About the event

With all eyes on the arrival of Spring in a few months time, this webinar will explore the importance of key pollinators, how they are being monitored and protected and what individuals and communities can do to help. We will signpost upcoming actions, events and training you can get involved in.

Speakers:

Bumblebee Conservation Trust – a preliminary look at key data from recent surveys on bumblebee populations how we can help monitor them

Butterfly Conservation Trust – surely our prettiest pollinators?

Butterflies aren't as efficient pollinators as bees, but they're still incredibly important and also great at drawing people into nature. Here's a chance for a quick chat about butterflies (and moths!) as pollinators and what species you might see pollinating in Somerset.

Heidi Dalgarno is transect coordinator for the Somerset and Bristol Butterfly Conservation branch - She loves talking all things butterfly! She is also vice chair of my local parish council, where she is working to create wildlife corridors through their suburban areas and encourage more people to interact with nature in the everyday, monitoring and protecting butterflies and how we can get involved in looking after them.

Somerset Wildlife Trust staff - an explanation of what the Trust and its partners are already doing to support pollinator species and their habitats.