North-bumble-land Walk complete! 🐝
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
June 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
North-bumble-land Walk complete! 🐝
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
Final leg of my North-bumble-land Coast Walk! 🐝🥾
Super windy but that doesn’t stop the Moss Carders! 💛
Hoping to reach 1,000 bumblebees by the time I get to Berwick! 📝
#Pollin8 #NorthEastBeeHunt
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
@nenature.bsky.social
Super windy but that doesn’t stop the Moss Carders! 💛
Hoping to reach 1,000 bumblebees by the time I get to Berwick! 📝
#Pollin8 #NorthEastBeeHunt
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
@nenature.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Final leg of my North-bumble-land Coast Walk! 🐝🥾
Super windy but that doesn’t stop the Moss Carders! 💛
Hoping to reach 1,000 bumblebees by the time I get to Berwick! 📝
#Pollin8 #NorthEastBeeHunt
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
@nenature.bsky.social
Super windy but that doesn’t stop the Moss Carders! 💛
Hoping to reach 1,000 bumblebees by the time I get to Berwick! 📝
#Pollin8 #NorthEastBeeHunt
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
@nenature.bsky.social
Last week I came across some Small Scabious Mining Bees (Andrena marginata) in County Durham. This lovely species is Nationally Scarce and, I believe, has only been recorded twice before in Northern England. I managed to find them in 3 1km squares in the end. #NorthEastBeeHunt @nenature.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Last week I came across some Small Scabious Mining Bees (Andrena marginata) in County Durham. This lovely species is Nationally Scarce and, I believe, has only been recorded twice before in Northern England. I managed to find them in 3 1km squares in the end. #NorthEastBeeHunt @nenature.bsky.social
I’ve been recording the garden bees for the #NorthEastBeeHunt run by @nenature.bsky.social but found plenty of other invertebrates out there. It’s amazing what you can find when you look.
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#art #invertebrates
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#art #invertebrates
July 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I’ve been recording the garden bees for the #NorthEastBeeHunt run by @nenature.bsky.social but found plenty of other invertebrates out there. It’s amazing what you can find when you look.
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#art #invertebrates
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#art #invertebrates
I'm currently walking the Northumberland Coast Path for
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
At the end of Day 4 yesterday, so far...
🐝 746 bumblebees counted
🔎 13 species recorded
🚶♀️ 132,958 steps for bumbles!
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
At the end of Day 4 yesterday, so far...
🐝 746 bumblebees counted
🔎 13 species recorded
🚶♀️ 132,958 steps for bumbles!
June 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm currently walking the Northumberland Coast Path for
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
At the end of Day 4 yesterday, so far...
🐝 746 bumblebees counted
🔎 13 species recorded
🚶♀️ 132,958 steps for bumbles!
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
At the end of Day 4 yesterday, so far...
🐝 746 bumblebees counted
🔎 13 species recorded
🚶♀️ 132,958 steps for bumbles!
I'm currently bumbling along the Northumberland Coast for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social’s #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
...372 bumbles of 12 species so far!
Thank you so much for donations so far, the bumbles & I are very grateful!
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social’s #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
...372 bumbles of 12 species so far!
Thank you so much for donations so far, the bumbles & I are very grateful!
Charlotte's North-bumble-land Walk 🐝
Help Charlotte Rankin raise money to support Bumblebee Conservation Trust
www.justgiving.com
June 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I'm currently bumbling along the Northumberland Coast for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social’s #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
...372 bumbles of 12 species so far!
Thank you so much for donations so far, the bumbles & I are very grateful!
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social’s #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
...372 bumbles of 12 species so far!
Thank you so much for donations so far, the bumbles & I are very grateful!
Great to watch this female Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) excavating a burrow today on Alnmouth Common #NorthEastBeeHunt #solitarybees
December 1, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Great to watch this female Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) excavating a burrow today on Alnmouth Common #NorthEastBeeHunt #solitarybees
Exceptionally excited to find this female Blue Mason Bee in the garden this afternoon!
Out of all the flowers available, she'd chosen to visit the Ivy-leaved Toadflax growing in our wall.
Bee species number 15 for our little yard this year! 🐝
#NorthEastBeeHunt #bees
Out of all the flowers available, she'd chosen to visit the Ivy-leaved Toadflax growing in our wall.
Bee species number 15 for our little yard this year! 🐝
#NorthEastBeeHunt #bees
December 1, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Exceptionally excited to find this female Blue Mason Bee in the garden this afternoon!
Out of all the flowers available, she'd chosen to visit the Ivy-leaved Toadflax growing in our wall.
Bee species number 15 for our little yard this year! 🐝
#NorthEastBeeHunt #bees
Out of all the flowers available, she'd chosen to visit the Ivy-leaved Toadflax growing in our wall.
Bee species number 15 for our little yard this year! 🐝
#NorthEastBeeHunt #bees
Made my annual trip to the Prudhoe Spetchells today with @Mattdw3. You guessed it, lots of bees!
