Charlotte Rankin
@bumble-being.bsky.social
Big love for invertebrates & wildflowers. Bonkers about #Bumblebees. Enjoys #WildlifeRecording 🐛🐝🔎 Northern England.
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Charlotte's North-bumble-land Walk 🐝
Help Charlotte Rankin raise money to support Bumblebee Conservation Trust
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I'm bumbling along the Northumberland Coast Path for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
& along the way, I’ll be sharing my bumblebee sightings with @nenature.bsky.social’s North East Bee Hunt 📝🔎
Please share, or donate if you can, to support my ‘North-bumble-land’ Walk this June! ⤵️
& along the way, I’ll be sharing my bumblebee sightings with @nenature.bsky.social’s North East Bee Hunt 📝🔎
Please share, or donate if you can, to support my ‘North-bumble-land’ Walk this June! ⤵️
One of two Humming-bird Hawk-moths in the North Pennines yesterday! 🦋
Both were nectaring on Melancholy Thistle along a road verge. Such amazing moths! 🥰
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @northpennines.bsky.social
Both were nectaring on Melancholy Thistle along a road verge. Such amazing moths! 🥰
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @northpennines.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
One of two Humming-bird Hawk-moths in the North Pennines yesterday! 🦋
Both were nectaring on Melancholy Thistle along a road verge. Such amazing moths! 🥰
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @northpennines.bsky.social
Both were nectaring on Melancholy Thistle along a road verge. Such amazing moths! 🥰
@savebutterflies.bsky.social @northpennines.bsky.social
Reposted by Charlotte Rankin
North-bumble-land Walk complete! 🐝
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
June 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
North-bumble-land Walk complete! 🐝
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
North-bumble-land Walk complete! 🐝
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
June 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
North-bumble-land Walk complete! 🐝
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
🐝 1,070 bumblebees counted
🔎 15 species recorded
🥾 84 miles walked
A huge thank you for your support & donations for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social!
Notebook is full of sightings for @nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt!
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
Final leg of my North-bumble-land Coast Walk! 🐝🥾
Super windy but that doesn’t stop the Moss Carders! 💛
Hoping to reach 1,000 bumblebees by the time I get to Berwick! 📝
#Pollin8 #NorthEastBeeHunt
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
@nenature.bsky.social
Super windy but that doesn’t stop the Moss Carders! 💛
Hoping to reach 1,000 bumblebees by the time I get to Berwick! 📝
#Pollin8 #NorthEastBeeHunt
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
@nenature.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Final leg of my North-bumble-land Coast Walk! 🐝🥾
Super windy but that doesn’t stop the Moss Carders! 💛
Hoping to reach 1,000 bumblebees by the time I get to Berwick! 📝
#Pollin8 #NorthEastBeeHunt
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
@nenature.bsky.social
Super windy but that doesn’t stop the Moss Carders! 💛
Hoping to reach 1,000 bumblebees by the time I get to Berwick! 📝
#Pollin8 #NorthEastBeeHunt
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
@nenature.bsky.social
Budle Bay to Beal for North-bumble-land Walk Day 5️⃣!
The Northumberland Coast Path heads inland for this section. I didn't want to leave the sea! But different habitat to explore & two new species for my walk: White-tailed & Gypsy Cuckoo!
🐝 931 bumblebees
🔎 15 species
🚶♀️ 172,356 steps
... so far!
The Northumberland Coast Path heads inland for this section. I didn't want to leave the sea! But different habitat to explore & two new species for my walk: White-tailed & Gypsy Cuckoo!
🐝 931 bumblebees
🔎 15 species
🚶♀️ 172,356 steps
... so far!
June 12, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Budle Bay to Beal for North-bumble-land Walk Day 5️⃣!
The Northumberland Coast Path heads inland for this section. I didn't want to leave the sea! But different habitat to explore & two new species for my walk: White-tailed & Gypsy Cuckoo!
🐝 931 bumblebees
🔎 15 species
🚶♀️ 172,356 steps
... so far!
The Northumberland Coast Path heads inland for this section. I didn't want to leave the sea! But different habitat to explore & two new species for my walk: White-tailed & Gypsy Cuckoo!
🐝 931 bumblebees
🔎 15 species
🚶♀️ 172,356 steps
... so far!
I'm currently walking the Northumberland Coast Path for
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
At the end of Day 4 yesterday, so far...
