Record the Buzz - in your garden or on a walk! Event
Friday 11th June 9.30am-16.30pm
Help us record as many pollinators as possible on this day! We’re asking everyone to take pictures of the different insects they see feeding on flowers in the garden, or when out on a daily walk in Cumbria. This may be over the course of an hour – or over the whole day, whenever you see them.
Take a photo of insects you find, and try to include as much of the insect as possible in your photo. Then simply upload your pictures onto iNaturalist.
This event is aimed at individuals, children with parental help, families, simply anyone with a garden at home – or is out and about on a walk, and would like to help record as many pollinators in Cumbria on one day.
Your records will contribute valuable data to local and national biodiversity record centres. With your help we will be able to create the first Cumbrian Pollinator Atlas and will be able to track insect populations and movements. This valuable information will help inform us on the best ways to support pollinators across the county.
For more information, please email lucyg@cumbriawildifetrust.org.uk
Thanks to National Lottery Players and support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Highways England, Cumbria Waste Management Environment Trust, Rees Jeffrey’s Road Fund, Cumbria Community Foundation, Tesco, Allerdale Borough Council & Solway Coast AONB. Administered by Cumbria Community Foundation, the following organisations have also funded the project: Robin Rigg West Cumbria Fund, Fairfield Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund, Winscales Moor Community Benefit Fund and United Utilities Legacy Fund.
