Bumblebee ID for beginners

31 May 2024

Join us at Gisburn Forest Hub café for a morning of bumblebee ecology and learn how to identify the most common species out in the field.

Bumblebee ID for beginners - Gisburn Forest Hub café

10am-1pm Friday 31 May 2024 | FREE, donations welcome 

Join us at Gisburn Forest Hub café for a short presentation indoors on the ecology of bumblebees, and learn some of the key identifying features of our more common species. Following a short break we will head outside to see what bumblebees we can find in the meadow and surrounding area.

There will also be some info on our "Beewalk" project, and how you could put your new skills in practice by joining our volunteer project and surveying on one of our pre-set transects. Sites are located throughout the Forest of Bowland and across the Yorkshire Dales, so a great excuse for a day out.

Feel free to stay for a tasty lunch in the café or enjoy the wider forest landscape.

There are parking fees on the car park.

Under 18s must be accompanied by an adult.

What to bring

Waterproofs/sun hat & sunscreen depending on the weather! Good walking shoes as we will be walking through the meadow (might be wet) and the tracks through the forest which can be uneven.

Booking essential

For more information and to book a place, please email sandra.silk@lancashire.gov.uk or phone 07973 923142.

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