Hastings country park

Dear all
 
I undertook a bumblebee walk and talk with Hasting country park yesterday and saw all the wonderful work that the reserve has done. By careful management of livestock and the spreading of green hay they have been able to create fantastic wild flower meadows. They have fields full of red and white clover, tufted vetch, yellow vetchling, thistles and birds foot trefoil. We saw a good variety of bees foraging including the solitary bee the long horned bee. I would definitely recommend visiting the reserve as its a great example of what can be done with careful thought.
 
This coming week I am visiting a few farmers to talk about land creation, completing one of our fortnightly transects across Romney marsh, and setting up for our first ever bumblebee garden event which will take place on Saturday. It looks set to be an interesting week! Keep posted on how things go...
 
Till next time

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