Sharing ecology info & conservation news about one of our most declined & vulnerable bumblebees. Updates from SCB Conservation Strategy 2020-30 #ShrillCarderBee
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We are looking for a Conservation Projects Manager (Species Recovery) Maternity Cover ๐
๐ Part-time (24 hours per week)
๐ Home based in Southern/South West England with frequent travel to Somerset & potentially South Wales
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Great new community interpretation board introducing the wonderful wildlife of Kingsdon in Somerset, including the Shrill Carder, funded by Bumblebee Conservation Trust @BumblebeeTrust
Great day out @RSPBNewport wetlands with the @BumblebeeTrust Somerset Volunteer group, practising our Shrill carder and Brown-banded carder bee identification.
To celebrate #worldbeeday we've been out with local residents of Drayton, within the Save Our Shrills Somerset project area, looking for bees! Found some lovely species including a very compliant Tree bumblebee
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Somerset is one of the last remaining 5 locations in England and Wales still supporting the rare Shrill carder bumblebee - protect the habitats this species and other pollinators need by helping to shape the LNRS
We are working on a Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for Somerset. This will provide a single vision for nature recovery and set out local priorities and opportunities for nature. Want to get involved? Visit https://t.co/5if5SpMRqs #SomersetLNRS#NatureRecovery@SomersetLNP
๐ข NEW vacancy!
The Trust is looking for a new Save our Shrills (SOS): Somerset Project Trainee ๐
Jasmine, last yearโs project trainee, shares her experience of working at the Trust and what it is like to be a part of the project.
Full details ๐ https://t.co/0EQCLfBo2F
Thank you to all our volunteers who helped us move and replant Comfrey at @nationaltrust Lytes Cary Manor on Saturday! Once established, the comfrey will provide important forage for #ShrillCarderBees ๐
We had a lovely day exploring Thamesmead for rare bumblebees yesterday as part of the Thamesmead Pollinator Corridor project. @BumblebeeTrust staff and local volunteers spread out and recorded shrill carder workers & a male and brown banded workers & males.
Huge thanks to @mod_dio for hosting Trust staff on Salisbury Plain Training Area (#SPTA) to carry out a survey of #bee species, with support from their Environmental Engagement team, DIO ecologists, and the SPTA Conservation Group ๐@BuzzingShrill#Survey#SalisburyPlain
Shrill Carder Bees are back in great numbers in Trowbridge Meadow ๐ With Common, Moss and Brown Banded Carder #bees around too plus plenty of butterflies, beetles and flowers. The shrills are loving the red bartsia #WildCardiffHour@IoloWilliams2@BuzzingWales@BuzzingShrill
First day of August and the @mod_dio Castlemartin Range is open for the month! We found plenty of Shrill carders out and about enjoying the sunshine!
Populations are in a little trouble in Pembrokeshire now, so it was reassuring to see so many today.
@PembsCoast
Thank you to everyone who came to the #SaveOurShrills ID Training event at @HealRewilding
No Shrills of course, but we found many of our common #bumblebee species, including lots of Red-tailed bumblebees ๐ Great to meet so many supporters keen to develop their skills #Somerset
Just a reminder of the Shrill carder bee day we are hosting with the RSPB at @RSPBNewport this Saturday (22nd). A day full of fun bumblebee activities for adults and kids - see you there from 10.30am!
Just a reminder of the Shrill carder bee day we are hosting with the RSPB at @RSPBNewport this Saturday (22nd). A day full of fun bumblebee activities for adults and kids - see you there from 10.30am!
Thistle do nicely! This #ForageFriday we're focussing on all the thistles, like this Creeping Thistle, that are adding a splash of purple to grasslands and verges. They're often busy with #bumblebees in July and Shrills have previously been recorded on thistles ๐#ShrillCarderBee