Buffish Mining Bees and Gooden's Nomad Bee pictured. #NorthEastBeeHunt 📷🐝
Buffish Mining Bees and Gooden's Nomad Bee pictured. #NorthEastBeeHunt 📷🐝
December 1, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Made my annual trip to the Prudhoe Spetchells today with @Mattdw3. You guessed it, lots of bees!
Buffish Mining Bees and Gooden's Nomad Bee pictured. #NorthEastBeeHunt 📷🐝
Buffish Mining Bees and Gooden's Nomad Bee pictured. #NorthEastBeeHunt 📷🐝
Spent my allocated 30 minutes snooping around a lovely stand of Cherry/Blackthorn.
Small Tortoiseshell & Small White butterflies; Honeybee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee and my first Common Carder of the year.
Also another Tree Bumblebee for the @NEE_Naturalist #NorthEastBeeHunt 🐝
Small Tortoiseshell & Small White butterflies; Honeybee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee and my first Common Carder of the year.
Also another Tree Bumblebee for the @NEE_Naturalist #NorthEastBeeHunt 🐝
December 1, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Spent my allocated 30 minutes snooping around a lovely stand of Cherry/Blackthorn.
Small Tortoiseshell & Small White butterflies; Honeybee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee and my first Common Carder of the year.
Also another Tree Bumblebee for the @NEE_Naturalist #NorthEastBeeHunt 🐝
Small Tortoiseshell & Small White butterflies; Honeybee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee and my first Common Carder of the year.
Also another Tree Bumblebee for the @NEE_Naturalist #NorthEastBeeHunt 🐝
Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica) from the local park this morning while taking part in @NEE_Naturalist's #NorthEastBeeHunt.
Thanks @bumble_being for confirming! 🐝
Thanks @bumble_being for confirming! 🐝
December 1, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica) from the local park this morning while taking part in @NEE_Naturalist's #NorthEastBeeHunt.
Thanks @bumble_being for confirming! 🐝
Thanks @bumble_being for confirming! 🐝
It gets better...
The Bronze Furrow Bees that appeared in the garden last year are back! 🐝
#NorthEastBeeHunt @NEE_Naturalist
The Bronze Furrow Bees that appeared in the garden last year are back! 🐝
#NorthEastBeeHunt @NEE_Naturalist
December 1, 2024 at 3:06 PM
It gets better...
The Bronze Furrow Bees that appeared in the garden last year are back! 🐝
#NorthEastBeeHunt @NEE_Naturalist
The Bronze Furrow Bees that appeared in the garden last year are back! 🐝
#NorthEastBeeHunt @NEE_Naturalist
A few local bees photographed as part of the @NEE_Naturalist #NorthEastBeeHunt.
Tawny Mining Bees, Tree Bumblebee and Chocolate Mining Bee.
If you live in the North East, you can log your bee sightings here: https://www.nhsn.ncl.ac.uk/activities/the-north-east-bee-hunt/
Tawny Mining Bees, Tree Bumblebee and Chocolate Mining Bee.
If you live in the North East, you can log your bee sightings here: https://www.nhsn.ncl.ac.uk/activities/the-north-east-bee-hunt/
December 1, 2024 at 3:06 PM
A few local bees photographed as part of the @NEE_Naturalist #NorthEastBeeHunt.
Tawny Mining Bees, Tree Bumblebee and Chocolate Mining Bee.
If you live in the North East, you can log your bee sightings here: https://www.nhsn.ncl.ac.uk/activities/the-north-east-bee-hunt/
Tawny Mining Bees, Tree Bumblebee and Chocolate Mining Bee.
If you live in the North East, you can log your bee sightings here: https://www.nhsn.ncl.ac.uk/activities/the-north-east-bee-hunt/
Slight enamoured with this little nomad bee in the garden today. 😍🐝 #NorthEastBeeHunt
December 1, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Slight enamoured with this little nomad bee in the garden today. 😍🐝 #NorthEastBeeHunt
Ridiculously excited to stumble across these Red Mason Bees collecting mud by the local pond 😍🐝
Recorded as part of the @NEE_Naturalist #NorthEastBeeHunt.
Recorded as part of the @NEE_Naturalist #NorthEastBeeHunt.
December 1, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Ridiculously excited to stumble across these Red Mason Bees collecting mud by the local pond 😍🐝
Recorded as part of the @NEE_Naturalist #NorthEastBeeHunt.
Recorded as part of the @NEE_Naturalist #NorthEastBeeHunt.
Another new bee for the garden today with this lovely Fork-tailed Flower Bee!
The twelfth bee species recorded since we started greening things up.
Thanks to @bumble_being for confirming!🐝 #NorthEastBeeHunt
The twelfth bee species recorded since we started greening things up.
Thanks to @bumble_being for confirming!🐝 #NorthEastBeeHunt
December 1, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Another new bee for the garden today with this lovely Fork-tailed Flower Bee!
The twelfth bee species recorded since we started greening things up.
Thanks to @bumble_being for confirming!🐝 #NorthEastBeeHunt
The twelfth bee species recorded since we started greening things up.
