Insect rambles

Richard: Richard is interested in biological recording and wildlife generally, but particularly in insects. His day job is running the science side of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, particularly leading the Trust's bumblebee-monitoring citizen-science schemes, training volunteers in bee ID skills, and working to analyse the data gathered and apply the lessons to conservation work. Away from the day job, he is the Chair of the Worcestershire Biological Records Centre, and part of the national verification teams for the UK Ladybird Survey and the Bees, Wasps, and Ants Recording Society, as well as for several smaller beetle families. He was a co-lead on the national Garden BioBlitz project when this was running. He continues to regularly deliver training in insect identification and surveying, with a particular focus on bumblebees, ladybirds, and shieldbugs. He has also written a range of books on identification and natural history of these groups.