Our favourite way to learn about and explore nature is to get outside, together! Please read through the table below to see what we’re up to and to register for events. All our field trips and meetings are free and open to the public. Workshops and certain special events may have a fee.
Any events that are titled To Be Announced (TBA) are subject to change. Click on the event Title for a full description. A few days prior to any virtual event, we will post the zoom registration link under Location. Recordings of past virtual events will be linked under location, once it is available.
| Month | Day | Event Type | Time | Title & Details | Location | Presenter |
| January | 12 | Board Meeting | 6:30 PM | Monthly Board Meeting | Zoom | Board |
| 16 | Field Trip | 10:00 AM | Winter on Snowshoes (Rain/no snow date: January 23) Read the field trip report here! | TBA | Soren Bondrup-Nielsen | |
| 17 | Monthly Meeting | 7:30 PM | Biodiversity & the Ecological Role of Parasites | Zoom | Dave Shutler | |
| February | 2 | Webinar | 7:30 PM | Reaching 20% protected areas in Kings County Watch the recording here. | Zoom | Alain Belliveau |
| 10 | Workshop | 5:30 PM | Settler Education Workshop Open to all: register here. | Kentville Rec Centre or Zoom TBD | Dr. Carolyn Campbell Horizons Community Development Associates | |
| 16 | Board Meeting | 6:30 PM | Monthly Board Meeting | Zoom | Board | |
| 21 | Monthly Meeting | 7:30 PM | Bending the Curve of Biodiversity Loss: the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework | Watch the presentation here | Mike Gill, Director, Biodiversity Indicators Program, NatureServe | |
| 27 | Field Trip Rescheduled from Feb 13 and 20 due to weather | 10 AM to 12 noon | Winter on Snowshoes Register here. | Wolfville Watershed Nature Preserve (Forest Hill) | Soren Bondrup-Nielsen | |
| March | 10 | Webinar | 7:30 PM | Chimney Swifts in Atlantic Canada: Life History, Conservation, and Trends | Watch presentation here | Rielle Hoeg, Aerial Insectivore Program Technician, Birds Canada |
| 16 | Board Meeting | 6:30 PM | Monthly Board Meeting | Zoom | Board | |
| 21 | Board Workshop | 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Workshop | Zoom | Board, Crystal Taylor (Ebony Consulting) | |
| 21 | Monthly Meeting | 7:30 PM | Lichens in Nova Scotia: Diversity, Conservation, and Research | Watch presentation here | Dr. Sean Haughian, Curator of Botany, Nova Scotia Museum | |
| April | 13 | Board Meeting | 6:30 PM | |||
| 20 NB this is a Wednesday | Monthly Meeting | 7:30 PM | Biodiversity in the Jijuktu’kwjek Watershed | Click here to watch presentation | Keeler Colton and Jonas Gow, summer students with the Jijuktu’kwejk Watershed Alliance | |
| April May | 29 2 | City Nature Challenge | 4 days | Global City Nature Challenge | use iNaturalist | |
| May | 8 | Highway Clean Up | 9:00 am | Highway Clean Up Hwy 1 from west end Wolfville to Greenwich | ||
| 11 | Board Meeting | 6:30 PM | ||||
| 16 | Monthly Meeting | 7:30 PM | Tales from the Cryptic: hidden treasures and lesser-known stories from the Miner’s Marsh hotspot | Online on Zoom Watch the recording here | James Churchill | |
| 21 | Course | All day 10 – 4 | POSTPONED Beginner Birdwatching Details here. | Ross Creek Centre for the Arts | Soren Bondrup-Nielsen | |
| 22 | Field Trip | 10 – noon | Spring Walk at Blomidon Provincial Park Sign up here! | Meet at Blomidon Provincial Park parking (see sign-up for carpool coordination) | Soren Bondrup-Nielsen | |
| 25 | Meeting | 7 pm | New BNS Publication: meeting to discuss the new publication, including name and content. Seeking input from members. Open to all, link here. | Online on Zoom | Alan Warner, editor | |
| 28 | Course | All day 10 – 4 | Birding by Ear Register here. RESCHEDULED JUNE 11 | Ross Creek Centre for the Arts | James Churchill | |
| 29 | Event | 7:30 – 9:30 pm | Swift Night Out! Chimney Swift Count & Event Event details here. | Robie Tufts Nature Centre, Front St, Wolfville | BNS & Birds Canada, in partnership with the Maritime Swiftwatch Program | |
| June | 5 | Course | All day 10-4 | Nova Scotian Wildflowers Register here. | Ross Creek Centre for the Arts | Alain Belliveau |
