Wild Bees

Sim Elliott

Jul 10, 202312 min read

Heyshott, Ambersham & Graffam Commons; Sussex Lowland Heath and Climate Change. 10.07.23

North West Sussex, just north of the South Downs, has an area of lowland Wealden heathlands (all called commons). Theses heaths are on...

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Sim Elliott

Jul 2, 20225 min read

Silver-Studded Blue Butterflies, Birds & Bees at Iping Common. 01.07.22

I went to Iping Common especially to see Silver-Studded Blues, and I was not disappointed, I saw ca. 50. Iping Common is an area of...

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Sim Elliott

Sep 26, 20218 min read

Tring Natural History Museum & College Lake NR: Taxidermy, Ivy Bees & a Red Kite 22.09.21

On Tuesday 22nd September I visited Tring National History Museum, after reading The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson On a cool...

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Sim Elliott

Sep 25, 20211 min read

Seaford Head and Cuckmere Haven: Insects, a Kestrel and Knots 17.12.21

This post focusses on insects at Seaford Head; but there some birds too, particularly at Cuckmere Haven. I walked this route from 15.00...

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Sim Elliott

Sep 16, 20216 min read

Agglomerations of Ivy Bees (Pett Level) and Sea Aster Bees (Rye Harbour) 13.09.21

Whist surveying Pett Level for the Bumble Bee Conservation Trust's Short Haired Bumblebee Reintroduction Project on Monday 13.08.32 we...

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Sim Elliott

Sep 12, 20216 min read

Sea Asters and Sea Aster Bees. Cuckmere Haven. 10.09.21

All text in Italics is taken from primary or on-line sources; citations given. I returned to Cuckmere Haven on 10.09.21 because I wanted...

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Sim Elliott

Aug 18, 20211 min read

Rye Harbour. Bumblebee Surveying and Bird Watching. 18.08.21

I went to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve to take part in the fortnightly bumblebee surveying that I undertake with the Bumblebee Conservation...

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Sim Elliott

Jul 29, 20211 min read

Gardening for wild bees (bumblebees and solitary bees), a fact sheet from Dr Nikki Gammons FRES

This is a really great fact sheet on gardening for wild bees (bumble bees and solitary bees) including annual and perennial wildflowers...

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Sim Elliott

Jul 6, 20214 min read

Rye Harbour. Bumblebee Surveying and Bird Watching. 05.07.21

On Monday I travelled to Rye, in order to volunteer with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust's Shorthaired Reintroduction Project, bumblebee...

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