BeeWalk in Castle Park

Save the bees!


Location
Date and time
15:00 - 16:00
Saturday, 17th of June 2023
Who this task will support
Essex Wildlife Trust
We are the county’s leading conservation charity, committed to protecting wildlife and inspiring a lifelong love of nature. Our climate is in crisis and our species face extinction. The natural world needs our help. Together we can protect the future

Please note that this community mission has been cancelled.

Join us to spot bumblebees*, smell the roses, enjoy a stroll in the park, and log a wild activity for your #30dayswild calendar!

*This task is weather dependent. It may be too hot for the bees this week, (and bee spotters!) so I've moved the time back, but will postpone as appropriate.

Meet up by the duck pond in the lower park to start the walk.

Bee ID guides will be available to help us spot bumblebees.

BeeWalk is a national recording scheme run by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to monitor the abundance of bumblebees on transects across the country. These transects would be impossible without volunteers, who identify and count the bumblebees they see on a monthly walk along a set route from March to October. Anyone can become a BeeWalker – all you need is some basic identification knowledge and a spare few hours or so every month to walk a fixed route of about a mile (you choose where it goes), and submit your sightings. The information collected by BeeWalk volunteers is integral to monitoring how bumblebee populations change through time, and will allow us to detect early warning signs of population declines, aswell as contributing to important long-term monitoring of bumblebee population changes in response to changes in land-use and climate change.


How are you getting there?

Meet at the task
I will make my own way to the task
  • Unknown runner

Discussion

Helen
Helen
Friday June 16th, 2023 19:58

Too hot for the bees!

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Location
Date and time
15:00 - 16:00
Saturday, 17th of June 2023
Who this task will support
Essex Wildlife Trust
We are the county’s leading conservation charity, committed to protecting wildlife and inspiring a lifelong love of nature. Our climate is in crisis and our species face extinction. The natural world needs our help. Together we can protect the future

Sign up by 3:00pm on Friday 16th June so we can let Helen know who to expect.

Walkable

As you will make your own way to the task, feel free to walk or run as you wish.

Ideal for beginners

Lower Castle Park
High Street
Colchester
CO1 1XN


Helen
Led by Helen

Save the Bees, Plant more Trees, Clean the Seas


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