| 11 | Course | All day | Birding by Ear Course Details & registration | Ross Creek Centre for the Arts | James Churchill | |
| 12 | Event | 2:00 pm | Monarchs & Pollinators at the Library – Monarch Talk, Plant Giveaway, and Pollinator Pathway Event | Wolfville Memorial Library | Larry Bogan, John Lelievre, Caroline Beddoe & The Wolfville Library | |
| 15 | Board Meeting | 6:30 PM | ||||
| 20 | Monthly Meeting | 7:30 PM | Coastal eelgrass beds – hotspots for biodiversity and conservation | Zoom Watch the recording here | Dr. Ryan Stanley | |
| 25 | Field Trip | 3:00 pm | Black Rock Beach and Falls (meet at corner of Bigelow Cove Rd and Black Hole road https://goo.gl/maps/fyNjWKr8Nk4cbz7Q8) | Sign up here https://forms.gle/t1zRaaSMeAJmkDjK8 | Guy Stevens | |
| July | 31 | Field Trip | 10:00 am | Kingsport Beach intertidal zone exploration *Note: rescheduled from July 24 due to heat wave* | Leave from Kingsport beach/wharf Sign up here | Caroline |
| August | 7 | Open House | 10:00 am – noon | Monarch Open House See examples of various stages of the Monarch’s development. Walk the field and discover caterpillars and adults in the Common milkweed. Alison and Larry will show and explain what we do from June to October to support the Monarchs. | 6539 Brooklyn Street, Brooklyn Corner | Larry & Alison Bogan |
| September | 14 | Board Meeting | 6:30 PM | |||
| 17 | Course | 10:00 am to 4:00 pm | Fun with Fungi! Full day mushroom Course Register here! | Ross Creek Centre for the Arts | Drs. Allison Walker & Keith Egger | |
| 19 | Monthly Meeting | 7:30 PM | “The Sun is not an average star; the Earth is not an average planet” | In-person at the Wolfville Curling Club & online on Zoom (register here). | Pat Kelly | |
| 21 | Event | 6:30 pm | Gathering to remember Jim Wolford & send love to Pat Hawes | Robie Tufts Nature Centre, Wolfville | Friends of Jim and Pat | |
| 28 | Webinar | 7:00 pm | Bank Swallows: Life History, Habitat & Conservation | Online on Zoom here. | Birds Canada | |
| October | TBD | Course | All day 10-4 | Lichens of Nova Scotia – Full-Day Course | Ross Creek Centre for the Arts | Alain Belliveau |
| 12 | Board Meeting | 6:30 PM | Zoom | Board | ||
| 16 | Field Trip | 2:00 PM | Fall Colours Field Trip | Gaspereau River Trail, Deep Hollow Rd Sign up | Caroline | |
| 17 | Monthly Meeting | 7:30 PM | The Amazing Geological History of Nova Scotia! | In-person (TBA, Wolfville) & online on Zoom register here | Dr. Sandra Barr | |
| 23 | Field Trip | 10 AM | Life of a Beaver! Field trip and woods walk. Sign up here. | Meet at the Black River Community Hall. Walk through the Lorax Woodlands | Carolyn Green | |
| November | 5 | Field Trip | 2:00 PM | Preparing for Winter: explore how plants and animals prepare for winter – sign up here | Millennium Trail, Wolfville | Soren Bondrup-Nielsen |
| 13 | Highway Clean-Up | 9:00 AM | Bi-Annual Highway Clean-Up Bags and vest provided. Meet at Elderkins. Sign up here | Highway 1 from west edge of Wolfville to Deep Hollow Rd | ||
| 16 | Board Meeting | 6:30 PM | ||||
| 19 | Course | 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM | Lichens of Nova Scotia Course! Register here. | Ross Creek Centre for the Arts | Alain Belliveau | |
| 21 | Monthly Meeting | 7:00 pm social 7:30 PM meeting | Annual General Meeting & talk by Soren on teaching biology while sailing on a tallship | Wolfville Curling Club (22 Elm Ave) and Zoom (register here) | BNS Board & Soren Bondrup-Nielsen | |
| 23 | Webinar | 7:00 PM | Double-Header Webinar with the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute: Nova Scotia Herpetofauna Atlas Presentation & Monarch Monitoring | Online on Zoom Register here! | Carter Feltham, MTRI | |
| 28 | Event | 7:00 PM | Climate Circles | Wolfville Curling Club | Sarah Lavallée & Caroline Beddoe | |
| December | 6 | Event | 7:00 PM | Climate Circles | Online on Zoom Register here. | Sarah Lavallée, Caroline Beddoe, Emily LeGrand |
| 7 | Board Meeting | 6:30 PM | Online on Zoom | |||
| 11 | Event | 2:00 PM | Climate Circles | VCLA Community Hub (118 Oakdene Ave, Kentville) | ||
| 12 | Monthly Meeting | 7:30 PM | Joggins Fossil Cliffs: A 300-Million-Year-Old Story | Online on Zoom Register here. | Dr. Jade Atkins |