in to our Selkirk Nature Network drop-in today!
It was wonderful to hear about your favourite green spaces around the town and the changes you'd like to see to help improve them for both people and nature. We particularly enjoyed hearing your ideas for improving connectivity between green spaces across Selkirk, helping wildlife move through the town and creating a more connected network of habitats for nature.
Your ideas and local knowledge are so valuable in helping us shape the future of Selkirk's green spaces.
Don't worry if you couldn't make it along today – we're back tomorrow!
Pop in to Selkirk Pop-Up Shop on Tower Road, Selkirk on Tuesday or Wednesday this week to find out more about Selkirk's Nature Network. Learn about the project, what we've achieved so far , what YOU would like to see happen and how you can get involved. #selkirksnaturenetworks
Today, a group of intrepid wildlife enthusiasts spent the morning exploring Selkirk Hill on our Winter Bird Walk, and what a lovely morning it was!
We were treated to beautiful scenery, gorgeous autumn weather and a whole host of birds. Highlights included a Water Rail calling from Pot Loch, Fieldfares, Redwings and Blackbirds feasting on the hawthorn berries, and a Heron skulking around the skating pond.
Although birds were the main focus, we inevitably found ourselves getting distracted along the way by fungi, lichens and, of course, the stunning views from the top of the hill!
It's easy to take these special places on our doorstep for granted, but mornings like this remind us just how lucky we are to have such wonderful spaces to explore and enjoy.
A big thank you to everyone who came along and shared the morning with us!
Fancy joining us next time? Whether you're a keen wildlife enthusiast or simply curious about the nature on your doorstep, we'd love to see you at one of our future walks and events. Keep an eye on our page for what's coming up!
