12th June, 12pm-1.30pm, London Bridge Hive, 8 Holyrood Street, SE1 2EL

Come and protect the pollinators of London Bridge at this daytime nature event around in our parks and gardens. This is a call out for anyone passionate about saving essential species that keep our plants alive and our food growing. Join us for a Flying Insect Timed (FIT) count day – you will follow our newly updated Green Spaces Trail and do a 10-minute count of a 50cm area at each site – recording your findings with the easy to use FIT App.

• Meeting point: London Bridge Hive, 8 Holyrood Street, SE1 2EL
• Plan: Groups of 5-6 will split up and walk 10mins to different sites, conducting a 10 minute count in each location, hopefully getting to 6 locations and returning to Potters Fields to share data.
• Equipment: A smartphone or note-pad and pen, and suitable clothes for the weather. You can download the FIT App for Apple devices here, and Android here.

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As we continue to green London Bridge with two new gardens added last year and another planned, we’re working to boost local biodiversity. This species count is key to proving we’re reversing the ecological damage of industrialisation.

We need volunteers to help make the count meaningful. The more we know about the species around us, the stronger our case for more green spaces and protection of existing ones.

If you’re especially passionate, you can join as a founding member of the Biodiversity Union of London Bridge (BULB), which will support the annual count. We hope to see many of you there ready to save our pollinators!