Urban Buzz Birmingham
Part of the national Urban Buzz project, Urban Buzz Birmingham created or enhanced 33 hectares of pollinator habitat across 115 ‘Buzzing Hotspots’ in the city. Working closely with the Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust (BBCWT) and local community groups, over 1,200 volunteers helped to create wildflower patches in parks, plug planted wildflowers in young woodlands, diversified wetland edges, created bee banks and installed pollinator-friendly honeycomb planters in Birmingham’s business district.
Quick Facts:
- Name of Project: Urban Buzz Birmingham
- Duration of Project: 2016 – 2017
- Location of Project: Birmingham
- Species benefiting from Project: Pollinators and other invertebrates
- Project funded by: National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Project Partners: Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust (BBCWT)
- Habitat created/enhanced through project: 33ha
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