The bird ringing apprentice

Here is one last video from day 2 of Bioblitz 2011.

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We’re going on a bug hunt!!

Here is the eagerly awaited bug walk video starring many creepy crawlies and Pete the bug man!

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Day 2: Videos

The Bioblitz team have been a hive of activity following our experts in the field.  Here are todays videos: Starting the day with a song The secret lies in the nuts Pond dipping at Tyntesfield

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Night-time: Videos

Here are two of the eagerly awaited videos of last night’s activities, we hope you enjoy them. Bats get Apps Flight of the night-time butterfly More videos of today’s activities will be coming soon!

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So this is it, then

As we turn off our laptops and untangle all the cables, we’ve been trying to think of an appropriate way to end our time here at Tyntesfield. We’re all a bit lost for words, so we thought we’d leave you with a few last photos of this most memorable of events. See you all again [...]

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A big thank you

As we revel in our success and enjoy the traditional BioBlitz champagne toast with our visitors, it’s important to remember all of the work that has gone on behind the scenes. So here’s a big BioBlitz thank you to: the guides, who have tirelessly led our visitors on tours and activities throughout the event; the [...]

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The grand total is in…

…and it’s a stonker. The boffins at the Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre have just revealed that in the last 30 hours we’ve identified a massive 779 individual species. Of these: 121 are notable, meaning that they have particular ecological significance; 25 have never been recorded in North Somerset; and 15 have not been seen [...]

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One minute interview: Pete the Bug Man

Who are you? Pete, AKA the Bug Man. Why are you here? I’m here to help inspire people to look at the world around them differently, and especially to help them take notice of the insect world. What has been your favourite find? Someone came across a lovely beetle that looks just like a wasp. [...]

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Fifteen minutes to go…

It’s all go here at the Bristol BioBlitz as we enter the last few minutes of this marathon biodiversity survey. And the question on everyone’s lips is ‘how many species have we identified?’ The scoreboard still says 448, but it’s been like that since midday and we’ve had results streaming all afternoon. Will we beat [...]

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An afternoon of verminous verse

There was a treat in store for visitors to Tyntesfield this afternoon, with performance poetry from our own BioBlitz Bard, Caleb Parkin. He wowed the crowds with poems prepared especially for the event, exploring species that we commonly see as vermin, viewed through the lens of the seven deadly sins. The entertainment started with Vermin [...]

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