Hot on the heels of our last post, if you were at the CMG meeting last Friday (27/11/2020) evening, held using Zoom, you might like to see again the following links and email addresses.

From Liam:

Below are a few useful links relevant to solitary bees and bees in general:

Wales Threatened Bee Report – https://cdn.buglife.org.uk/2019/11/Wales-Threatened-Bee-report_FINAL.pdf

Bee, Wasp and Ant Recording Society (BWARS) – https://www.bwars.com/home

Steven Falk’s Flickr collection (bees) – https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157631518508520/

A short article on the scabious bee project:

Searching for Scabious

If you need to contact Liam, he’s on liam.olds@buglife.org.uk

About the Brown Hairstreak:

01792 642972 is the number to phone to obtain signs to label hedges as butterfly friendly and to discourage flailing.

You can get a leaflet on Brown Hairstreaks and hedge management here:

Click to access habitat-hedgerows-for-hairstreaks.pdf

and a short article on searching for their eggs on blackthorn here:

https://butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blog/hunting-brown-hairstreak-eggs-in-winter

Richard can be contacted on rgsoverton@gmail.com

Andrew