🐝 746 bumblebees counted
🔎 13 species recorded
🚶♀️ 132,958 steps for bumbles!
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
At the end of Day 4 yesterday, so far...
🐝 746 bumblebees counted
🔎 13 species recorded
🚶♀️ 132,958 steps for bumbles!
June 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'm currently walking the Northumberland Coast Path for
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
At the end of Day 4 yesterday, so far...
🐝 746 bumblebees counted
🔎 13 species recorded
🚶♀️ 132,958 steps for bumbles!
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social's #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
At the end of Day 4 yesterday, so far...
🐝 746 bumblebees counted
🔎 13 species recorded
🚶♀️ 132,958 steps for bumbles!
Reposted by Charlotte Rankin
Love #bumblebees? Then you probably know they're in crisis and need our help
You can help by supporting the very lovely @bumble-being.bsky.social raise funds for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
as she walks the Northumberland Coast Path 🐝 👣
Please donate here 🙏
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
You can help by supporting the very lovely @bumble-being.bsky.social raise funds for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
as she walks the Northumberland Coast Path 🐝 👣
Please donate here 🙏
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
Charlotte's North-bumble-land Walk 🐝
Help Charlotte Rankin raise money to support Bumblebee Conservation Trust
www.justgiving.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Love #bumblebees? Then you probably know they're in crisis and need our help
You can help by supporting the very lovely @bumble-being.bsky.social raise funds for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
as she walks the Northumberland Coast Path 🐝 👣
Please donate here 🙏
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
You can help by supporting the very lovely @bumble-being.bsky.social raise funds for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
as she walks the Northumberland Coast Path 🐝 👣
Please donate here 🙏
www.justgiving.com/page/charlot...
I'm currently bumbling along the Northumberland Coast for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social’s #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
...372 bumbles of 12 species so far!
Thank you so much for donations so far, the bumbles & I are very grateful!
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social’s #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
...372 bumbles of 12 species so far!
Thank you so much for donations so far, the bumbles & I are very grateful!
Charlotte's North-bumble-land Walk 🐝
Help Charlotte Rankin raise money to support Bumblebee Conservation Trust
www.justgiving.com
June 9, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I'm currently bumbling along the Northumberland Coast for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social’s #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
...372 bumbles of 12 species so far!
Thank you so much for donations so far, the bumbles & I are very grateful!
Along the way, I’m sharing my sightings with
@nenature.bsky.social’s #NorthEastBeeHunt 📝🔎
...372 bumbles of 12 species so far!
Thank you so much for donations so far, the bumbles & I are very grateful!
Tomorrow! 🐝👣📝🔎⤵️
I'm bumbling along the Northumberland Coast Path for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
& along the way, I’ll be sharing my bumblebee sightings with @nenature.bsky.social’s North East Bee Hunt 📝🔎
Please share, or donate if you can, to support my ‘North-bumble-land’ Walk this June! ⤵️
& along the way, I’ll be sharing my bumblebee sightings with @nenature.bsky.social’s North East Bee Hunt 📝🔎
Please share, or donate if you can, to support my ‘North-bumble-land’ Walk this June! ⤵️
Charlotte's North-bumble-land Walk 🐝
Help Charlotte Rankin raise money to support Bumblebee Conservation Trust
www.justgiving.com
June 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Tomorrow! 🐝👣📝🔎⤵️
Just over three weeks to go! 🐝
I'm bumbling along the Northumberland Coast Path for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
& along the way, I’ll be sharing my bumblebee sightings with @nenature.bsky.social’s North East Bee Hunt 📝🔎
Please share, or donate if you can, to support my ‘North-bumble-land’ Walk this June! ⤵️
& along the way, I’ll be sharing my bumblebee sightings with @nenature.bsky.social’s North East Bee Hunt 📝🔎
Please share, or donate if you can, to support my ‘North-bumble-land’ Walk this June! ⤵️
Charlotte's North-bumble-land Walk 🐝
Help Charlotte Rankin raise money to support Bumblebee Conservation Trust
www.justgiving.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Just over three weeks to go! 🐝
Reposted by Charlotte Rankin
Good news for bee-flies! They have been reported much more frequently this year, and in mid-April we have already had more 2025 records than we did for the whole of 2024, for both Dark-edged and Dotted Bee-flies. This is likely to be due to the much sunnier weather this year. #BeeFlyWatch 1/4
April 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Good news for bee-flies! They have been reported much more frequently this year, and in mid-April we have already had more 2025 records than we did for the whole of 2024, for both Dark-edged and Dotted Bee-flies. This is likely to be due to the much sunnier weather this year. #BeeFlyWatch 1/4
The first of the worker bumblebees!
