SP Energy Networks Pollinator B-Lines
The SP Energy Networks Pollinator B-Lines project is a partnership project with Buglife and SP Energy Networks that will enhance habitat for pollinators and grassland invertebrates on four of their sites in the central belt of Scotland.
Quick Facts:
- Name of Project: SP Energy NetworksPollinator B-Lines
- Duration of Project: October 2025 to October 2026
- Location of Project: Central Belt, Scotland
- Species benefiting from Project: Pollinators and other grassland invertebrates.
- Project funded by: SP Energy Networks
- Project partners: SP Energy Networks
What will the project do?
We will restore four sites owned by SP Energy Networks within the B-Lines network, for the benefit of insect pollinators, other invertebrates and wildlife. This will be through a variety of methods, including wildflower seed sowing and plug planting, nectar-rich bulb planting and hedgerows. We will also install solitary bee nesting posts and bee banks where possible.
The sites for the project are in:
- Busby, East Renfrewshire
- Leven, Fife
- Livingston East, West Lothian
- Drumcross, West Lothian
Improving these sites for pollinators will support the resilience of local populations by helping to connect sites and creating stepping-stones of habitat for pollinators and other wildlife to move across the landscape. These areas of connection are known as “B-Lines”,
As well as on the ground enhancement works, management plans will be written to ensure long term success of the habitats.
Ragged Robin flowering in Busby © Kelly Murray How can you get involved?
You can contribute to our B-Lines network by adding your own project to our B-Lines map. Your contribution doesn’t have to be large – it can be anything from window boxes with some wildflowers, to a field-scale meadow!
Red-tailed Mason Bee (Osmia bicolor) © Kentish Plumber (Flickr, CC) The “SP Energy Networks Pollinator B-Lines” project is supported by SP Energy Networks – an electricity network owner responsible for keeping power flowing to homes and businesses throughout Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales, Merseyside, Cheshire and North Shropshire. As a leading electricity networks business, SP Energy Networks has a critical role to help the UK meeting its ambitious climate change targets and enabling the transition to a low carbon economy.
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