Funny day

I was awake for Portillo and I woke up in time for Truss.

Common bumblebees you can see almost everywhere this month

7 days until the #BigButterflyCount 2024 lifts off. Are you ready? 🦋🎉 Last summer more than 135,000 Counts took place up and down the country, with participants spending a combined total of almost 4 years counting butterflies! 👉 bigbutterflycount.org Chris Packham

“Come on” said Tom, “Let’s all go sailing.”

The British people have NOT had enough of experts

BeeWalkers have counted ONE MILLION BEES in Britain🎉 The millionth bee recorded was a Tree bumblebee, which was spotted in Derbyshire🌳 BeeWalk, our national recording scheme, provides key information on how Britain’s bumblebees are doing📊 Read on 👉 ow.ly/1PYO50SxFvB

10 a day keeps the doctor away! Bumblebees show remarkable consistency in their foraging breadth, regardless of species, site or season🐝What could be driving this behaviour? More in our new paper: rb.gy/gtrxvp with @NdeVere Ian Vaughan Laura Jones Applied Ecol. Resources|Ecol. Solutions & Evidence

🐝 ✨ Discover the magic of bumblebees with our new #bumblingexplorers activity pack for children aged 3+. Full of engaging activities, fun facts and puzzles, it's perfect for curious little minds! Available to buy now 👇🏽 ow.ly/vyxw50SwIGm

The bumblebees are back. A good dozen by this road sign, and workers spotted in 3 different parts of the village today 😃 Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Ladybird cover stories. ‘Things to Make and Do’ (1963 - 1978)

This Buff-tailed bumblebee queen is searching for a nest 👀 Despite her obvious efforts, this spot isn’t quite suitable. Buff-tailed bumblebees tend to nest underground, rather than on the surface 🏡 Have you spotted many bumblebees recently? 🐝

Follow the thread. Totally brilliant! And very close to my barn given my family’s unusual range of birth places. Obviously we’re all horses 😂

We are looking for a Conservation Projects Manager (Species Recovery) 🐝 🕒 Part-time, permanent position 📍 Home-based with frequent travel Make a beeline for our vacancy page for the full details 👉 ow.ly/XtJb50SVE9L

September is your last chance to see many of the UK’s common bumblebees⚠️ This month, many bumblebee nests will naturally come to an end and new queens will settle down to hibernate over the winter👑💤 🆘The UK's bumblebees are in crisis. Donate today: ow.ly/pCR150T7kGm

Gardens reduce hunger gaps for farmland pollinators! 🏡🐝 In early spring & late summer rural gardens produce 50-95% of farmland nectar, throwing pollinators a crucial lifeline. More in our The Royal Society paper with Nick Tew and Jane Memmott: doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2… and in🧵👇

5. Using an amazing citizen science dataset from Bumblebee Conservation Trust we show that bumblebees seem to be 'following the food'. Bumblebee activity is higher in gardens during early spring and late summer when farmland nectar supplies are low:

Feeling old now. I wrote out the first version of that monitoring scheme timeline sometime in the mid noughties....

43 years ago, eight brave crew members RNLI Penlee Lifeboat launched in treacherous conditions to aid the Union Star. Tragically, 16 people lost their lives that night. This is the crew's story told by their children. It's also a tale of hope and community resilience. #RNLI #OTD

British bumblebee numbers down in 2024 Headline from the annual update of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust #citizenscience BeeWalk recording scheme. bumblebeeconservation.org/british-bumble…