Current Projects
At the heart of the Buzz Club are our citizen science projects - and our fantastic volunteers who dig, count, spot, tend and collect data to help answer our questions!
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With global biodiversity declines ongoing, it have never been more important to get involved in insect conservation.
Pet Waste Watch
Recent research has highlighted that using flea treatments on your pets prophylactically is causing detrimental impacts to the environment. There are identified gaps in our understanding of the fate of veterinary treatments in the environment. Pet Waste Watch will look into whether the presence of flea treatments effect the degradation of dog faeces. Not a glamourous project, but an important one!
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Hoverfly Lagoons
Hoverflies are very important pollinators, with a variety of life cycles. Some hoverflies have larvae that live in shallow water and feed off decaying plant matter, which is an environment our gardens often lack.
Sign up to this project to add an artificial breeding habitat to your garden, and help us to optimise the design of the Hoverfly Lagoon.
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Insect ID Quiz
Identifying insects is a key skill to have as a Buzz Club volunteer. We want to find out how well our volunteers are at identifying insects, which are easiest to identify and if providing training helps improve accuracy and confidence! This project is suitable for all ages (18 years+) and abilities as well as being a quick project to take part in!
Bug Bunkers
Have you ever wondered where insects go over Winter? Do they all hibernate? How can adults be ready to appear as soon as the sun comes out in Spring?
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This year, the Buzz Club would like to investigate the uses of this hotel further. We would like to find out what range of invertebrates occupy this hotel, and whether it can be used as an effective surveying tool.
