On 27th June Dr Richard Comont from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust led an afternoon of bumblebee identification and survey training, in the beautiful grounds of Croft Castle. Time was spent netting and potting bumble bees on the fields that were restored with the help of Herefordshire Meadows in 2019, and in the walled garden where conditions were more favourable on… Read more →
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Herefordshire Meadows July Newsletter
After a slow start everything is now looking very lush and the meadow flowers are blooming. June was the month to begin doing plant and bumblebee surveys and we hosted a number of in person trainings to assist people with this. All of the frenetic meadow activity culminated in two very successful events hosted in Titley and on the Bromyard… Read more →
Bumblebee ID training session at Trehumfrey Farm
On the 17th of June we held a bumblebee identification event, this time in the field. Andrew Nixon, of Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, began by teaching us about the fascinating life cycle of bumblebees. The first bees you are likely to see are the Queen bees, emerging from hibernation and searching for a place to start a new nest. By June,… Read more →
How to set up a simplified BEEWALK training session
On 2nd June Sue Holland led a zoom training session explaining how to carry out our simplified BEEWALK survey method including; how to choose the route, set it up on BEEWALK and how to carry out the surveys on a chosen site. All of the resources mentioned in the talk can be found on our surveying and monitoring page under… Read more →