The Bugs in Gardens project is encouraging people in Dumfries and Galloway to take a closer look at the bumblebees in their gardens.
In the recent warm weather queen bumblebees have been emerging from hibernation over the winter. They can easily be seen flying in search of places to make their nests and collecting nectar and pollen from flowers.
To celebrate the Bugs in Gardens project and the skills of local recorders, we are holding a bug photography competition.
It will be a fairly fun and relaxed competition, open to everyone who records wildlife in Dumfries & Galloway.
Wildlife recorders in Dumfries and Galloway are invited to the Bugs in Gardens end of project celebration at 7.30pm on Friday April 20th. The event will be a great opportunity to meet other wildlife recorders in the region and to enjoy a range of fun activities.
Found a new site for Wool Carder Bees (Anthidium manicatum) this morning at Threave Gardens, this brings the total number of recorded sites for this bee across the whole region to four(!)
The Bugs in Gardens project would like to invite everyone along to this summers extravaganza, our Garden Wildlife Festival to be held on Sunday 31st of July 2011 at NTS Threave Gardens near Castle Dou