Thanks to @bumble_being for confirming!🐝 #NorthEastBeeHunt
Chuffed to find this tatty male Hill Cuckoo Bee (Bombus rupestris) today at @NEE_Naturalist Gosforth Nature Reserve.
A slightly less ragged Vestal/Gipsy Cuckoo also most welcome. #bees #NorthEastBeeHunt
A slightly less ragged Vestal/Gipsy Cuckoo also most welcome. #bees #NorthEastBeeHunt
December 1, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Chuffed to find this tatty male Hill Cuckoo Bee (Bombus rupestris) today at @NEE_Naturalist Gosforth Nature Reserve.
A slightly less ragged Vestal/Gipsy Cuckoo also most welcome. #bees #NorthEastBeeHunt
A slightly less ragged Vestal/Gipsy Cuckoo also most welcome. #bees #NorthEastBeeHunt
A queen Early Bumblebee, Bombus pratorum, found sunning herself on a log in Jesmond Dene today. One of three species on the wing alongside Tree and Buff-tailed bumbles. #NorthEastBeeHunt @NEE_Naturalist
December 1, 2024 at 11:49 AM
A queen Early Bumblebee, Bombus pratorum, found sunning herself on a log in Jesmond Dene today. One of three species on the wing alongside Tree and Buff-tailed bumbles. #NorthEastBeeHunt @NEE_Naturalist
A second queen Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) spotted this weekend in Newcastle. We watched her for a good fifteen minutes busily foraging on a patch of crocus. #NorthEastBeeHunt #bees 🐝
December 1, 2024 at 11:49 AM
A second queen Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) spotted this weekend in Newcastle. We watched her for a good fifteen minutes busily foraging on a patch of crocus. #NorthEastBeeHunt #bees 🐝
Eek! Saw my first ever Hairy-footed Flower Bee today, closely followed by a conservative estimate of eight more! They don't half move fast! #northeastbeehunt 😍🐝
December 1, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Eek! Saw my first ever Hairy-footed Flower Bee today, closely followed by a conservative estimate of eight more! They don't half move fast! #northeastbeehunt 😍🐝
Almost forget to share this lovely female Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) spotted at the weekend. The only one seen, alongside ten males. #bees #NorthEastBeeHunt
December 1, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Almost forget to share this lovely female Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes) spotted at the weekend. The only one seen, alongside ten males. #bees #NorthEastBeeHunt
EXCITING! Our first ever Buffish Mining Bee (Andrena nigroaenea) in the yarden today.
Confess, I dropped my fork and sprinted outside, but bee species #16 for our little garden. #NorthEastBeeHunt #bees 🐝
Confess, I dropped my fork and sprinted outside, but bee species #16 for our little garden. #NorthEastBeeHunt #bees 🐝
December 1, 2024 at 11:43 AM
EXCITING! Our first ever Buffish Mining Bee (Andrena nigroaenea) in the yarden today.
Confess, I dropped my fork and sprinted outside, but bee species #16 for our little garden. #NorthEastBeeHunt #bees 🐝
Confess, I dropped my fork and sprinted outside, but bee species #16 for our little garden. #NorthEastBeeHunt #bees 🐝
One of many female Tawny Mining Bees out and about in Newcastle today. Fantastic little creatures! 😍#NorthEastBeeHunt #bees
December 1, 2024 at 11:38 AM
One of many female Tawny Mining Bees out and about in Newcastle today. Fantastic little creatures! 😍#NorthEastBeeHunt #bees
A cracking morning for solitary bees! 🐝
Hundreds of Tawny Mining Bees on the wing at Walker Riverside, alongside a few dozen Chocolate Mining Bees. #NorthEastBeeHunt #bees
Hundreds of Tawny Mining Bees on the wing at Walker Riverside, alongside a few dozen Chocolate Mining Bees. #NorthEastBeeHunt #bees
December 1, 2024 at 11:38 AM
A cracking morning for solitary bees! 🐝
Hundreds of Tawny Mining Bees on the wing at Walker Riverside, alongside a few dozen Chocolate Mining Bees. #NorthEastBeeHunt #bees
Hundreds of Tawny Mining Bees on the wing at Walker Riverside, alongside a few dozen Chocolate Mining Bees. #NorthEastBeeHunt #bees
Some obliging (likely chilly!) solitary bees spotted this morning.
Taking a gamble on Sandpit Mining Bee (male) and Buffish Mining Bee (male). #northeastbeehunt @NEE_Naturalist
Taking a gamble on Sandpit Mining Bee (male) and Buffish Mining Bee (male). #northeastbeehunt @NEE_Naturalist
December 1, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Some obliging (likely chilly!) solitary bees spotted this morning.
Taking a gamble on Sandpit Mining Bee (male) and Buffish Mining Bee (male). #northeastbeehunt @NEE_Naturalist
Taking a gamble on Sandpit Mining Bee (male) and Buffish Mining Bee (male). #northeastbeehunt @NEE_Naturalist