BeeWalk – the national bumblebee monitoring scheme

Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris: showing a decrease (Les Moore)

BeeWalk from Bumblebee Conservation Trust is a standardised bumblebee-monitoring scheme active across Great Britain. The scheme protocol involves volunteer BeeWalkers walking the same fixed route (a transect of around 1-2 kilometres) at least once a month between March and October (inclusive).  This covers the full flight period of the bumblebees, including emergence from overwintering and workers tailing off. 
If you could set up and walk a transect in your area, you would be part of improving our understanding of bumblebee populations, and contributing to how we best protect all our species into the future. 
Find out more in the lead up to World Wildlife Day (3 March) here