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Andrena nitida seems to be an increasing species in Nottinghamshire
following a series of records from early 2021. However, this is probably
as much down to an increase in interest in the county's Hymenoptera over
recent years, as any sudden increase on the bee's part.
Nottinghamshire's first record seems to have been from Clumber Park in
2008 (Phillips, A.L.), but there are
more recent records from Thoresby Pit Top
(Shaw, D.), Gedling Pit Top (Pendleton,
T.A.) and Woodthorpe Grange in Nottingham
(Lyon, D.). Grateful thanks go to both
Duncan Lyon (upper photographs) and David Shaw (lower photographs) for
providing their photographs for use here. |
