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Who are the Bumblebee Conservation Trust?
- Small independent charity
- Raise awareness, apply research, inform land management practices
West Country Buzz: North Devon bumblebees and their conservation - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
West Country Buzz: North Devon bumblebees and their conservation - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
West Country Buzz: North Devon bumblebees and their conservation Saving the sound of summer Daisy Headley www.bumblebeeconservation.org Who are the Bumblebee Conservation Trust? Small independent charity Raise awareness, apply research,
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Why are so many pollinators declining?
- Loss of forage and nesting space
- Agricultural intensification
- Habitat fragmentation
- Pesticides
- Diseases
- Urbanisation
- Climate change
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What do bees need?
1.Food
Continuous forage March to October
- 2. A home
Nesting, shelter & hibernation
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West Country Buzz
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West Country Buzz: surveys
- Bumblebees are under-recorded in Devon
- Focus on priority species – Brown-banded & Moss carder bees
Common carder bee
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Distribution of priority bumblebees
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West Country Buzz: surveys
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West Country Buzz: survey findings
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West Country Buzz: survey findings
- Hot & dry
- Little late season
forage
- Habitat
fragmentation
- Intensive farming
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What habitat?
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West Country Buzz: Nature Recovery Network
- Radiate out from
known areas
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West Country Buzz: working with landowners
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West Country Buzz: working with landowners
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West Country Buzz: working with landowners
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West Country Buzz: working with landowners
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West Country Buzz: working with landowners
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West Country Buzz: joining up habitat
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West Country Buzz: joining up habitat
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West Country Buzz: joining up habitat
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How can AES increase pollinator habitats?
- Rotational late cuts
- Encourage rotational
grazing
- Bigger financial
incentives for grassland farms
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West Country Buzz: raising awareness
- Farm days & training days
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West Country Buzz: raising awareness
- Talks
- Workshops
- Bioblitzes
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West Country Buzz: get involved!
- Id workshops & survey days
- Twitter @BuzzingDevon
- Volunteer
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Gardening for bumblebees
- Small spaces - create a bee café or
“drive-thru”!
- Wildflower mixes, herbs, fruit,
vegetables
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What can you do to help? Recording
https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/
Record your sightings Take a photo
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What can you do to help? Recording
- Monitor bumblebees with BeeWalk:
- National scheme to collect abundance data
- Helps detect population declines over time
- Volunteers walk 1-2km route once a month
between March and October recording all bumblebee species & how many
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Thanks
Dr A & Mrs G P Darlington Charitable Trust