Flower and Pollinator Surveys
Dates for 2023:
Venue: Ascot Racecourse
Tuesday 16th May 2-3 pm
Tuesday 30th May 2-3 pm
Monday 12th June 11-12 o'clock
Tuesday 4th July 2-3 pm
Monday 17th July 11-12 o'clock
please email ascot.wildlife@gmail.com
to arrange to join us
Venue: Allens Field, South Ascot
Saturday 10th June 11-12 o'clock
Saturday 12th August 11-12 o'clock
come along and find us there
We started going out and learning to recognise wildflowers in bloom in 2021. We recorded over 50 species of local wildflowers from mid-May to mid-July via irecord a widely used nationwide recording system where you can record any sighting of flora or fauna via their App or website.
We also tried various techniques for recording pollinators which are categorised as it is too difficult to identify individual species for many of them.
This year we plan to use a nationwide pollinator survey scheme where we can enter our data online enabling comparison with other places in the UK. This uses the same invertebrate categories as we used before. More detail here: https://ukpoms.org.uk/ We plan to carry out the 10 minute surveys.
Please get in touch if you would like to join us. Please email ascot.wildlife@gmail.com. Also let us know if you know an area worth surveying.
Alternatively you can carry out your own survey in your garden or local area and record the results online to add to the important collection of data which informs the experts of changes in species numbers and distribution over the years and helps plan actions supporting nature to survive and recover.
Good smartphone Apps for identifying wildflowers are: Seek by iNaturalist and Obsidentify but do double check results before making a record as the Apps can make a mistake!