Join New Forest Friends of the Earth, Transition Lymington and Pennington Community Allotment for an evening at Lymington Community Centre, SO41 9BQ for two talks, given by local specialists.
Gill Perkins: the Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Paul Brock: local insect expert
Doors open at 7:00pm
Talk starts at 7:30pm
This event is organised by New Forest Friends of the Earth and Transition Lymington
There will be drinks and information tables from New Forest FoE, Transition and Pennington Community Allotment, so remember to bring some cash with you.
Tickets are £5 per person to cover hall hire. They are available from Ticket Source via this link.
If you would prefer not to pay via online payments, please email Sarah at events@newforesttransition.org.uk and she will save you a ticket to pick up on the door.
1. Insect 'Crisis' in the New Forest?
Paul will mainly focus on insects in the New Forest, covering some more common species, but also some Forest specialities. These specialities have Red List conservation status and in some cases are just about hanging on in this area only, or across very few other sites.
He will also discuss recent headlines such as 'Lack of bees and butterflies' and talk about his own book. It will not be all doom and gloom; there will be plenty of spectacular insect images and brief coverage of how individuals can help.
Paul D. Brock is an entomologist and a Scientific Associate at the Natural History Museum, London. Most at home in the field, he spends considerable time watching, studying and photographing insects, in the process learning much more about their behaviour. A renowned author of insect books (including Britain's Insects, Princeton WILDGuides, 2021) and widely published photographer, he is a world authority on stick insects and leaf insects, with a genus and several species named after him. He has published a photographic guide to Insects of the New Forest (Pisces) and he will bring a few copies with him.
2. Plight of the Bumblebee
Gill Perkins is the CEO of the national charity, Bumblebee Conservation Trust, and lives locally.
Bumblebees are beautiful, charismatic, charming creatures, and they need our help to reverse their declines. Unlike honeybees, which are domesticated and not at risk of extinction or decline, two of our bumblebee species are on the edge of disappearing completely.
Bumblebees share a unique relationship with humans, but their welfare is often framed in terms of threats to human interests such as economic impact, food security or production of goods. Gill will explore how these amazing creatures have their own intrinsic value and how all of us can help them to thrive.
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