Selkirk Nature Network is a place-based climate engagement programme rooted in the landscapes around Selkirk, including Selkirk Deer Park, Selkirk Hill and a wider network of ponds, wetlands and connecting habitats. The project will use these connected sites as a living platform to help people understand how climate change is already affecting the Borders, and how restoring degraded habitats can strengthen resilience for both nature and community. The core idea is simple. Climate change can feel distant and abstract. But water levels in a pond, a dry hillside vulnerable to fire, or heavier rainfall running off compacted ground are tangible and local. By working directly with these landscapes, we will help people see how adaptation works in practice, and how biodiversity recovery is part of climate resilience.

We will run climate and water walks, practical workshops and youth-led mapping sessions that explore how rainfall patterns, soil health, flood risk and wildfire risk are changing in the Scottish Borders.