Polli:Nation surveys of Tayport Community Garden by PLANT Tayport Community Garden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination Is our garden pollinator friendly? en-us 2017-05-02 13:48:45 UTC 2025-10-08 09:37:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Polli:nation survey tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169632643 We are helping in a national project surveying pollinators and their habitats called Polli:nation. We will learn about pollinators and how to help them in Tayport Community Garden. The scientists will use our information to answer important questions.

Find out more about the project here: http://www.polli-nation.co.uk/]]> 2017-05-03 10:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169632643 Tayport Primary 7, 3 May tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169791361 The students helped with pollinator habitat mapping of our second survey site today. Here is what we found]]> 2017-05-03 20:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169791361 We found some flowers that pollinators can feed on tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169795111 2017-05-03 20:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169795111 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169796472 Daisies and dandelion flowers in the short mown grass give pollinators some pollen and nectar]]> 2017-05-03 20:45:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169796472 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169796905 Flowering herbs also provided some pollinator food. The herb bed will be a great buffet for the pollinators when it is all in flower]]> 2017-05-03 20:47:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169796905 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169797795 2017-05-03 20:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169797795 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169798417 There was a lot of bare soil in the Garden beds which makes for excellent nesting sites for some bee pollinators. But there was a lot of short grass which is not very pollinator friendly]]> 2017-05-03 20:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169798417 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169801987 we found the burn on the boundary of the garden which is one of the wet places which pollinators like]]> 2017-05-03 21:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169801987 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169802570 2017-05-03 21:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169802570 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169803707 We thought the main path was not very pollinator friendly but great for walking on!]]> 2017-05-03 21:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169803707 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169803865 2017-05-03 21:45:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169803865 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169804009 2017-05-03 21:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169804009 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169804206 Team 3]]> 2017-05-03 21:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169804206 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169804238 Team 3]]> 2017-05-03 21:49:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169804238 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169804533 2017-05-03 21:53:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169804533 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169804645 The habitat map made by the teams]]> 2017-05-03 21:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169804645 With Lucy's help, the 4 teams made a start on the map of our second survey site tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169805291 2017-05-03 22:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169805291 Members of our Garden team, Lucy and Kaska, finished the map by the end of the day tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169805778 The red bits are the Garden beds and the green bits are the lawn.]]> 2017-05-03 22:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169805778 They also did a pollinator survey but did not find any in our survey quadrants... tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169806648 2017-05-03 22:14:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169806648 But they did see some pollinators on the day tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169806762 Apart from the carder bee on the broad bean  flowers, they also spotted an orange tipped butterfly, other bumblebees and a honey bee! The honey bee did not manage to get away from the camera😀]]> 2017-05-03 22:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/169806762 Here is the story of what the Garden team found in our first survey site at the willow tunnel tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/170151616 http://tayportgarden.org/2017/05/01/flying-start-pollination-surveys/]]> 2017-05-05 11:58:04 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/170151616 P1/2 visit on 24th May 2017 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/174580173 We first learned to recognise our pollinators...]]> 2017-05-31 09:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/174580173 Pollinator hunt tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/174580355 And then we went looking for them around the garden. We found some pollen beetles on a weedy cabbage flowers, hover flies over the strawberry patch flowers, solitary bees, bumblebees and butterlies flying around. It was a nice, warm sunny day with very little wind so lots of pollinators were out looking for food!]]> 2017-05-31 09:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/174580355 31 May 2017 P7 visit tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058188 2017-06-03 11:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058188 Counting pollinator visitors in our quadrants in the low garden bed area. tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058286 2017-06-03 11:03:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058286 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058380 2017-06-03 11:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058380 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058430 2017-06-03 11:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058430 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058477 2017-06-03 11:09:58 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058477 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058508 2017-06-03 11:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058508 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058578 2017-06-03 11:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058578 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058610 2017-06-03 11:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058610 Willow tunnel site... tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058674 2017-06-03 11:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058674 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058703 2017-06-03 11:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175058703 Tayport Primary 5 visit, Wed 7 Jun 2017 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175704974 Another day with perfect pollinator weather! We had fun learning to recognise pollinators and spotting them around the garden. ]]> 2017-06-08 10:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175704974 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175706831 We saw lots of bumblebees! They really loved the chive flowers in the herb bed. They must produce lots of lovely nectar for them to feed on. The students managed to take some great photos too:)]]> 2017-06-08 10:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175706831 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175708197 2017-06-08 11:08:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175708197 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175708247 2017-06-08 11:09:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175708247 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175708322 2017-06-08 11:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175708322 tayportgarden https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175710075 We also found a pollen beetle on a strawberry flower ...munching away on the pollen. And a couple of hoverflies which were too fast to catch on camera...]]> 2017-06-08 11:28:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tayportgarden/pollination/wish/175710075