Have you noticed fewer bees and butterflies this year? Our insects have been in decline for many years, but this year has been a particular cause for concern.
Pollinators Along the Tweed is a Buglife project creating a network of habitat for pollinating insects along the River Tweed: a ‘B-Line’ to increase and connect areas of wildflower-rich habitat across the Tweed catchment.
I have a passion for pollinators; they are crucial to our biodiversity, our life support system. In recent years I have volunteered sowing and collecting seed and planting native wildflowers around Peebles with Buglife, and this summer I took part in FIT (Flower-Insect Timed) counts for the first time up at Corehead.”
Catriona Hamilton, Borders Greens member, Peebles
You can help. Let patches of your garden or green space grow wild to provide food and habitat for wildlife, and find out more from Buglife.
