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A super site with a wide diversity of green and blue habitats. Last year we recorded a number of species new to the site and to London. The disturbed nature of the area and import of materials from all over the world during the construction of the Olympic venues seems to provide opportunities to record new colonisers!
BWARS members welcome
Join Prof Dave Gouslon to hear about how the Buzz Club are investigating the effectiveness of different bee hotels for UK bees.
Delve into a partnership project to restore the nationally extinct Short-haired Bumblebee (Bombus subterraneus) to the UK and to improve the diversity and abundance of rare bumblebees in South-east England. It will explore the challenges of restoring an extinct species to its native range and the various approaches that were trialled over a 12-year period from 2008-2020. Along the way, there were some surprising results and many lessons were learnt.
Dr Jane Sears is a Senior Ecologist with the RSPB with over 30 years experience of saving some of the most threatened species of invertebrates in the UK. After post-doctoral research at Oxford University, Jane joined RSPB as a Conservation Scientist, later moving into Species Recovery and helping to write the UK's Biodiversity Action Plan. Jane currently manages several reintroduction projects with partner organisations, and advises on the conservation of species and habitats.
The presentation will be recorded and shared with those who booked via a password-protected website following the event.
Habitats include woodland (plantation), scrub and grassland. I recce'd the site last year and found it to have a wide variety of inverts.
BWARS members welcome
Dr Tony Madgwick gives an engaging webinar that delves into the fascinating world of social wasps, members of the family Vespidae.
At the end of the session, learners should feel more comfortable submitting records of the 10 UK species of social wasps to iRecord.
Famed for its past history as the largest amateur footballing venue, there have been recent habitat interventions (green and blue) and there is a need for continued and detailed survey effort.
BWARS members welcome
