Dr Ellen Lamborn

Pollination Ecologist

[Dr Ellen Lamborn @EllenLamborn]

Lovely day grass spotting with @ambroise_baker

[Dr Ellen Lamborn @EllenLamborn]

On Monday I gave a talk to the Natural History Society of Northumbria about "Taking Part in the UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme" @PoMScheme #Fitcount
https://t.co/9HZAKq6tTb

[Dr Ellen Lamborn @EllenLamborn]

@flygirlNHM @HuffPost Fascinating. I could do with a few more round my nose 🤔

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Keep getting a strange urge to pull out my eyelashes and look at them under a microscope.... Thanks @flygirlNHM 😂

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@arbarus @PoMScheme @cumbriawildlife @flygirlNHM @DaveGoulson @kitenet @B_Strawbridge Thank you for giving us the opportunity to spread the word about Flower-Insect Timed Counts #FITcounts, meet such a great bunch of people and hear all the interesting talks and projects going on to help pollinators.

[Shit Lawns @Shitlawns]

Roadside verges are potentially some of our easiest wins for pollinators and there is LazyLawn boasting about destroying huge areas of it! @MyWakefield How does fit into your Carbon Neutral and Climate pledges please?

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@ThomasHTaylor Please do. He'll be really pleased 😁

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@ThomasHTaylor Nathaniel as Herbert Lemon #worldbookday2022

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@StevenFalk1 @BeckhamColette @nipajones @RichardComont @JonCurson @_James1Phillips @NaturalEngland @JeffOllerton I'm not sure it's massively helpful in understanding why they've picked these bee species, although it does seem to cover a greater area than expected from their distributions.

[Dr Ellen Lamborn @EllenLamborn]

@StevenFalk1 @BeckhamColette @nipajones @RichardComont @JonCurson @_James1Phillips @NaturalEngland @JeffOllerton If you look on Magic Maps there are a couple of potential options. Stewardship targeting>Biodiversity>Species>Farm & wildlife package area or Land based schemes>Higher level Stewardship target areas.

[Dr Ellen Lamborn @EllenLamborn]

@MbroCouncil @RedcarCleveland Would you both be kind enough to point me towards your pollinator action plan, please?

[UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme @PoMScheme]

NEW on our website: to celebrate #BeesNeeds we've launched some interactive charts that show how bees and other #pollinators make use of different flowers, based on the results of all the FIT Counts that have been sent in - try them out at https://t.co/HoUvSCg68v

[Plantlife @Love_plants]

.@IanPlantlife: “Cutting grass less and later is great for nature. A more relaxed approach to mowing the lawn benefits plants, pollinators, people and planet."
https://t.co/5jeZ18NuIe
@pow_rebecca @DefraGovUK @DefraNature @TheMontyDon
@MarianSpain #BeesNeeds #BeesNeedsWeek

[Bumblebee Conservation Trust @BumblebeeTrust]

We 💛 weeds! Will you #BeeTheChange and leave plants considered as 'weeds' in your outdoor space for the #bees? Let us know if you've got any of the five plants in this video, or have you got something different?

#BeesNeedsWeek @DefraNature @DefraGovUK @KatrinaThuis

[Dr Ellen Lamborn @EllenLamborn]

@s4r4h_l @SolitaryBeeWeek Last one is a very worn male Osmia. Probably O. bicornis.

[Dr Ellen Lamborn @EllenLamborn]

@entomolucy Ah yes. I'm sure the reason I got a doctorate was so I could say "Do you need a bag with that?" (for 9 years).

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@zippicamiknick Our neighbours won't speak to us, because we don't mow our lawn. We do need to make it a bit more meadowy though as it's just dandelions, daisies & black medic at the moment. On the plus side we didn't get invited to their non social distancing VE day Street party.

[Dr Ellen Lamborn @EllenLamborn]

Was so tempted to buy this coat... Then I put the hood up 🙄 what sized head did they make it for? #higear

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@BeesBackyard @StevenFalk1 The Greek Melecta I am familiar with (about 6 species) look more like smarter versions of your Xeromelecta, black with white spots. While Thyreus look like they are out on a date or in their Sunday best :-)

[Dr Ellen Lamborn @EllenLamborn]

@NHM_Bees @NHM_London @NERC @NHM_Science @NHM_Digitise @britishbee @wurflenii @BeeSafeGarrido @BumblebeeTrust @BuzzingWales @DaveGoulson @Eucera @bwars2000 Does the QR code label contain any other data? Thinking of adding them to my bees.