Bumblebee project seeking to help rare species
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust and the University of Cambridge have launched a £907,000 three-year project to recover the rare Moss carder bumblebee. The initiative will focus on specific landscapes in Cornwall, Kent, and the North Pennines to trial habitat interventions and study the species' behavior. This effort is supported by over £530,000 in funding from Natural England's Species Recovery Programme.
- ▪The project aims to recover the Moss carder, which is described as one of the UK's most threatened bumblebee species.
- ▪Funding for the scheme totals £907,000, with more than £530,000 provided by Natural England's Species Recovery Programme.
- ▪The conservation work will take place in Cornwall, Kent, and the North Pennines over a three-year period.
- ▪Moss carder bumblebees are particularly vulnerable to habitat loss because they typically forage closer to their nests than other species.
- ▪The project involves working with landowners to trial small-scale habitat interventions to support the species.
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Bumblebee project seeking to help rare speciesImage source, Bumblebee Conservation TrustImage caption, The project will focus on Cornwall, Kent and the North PenninesByChloe ParkmanSouth WestPublished2 minutes agoA project is under way to try and help one of the UK's "most threatened" species of bumblebee.The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is leading a £907,000 three-year scheme alongside the University of Cambridge to recover the Moss carder species.It said the initiative would focus on landscapes across Cornwall's coastal grasslands, dunes and heathland as well as grazing marshes and sea walls in Kent and the upland fringe landscape of the North Pennines.During the project, the trust said it would work with landowners to trial "small-scale habitat interventions" to identify those which…
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