Bombus pratorum using Nurturing Nature cat flap on bumblebee nest box 2019
Bombus pratorum using Nurturing Nature bumblebee nest box 2019
What’s inside the cuckoo spit?
What's actually inside the cuckoo spit? IMPORTANT INFORMATION re Xylella fastidiosa BELOW I was always amazed as a young lad in Liverpool whenever I examined the spit I found, usually on waste ground or in Sefton Park, a few miles from home. What would spit on plants...
Go Wild Bioblitz & Nature Fun Day Wrexham
Go Wild Bioblitz & Nature Fun Day Sunday 9th June 2019 11-00- 15.00 Wrexham Glyndwr University Northop Campus If you live in the Wrexham or NE Wales and have an interest in nature and wildlife do come along for family fun activities, recording of plants and...
Bombus terrestris queen egg laying and cell making
Bombus terrestris queen egg laying in her nest In the wild many new queen bumblebees fill their crop with nectar, mate and then hibernate over the winter months. A few may stay around to establish a nest depending upon species and location. See BWARS Winter Bumblebees...
Solitary bee nests and pests presentation at RHS Harlow Carr
Solitary bee nests and pests presentation, RHS Harlow Carr “George gave a great presentation to the garden team as part of their staff development, at Harlow Carr. We learnt so much about Mason and Leaf Cutter bees (who knew that there are around 270 wild bee...
Converting a boring lawn into a wildflower meadow part 2
Turning a boring lawn into a wildflower meadow part 2 Here is a film of a lawn which was left a short period after I persuaded the owner to leave it uncut after seeing what flowers were there but never allowed to reach their full potential. It turned out to be the...
Kilmarnock willow is great for wildlife gardens
Kilmarnock willow, the bird's nest material provider! To save birds valuable time searching for nesting material, besides nest boxes I also provide various nesting materials for them. I came across some sheep's wool whilst walking in the countryside, attached to a...
Give membership to BTO Garden BirdWatch for Xmas
Join Garden Bird Watch and get a wonderful Christmas present free!! Get a free copy of the acclaimed ‘Garden Birds and other wildlife’ book, worth £14.99, and the quarterly magazine Bird Table when you join Garden BirdWatch. Personally and in my opinion, this is one...
See Yellow-Face bee making its cellophane-like nest
Life inside a Yellow-Face (Hylaeus communis) solitary bee nest This lovely cavity-nesting superficially wasp-like bees can very easily be overlooked as they are tiny, (4-5mm). I have had them foraging in the garden, but to my knowledge never had them nest. I did n't...
Who is living in your wild bee/bug hotel workshop? Review
Wild Bee Management Workshop for the Carbon Landscape Partnership FeedBack 3/11/18 Topics covered, included bumblebee and solitary bee nest boxes, species that use them, attracting bees, nest designs, pests, predators and their management, hygiene, other residents of...