#UKwaspwatch

A Twitter application that identifies and displays wasp sightings

Report Your Sightings

We want to develop a picture of wasp trends throughout the UK; where there are most wasps and how many there are. To take part, simply login to your Twitter account and tweet the hashtag #ukwaspwatch, your postcode and how serious the sighting is on a scale of 1-10 using the key below. Your tweet will then be marked on the map.

For example: #ukwaspwatch SW1 3/10

Key

• 1-3 Minor wasp nuisance
• 4-5 Multiple wasps
• 6-7 wasp sting/s
• 8-10 wasp nests according to size

Tips

You can use either your full postcode or just the first half of your postcode if you don't know it fully. If you use the full postcode the position of the marker will be more accurate.

You can also include text or short-links to pictures of your sightings in the second half of your tweet as long as you follow the above protocol in the first half.

The map automatically updates every minute, but there may be a time lag with your tweet being displayed due to how busy the Twitter API is at the time you tweet.

Recent Tweets

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  rbk456

  @UKWaspWatch I hope you get my location now with this tweet #ukwaspwatch Been stung once, one wasp next destroyed by a neighbour.

  Tweeted at 2010-09-03 10:07:21 UTC
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  ShazzaKataya

  #ukwaspwatch BT32 3SW 8/10

  Tweeted at 2010-09-03 08:40:22 UTC
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  Betty_Machete

  #ukwaspwatch DA8 5/10

  Tweeted at 2010-09-01 19:11:24 UTC
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  Betty_Machete

  #ukwaspwatch DA8 5

  Tweeted at 2010-09-01 19:10:27 UTC
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  tomcats4

  #ukwaspwatch LN6 4RU 6/10

  Tweeted at 2010-09-01 11:05:29 UTC
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  Dunningworth

  #ukwaspwatch IP17 1/9

  Tweeted at 2010-09-01 08:15:45 UTC
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  BroadwayManor

  #UKWaspWatch Wasps' Nest in our garden shed: http://t.co/rDd714V

  Tweeted at 2010-08-31 21:25:03 UTC
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  BroadwayManor

  #UKwaspwatch WR12 7JP 10 three wasps' nests in the garden this summer

  Tweeted at 2010-08-31 21:04:29 UTC

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