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Tawny Mining Bee. Photo: Entomart

There are two Wild Bee Identification and Biology Workshops taking place this summer, run by Tony Parker of Liverpool World Museum.

Saturday 6th July

Wirral Country Park, Thurstaston

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Indoor and outdoor sessions on the biology and identification of wild bees, concentrating on mining bees but also covering bumbles. Includes walking down steps to the shore.

Cost: £5.00 per person

Note: aimed at adults and teenagers, not suitable for young children.

BOOKING ESSENTIAL. Telephone Hilary Ash 0151 327 5923.

Saturday 3rd August

New Ferry

10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Morning session at Windsor Close Community Centre, Windsor Close, New Ferry, Wirral, CH62 5BX. (Free Parking in Woodhead Street, New Ferry).

Afternoon at the Butterfly Park looking for resident wild bees and learning how to identify  them and how they live. Funded  by the 'Your Wirral' Imago grant.

Cost: FREE.

Note: Morning session aimed at adults and teenagers, not suitable for young children. Afternoon session, suitable for children.

BOOKING ESSENTIAL. Telephone Hilary Ash 0151 327 5923.