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Helping Pollinators Locally and Nationally Catherine Jones, Pollinator Officer
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• Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust
• Pollinators: a key priority in Wildlife Strategy
• Local Pollinator Action Plan
• B-Lines across the UK
Overview
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The Invertebrate Conservation Trust
Europe's only organisation devoted to Conservation of ALL invertebrates
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‘Saving the small things that run the planet’
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The Invertebrate Conservation Trust
Aim: Halt the extinction of invertebrates and
Achieve sustainable populations
• 40,000 invertebrate species in the UK
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The Invertebrate Conservation Trust
Adapted from: We are losing the “Little things that run the world” UN Environment 2019
No ‘Insectinction’
‘Insect declines and why they matter’Goulson for Wildlife Trusts
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Our Amazing Pollinators
6,000 species in Britain!
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Why are pollinators important?
Insect pollination is essential to maintain a healthy and thriving natural environment
80% of wild plants are pollinated by insects
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Why are pollinators important?
Food• 1 in 3 mouthfuls of
food is pollinated by insects
Including chocolate!
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Decline in wild pollinators
Why?• Loss of habitat including wildflower-rich grassland• Fragmentation of remaining natural habitats• Pesticides• Pollution
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Our pollinators are in trouble…
but we have a plan!
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The importance of pollinators
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https://cdn.buglife.org.uk/2019/07/Helping-Pollinators-Locally.pdf
A Local Pollinator Action Plan or Strategy • Advice for local authorities• Developing • Implementing
Road verges
Helping pollinator locally
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Urban Buzz
Phase 1 (2015-17): Birmingham, Cardiff, Plymouth, York
Phase 2 (2017-19): Bristol, Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester, Mid Cornwall
Thanks to the generous support of:
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B-Lines across the UK
What are B-Lines?
A network of routes linking together our best existing wildflower sites connecting wildflower rich areas for pollinators and people
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What do pollinators need?
Food• Flowers - Pollen and nectar• Larval food (plants)
Nesting sitesOverwintering sites Larval habitats
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Food through the seasons
Thistle, yarrow and scabious provideearly autumn food.Ivy often important food resource in autumn.
Legumes, composites and umbellifers provide summer food.
Bramble and rose have a long flowering season
Trees and shrubs provide pollen and nectar early in the season
Spring Autumn
Summer
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Importance of native plant species
• Native plants support more invertebrates than non-native
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Nesting sites
BumblebeesDisused mammal holes, holes in trees, tussocky grass
Solitary beesDig into bare soil, in snail shells and woody stems, in holes in dead wood, often construct cells with mud or leaves
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Why B-Lines?
To provide a network of routes linking together our best existing wildflower sites connecting wildflower rich areas for pollinators and people
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Everyone can contribute to B-Lines
Working in partnership with:
Conservation partnersLocal CouncilsFarmersCommunitiesBusinessesSchoolsVolunteers
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B-Lines methodology
• Using existing habitat data and working with partners to identify a network of routes connecting our best existing wildflower-rich areas for pollinators.
• Identifying opportunities for creating, enhancing and managing habitats for pollinators
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The B-Lines network
2019
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https://www.buglife.org.uk/our-work/b-lines/
B-Lines mapping project
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B-Lines mapping project
We are currently mapping the unmapped areas of England• Devon• Dorset and Somerset• Wiltshire and Gloucestershire• Herefordshire and Shropshire• Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and Isle of Wight• Warwickshire and Worcestershire• Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire
Can you help us?
Thank you
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Helping Pollinators Locally and Nationally Catherine Jones, Pollinator Officer