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Online Talk: Monitoring pollinators with PoMS – Dr Miranda Bane
February 25 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Free
Tuesday 25th February 2025 7.30pm
This talk will be held online (MS Teams). Follow this link to join:-
Title: Monitoring pollinators with PoMS
Pollinating insects play a vital role in our environment, ensuring that many of our crops and wild plants can set seed and produce fruit. The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS) are dedicated to understanding how pollinator populations are changing, and with your help we are gathering data on a wide range of flower-visiting insects. Our 1 km square surveys take a systematic approach, sampling insects from 95 1 km squares across the UK. Additionally, our Flower-Insect Timed Count (FIT Count) surveys are a simple method of measuring pollinator activity in any location. Anyone can take part and enjoy spending ten minutes watching insects visit flowers whilst gathering valuable data. This talk will cover information about both surveys, what we have found so far, and how you can get involved.
Talk by Dr Miranda Bane
Miranda Bane is a pollinator ecologist specialising in the interactions between plants, pollinators, and people. Miranda works as an independent researcher, collaborating with the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, focusing on citizen science and urban biodiversity. She is part of the Scotland Team for The UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (PoMS).
