BeeWalk Training

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust is one of a network of leading independent environmental charities. Working across the county of Derbyshire and beyond, we have been protecting, enhancing and restoring wildlife and wild spaces since 1962.

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust are looking for local volunteers to  help us monitor our neighbourhood bees!

Poolsbrook Country Park Caravan and Motorhome Club Campsite

Join us for a free BeeWalk Training Day!No experience? No problem! We’ll teach you everything you need to know about identifying our fuzzy friends. We are especially looking for volunteers from Staveley, Poolsbrook, Barrow Hill, Mastin Moor and Duckmanton to help us keep an eye on our local nature.The training will be led by Andy Benson from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust to support people in carrying out BeeWalks, a simple bumblebee survey that contributes to national records. We will start by introducing bumblebees and learning some bumblebee ID in the morning and will then venture out to the country park in the afternoon to put our new ID skills into practice.Once trained we are looking for people who would undertake a minimum of one survey per month, although this can be quite flexible, so people can do it on a day that suits them. Surveys can be carried out alone or with someone else. A reasonable level of mobility is generally required as BeeWalk routes are fixed routes of 1-2km that need to be walked to survey the bees. Volunteers can create their own route and register this with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. The walks are a great opportunity to get outdoors and enjoy time observing nature whilst also contributing to local conservation efforts and we hope that there will be several transects created across Staveley.

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