Hi everyone
 
I hope you have all been enjoying the beautiful weather! Here's some pic's sent to me by Robert Brown of the Seaford Head committee. Robert contacted BBCT to ask advice for creating suitable habitat for bumblebees on the Seaford Head reserve. Its a great spot and has huge potential for creating bumblebee habitat. I popped down there last month and had a look round and fingers crossed lots of great work can be achieved.
 
Julie Fisher also sent in this great shot of a Bombus lucorum on erysimum. She told me the bees are flocking to it- so why not try planting some in your garden. Julie also said she's popping out to the garden centre to buy some bumblebee plants as she loves having them in her garden!
 
Have you been bumblebee spotting in your garden or whilst walking? Send me your pic's and I'll put them on my blog!!
 
This week I have been visiting farmers around Romney Marsh and talking about recreating suitable wild flower meadows for our bumblebees- the response has been terrific, the farmers have been fantastic and I'm really excited about working with them in the future! Next week I'm off to Sandhurst to speak at a conservation forum run by the MOD, they are the biggest land owner in the UK and have some of the best wildlife habitats so are vey influential. I'm also preparing for my farm day event which is on the 19th June and all farmers on Romney Marsh are invited- if you have land which you think maybe suitable for bumblebees why not come along (send me an email!).
 
I will put up a few pic's on subt from my New Zealand trip soon, so keep posted........ Nikki

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