Tree, Early, Red-tailed and Heath Bumblebees all enjoying Dandelion!
The first workers are teeny! As the season progresses, workers increase in size with more food & helpers in the nest to feed them as larvae 💛
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
Tree, Early, Red-tailed and Heath Bumblebees all enjoying Dandelion!
The first workers are teeny! As the season progresses, workers increase in size with more food & helpers in the nest to feed them as larvae 💛
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The first of the worker bumblebees!
Tree, Early, Red-tailed and Heath Bumblebees all enjoying Dandelion!
The first workers are teeny! As the season progresses, workers increase in size with more food & helpers in the nest to feed them as larvae 💛
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
Tree, Early, Red-tailed and Heath Bumblebees all enjoying Dandelion!
The first workers are teeny! As the season progresses, workers increase in size with more food & helpers in the nest to feed them as larvae 💛
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
Reposted by Charlotte Rankin
Thank you for taking up a #Pollin8 challenge for the bumblebees! Wishing you the best of luck @bumblebees.bsky.social 🐝
I'm bumbling along the Northumberland Coast Path for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
& along the way, I’ll be sharing my bumblebee sightings with @nenature.bsky.social’s North East Bee Hunt 📝🔎
Please share, or donate if you can, to support my ‘North-bumble-land’ Walk this June! ⤵️
& along the way, I’ll be sharing my bumblebee sightings with @nenature.bsky.social’s North East Bee Hunt 📝🔎
Please share, or donate if you can, to support my ‘North-bumble-land’ Walk this June! ⤵️
Charlotte's North-bumble-land Walk 🐝
Help Charlotte Rankin raise money to support Bumblebee Conservation Trust
www.justgiving.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Thank you for taking up a #Pollin8 challenge for the bumblebees! Wishing you the best of luck @bumblebees.bsky.social 🐝
I'm bumbling along the Northumberland Coast Path for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
& along the way, I’ll be sharing my bumblebee sightings with @nenature.bsky.social’s North East Bee Hunt 📝🔎
Please share, or donate if you can, to support my ‘North-bumble-land’ Walk this June! ⤵️
& along the way, I’ll be sharing my bumblebee sightings with @nenature.bsky.social’s North East Bee Hunt 📝🔎
Please share, or donate if you can, to support my ‘North-bumble-land’ Walk this June! ⤵️
Charlotte's North-bumble-land Walk 🐝
Help Charlotte Rankin raise money to support Bumblebee Conservation Trust
www.justgiving.com
April 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I'm bumbling along the Northumberland Coast Path for @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social! 🐝👣
& along the way, I’ll be sharing my bumblebee sightings with @nenature.bsky.social’s North East Bee Hunt 📝🔎
Please share, or donate if you can, to support my ‘North-bumble-land’ Walk this June! ⤵️
& along the way, I’ll be sharing my bumblebee sightings with @nenature.bsky.social’s North East Bee Hunt 📝🔎
Please share, or donate if you can, to support my ‘North-bumble-land’ Walk this June! ⤵️
Hairy-footeds are back! 💛
One of a few males enjoying the Pulmonaria at Alnwick Garden today (in-between hailstone showers!) 🐝
One of a few males enjoying the Pulmonaria at Alnwick Garden today (in-between hailstone showers!) 🐝
March 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hairy-footeds are back! 💛
One of a few males enjoying the Pulmonaria at Alnwick Garden today (in-between hailstone showers!) 🐝
One of a few males enjoying the Pulmonaria at Alnwick Garden today (in-between hailstone showers!) 🐝
My idea of a fun Friday night out 🐸😂
Counted 121! toads along the wetland footpaths at Gosling Sike yesterday evening
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
Counted 121! toads along the wetland footpaths at Gosling Sike yesterday evening
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
My idea of a fun Friday night out 🐸😂
Counted 121! toads along the wetland footpaths at Gosling Sike yesterday evening
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
Counted 121! toads along the wetland footpaths at Gosling Sike yesterday evening
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
Nothing quite beats the joy of seeing my first queen bumblebee of the year! 😭💛
A lovely queen Tree Bumblebee, soon followed by Early and Buff-tailed!
