A NEW new bug trail has been launched, telling the story of a village high street through the eyes of pollinators. A leaflet and trail booklet are available from the entrance of Great Ayton's Discovery Centre, which is currently open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays between 11am and 2pm. The booklet provides space to record rubbings from seven posts at key spots in the village. A free bug trail app can be downloaded from App Store or Google Play to be used when following the trail. The idea for the project came about when botanist Martin Allen looked at old maps of Great Ayton as part of work to prepare a pollinator plan for the village. He spotted that the 1853 6” OS map showed lots of orchards around Great Ayton. Mr Allen, together with Caryn Loftus, project manager of Moor Sustainable CIC, wanted to know more. Ms Loftus had come across a pollinator trail in St David’s in Wales and wondered if something similar could be created in Great Ayton to engage people in finding out more about the importance of pollinators and why the Brighten Up Great Ayton (BUG) group were adding more areas of planting to increase the number of pollinators.