After what was such a tough year for bumbles, seeing the first queens out and about fills my heart with so much joy 💛
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
A lovely queen Tree Bumblebee, soon followed by Early and Buff-tailed!
After what was such a tough year for bumbles, seeing the first queens out and about fills my heart with so much joy 💛
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
February 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Nothing quite beats the joy of seeing my first queen bumblebee of the year! 😭💛
A lovely queen Tree Bumblebee, soon followed by Early and Buff-tailed!
After what was such a tough year for bumbles, seeing the first queens out and about fills my heart with so much joy 💛
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
A lovely queen Tree Bumblebee, soon followed by Early and Buff-tailed!
After what was such a tough year for bumbles, seeing the first queens out and about fills my heart with so much joy 💛
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
A lovely way to start the year! 🌱🔎
Out and about for a final #NewYearPlantHunt with @nenature.bsky.social members. 43 species on the streets of Heaton, including my first Snowdrop and Early Crocus of the year 😁🌻
January 1, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A lovely way to start the year! 🌱🔎
A very soggy and windy #NewYearPlantHunt with Cumbria Wildlife Trust volunteers and staff today! 🔎
We wandered locally from our northern office, spotting 17 species in flower before heading back for some warm drinks and festive nibbles!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
We wandered locally from our northern office, spotting 17 species in flower before heading back for some warm drinks and festive nibbles!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
December 30, 2024 at 3:13 PM
A very soggy and windy #NewYearPlantHunt with Cumbria Wildlife Trust volunteers and staff today! 🔎
We wandered locally from our northern office, spotting 17 species in flower before heading back for some warm drinks and festive nibbles!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
We wandered locally from our northern office, spotting 17 species in flower before heading back for some warm drinks and festive nibbles!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
26 species in flower from a wander around an industrial estate for the #NewYearPlantHunt 🌱
📸 Meadow Foxtail, Narrow-leaved Ragwort, and a surprise Bee Orchid rosette along the way!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
📸 Meadow Foxtail, Narrow-leaved Ragwort, and a surprise Bee Orchid rosette along the way!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
December 29, 2024 at 3:29 PM
26 species in flower from a wander around an industrial estate for the #NewYearPlantHunt 🌱
📸 Meadow Foxtail, Narrow-leaved Ragwort, and a surprise Bee Orchid rosette along the way!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
📸 Meadow Foxtail, Narrow-leaved Ragwort, and a surprise Bee Orchid rosette along the way!
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
We have been rummaging through our Bug Bunkers for The Buzz Club with volunteers 🔎
We were amazed to find this little Christmas bauble attached to a leaf!
We think it’s the egg sac of a pirate spider (Ero sp.) 🕷️🥚
@davegoulson.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
We were amazed to find this little Christmas bauble attached to a leaf!
We think it’s the egg sac of a pirate spider (Ero sp.) 🕷️🥚
@davegoulson.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
December 20, 2024 at 6:52 PM
We have been rummaging through our Bug Bunkers for The Buzz Club with volunteers 🔎
We were amazed to find this little Christmas bauble attached to a leaf!
We think it’s the egg sac of a pirate spider (Ero sp.) 🕷️🥚
@davegoulson.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
We were amazed to find this little Christmas bauble attached to a leaf!
We think it’s the egg sac of a pirate spider (Ero sp.) 🕷️🥚
@davegoulson.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
A species high up on my fungi bucket list! 🍄 The temperate rainforest specialist Hazel Gloves! 🤩
Explored a lovely Atlantic Hazelwood in #Argyll earlier this week. While found on Hazel it’s actually parasitic on another fungus, Glue Crust!
Explored a lovely Atlantic Hazelwood in #Argyll earlier this week. While found on Hazel it’s actually parasitic on another fungus, Glue Crust!
November 14, 2024 at 9:05 AM
A species high up on my fungi bucket list! 🍄 The temperate rainforest specialist Hazel Gloves! 🤩
Explored a lovely Atlantic Hazelwood in #Argyll earlier this week. While found on Hazel it’s actually parasitic on another fungus, Glue Crust!
Explored a lovely Atlantic Hazelwood in #Argyll earlier this week. While found on Hazel it’s actually parasitic on another fungus, Glue Crust!