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Kent & SE London: Kent’s Magnificent Moths: one year on and how to identify them!
Friday 12th August 2022, 6:30pm-9:00pm
Kent’s Magnificent Moths: one year on and how to identify them!
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Dorset: MOTH TRAPPING AND GUIDED BUTTERFLY WALK - RYEWATER
Friday 12th to Saturday 13th August 2022, 6:45pm-12:00pm
Bishops Down near Sherborne
BC MEMBERS ONLY A return visit to Ryewater Nursery - join us for a weekend of mothing and a butterfly walk.
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Butterfly Conservation at the Peterborough Museum Extinction Exhibition
Saturday 13th August 2022, 10:00am-4:00pm
Butterfly Conservation at the Peterborough Museum Extinction Exhibition
Join us at Peterborough Museum at their Extinction Exhibition to learn about the butterflies and moths in the East of England and the work being done to ensure we do not lose any more of these beautiful insects to extinction! -
An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk with Maureen Cross
Saturday 13th August, 10:30 am
Lardon Chase, Streatley, Berks
A guided walk to see some of the diversity of grassland and scrub butterflies recorded at this site.
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Guided butterfly walk at Horsenden Hill, Greenford (LB of Ealing)
Saturday 13th August 2022, 10:30am-2:00pm
Horsenden Hill, meet Horsenden Farm, Horsenden Lane North, Greenford, UB6 7PQ
Guided walk for White-letter Hairstreak and other summer butterflies including Marbled White and Purple Hairstreak, and see the moths recorded the previous night with local expert Dave Howdon. Joint event with the Friends of Horsenden Hill and Ealing Wildlife Group.
No booking is required
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk with Tom Dunbar
Sunday 14th August, 10:00 am
Aston Rowant NNR, Oxon
Walk to see the late summer specialist butterflies of this site.
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Kent & SE London: Langdon Cliffs, Dover
Sunday 14th August 2022, 10:30am-1:00pm
Dover
Sorry but this event has been cancelled
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Field Trip: Canvey Wick - August 14th 2022
Sunday 14th August 2022, 10:30am-1:00pm
Canvey Wick Buglife reserve, Essex
A guided walk to see summer species at this popular nature reserve with a possibility of seeing Wall Brown and Clouded Yellow.
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Somerset & Bristol: Netherclay LNR, Taunton (Guided walk)
Sunday 14th August 2022, 11:00am-2:00pm
Netherclay LNR, Taunton
Our final guided walk this season takes us to Netherclay LNR, which is probably the best site in Somerset for seeing the Brown Hairstreak.
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Surrey field trip: Wildwood Golf Course
Tuesday 16th August 2022, 11:00am-3:00pm
Cranleigh GU6 8JR
Target: Brown Hairstreak
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Upper Thames: Work Party 17 Aug 22
Wednesday 17th August 2022, 10:00am-1:30pm
Work party at Holtspur Bottom, Bucks
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Shropshire: Prees Heath Common Work Party
Wednesday 17th August 10:30am - 1:30pm
Habitat management work at Prees Heath Common to conserve the population of Silver Studded Blue
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Surrey field trip: Bookham Common 3
Wednesday 17th August 2022, 2:00pm-4:30pm
Bookham KT23 3JG
Target: Brown Hairstreak
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Surrey field trip: Newdigate Brickworks 2
Thursday 18th August 2022, 10:30am-1:00pm
Newdigate RH5 5DN
Target: Brown Hairstreak
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Dorset: GUIDED WALK - FONTMELL DOWN
Thursday 18th August 2022, 1:00pm-3:30pm
Fontmell Down, Near Shaftesbury, Dorset
A visit to Dorset's only Silver-spotted Skipper site
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Dorset: GUIDED WALK - WEYMOUTH RELIEF ROAD
Saturday 20th August 2022, 1:00pm-3:30pm
Bincombe north of Weymouth
A survey of this newly created downland habitat
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Barry Buddon Nature Day
Sunday 21st August
Barry Buddon MOD Training Centre, Monifieth, Angus
Join volunteers from the East Scotland branch to discover the wildlife of Barry Buddon - a place not normally open to the public.
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Kent & SE London: Lydden Down
Sunday 21st August 2022, 10:30am-1:00pm
Lydden Down, Kent Wildlife Trust Reserve
Join the Kent Branch at this Kent Wildlife Trust reserve, where we hope to see Silver-spotted Skipper and other downland species of butterflies.
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk with Des Sussex
Sunday 21st August, 10:30 am
Buckler's Forest, Crowthorne, Berks
Walk around the extensive network of paths in Buckler's Forest in search of summer butterflies including Grayling.
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Dorset: BUTTERFLY WALK ON BALLARD DOWN
Sunday 21st August 2022, 11:00am-1:30pm
Ulwell, Swanage
A return visit to this chalk downland and sea views.
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Surrey field trip: Merrow & Pewley Downs 2
Sunday 21st August 2022, 11:00am-3:00pm
Merrow GU1 2QP
Target: Brown Hairstreak
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Guided butterfly walk at Therfield Heath, nr Royston for Adonis Blue
Monday 22nd August 2022, 11:00am-1:00pm
Therfield Road car park off Therfield Road in Royston
Guided butterfly walk for Adonis Blue and late summer butterflies. An opportunity to be shown around this important chalk grassland site with local expert Martin Johnson. Therfield Heath supports a recently established colony of Adonis Blue
No booking required
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Dorset: GUIDED WALK -OSMINGTON
Wednesday 24th August 2022, 11:00am-3:30pm
Osmington, east Of Weymouth
Enjoy a leisurely coastal downland and country lane walk. We shall be looking for at least 15 species of butterfly, including Adonis Blue and Wall
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Rough Bank walk - 2
Wednesday 24th August 2022, 11:00am-1:00pm
Walk to see the Blues! – Common, Adonis and Chalk Hill Blues
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Upper Thames: Work Party 25 Aug 22
Thursday 25th August 2022, 10:00am-1:30pm
Work party at Holtspur Bottom, Bucks
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Kent & SE London: Pluckley NNR Moth Morning
Thursday 25th August 2022, 10:00am-12:00pm
Come down to Pluckley for a magnificent moth morning!
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Kent & SE London: Moths by Light - Hawkshill Freedown, Walmer
Friday 26th August 2022, 8:00pm-11:59pm
Come down to Pluckley for a magnificent moth morning!
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Lincolnshire: Field Trip to Aston Rowant NNR Saturday 27 August 2022
Saturday 27th August 2022, 10:00am-4:00pm
Aston Rowant NNR
Visit to Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve, 10.00 am start
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Nottingham Hill walk
Saturday 27th August 2022, 2:00pm-4:30pm
Walk to look out for Wall and Adonis Blue butterflies along with good numbers of Chalk hill Blue and other late summer butterflies
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Open Garden Monday 29 August 1pm - 5pm
Monday 29th August 2022, 1:00pm-5:00pm
West Bridgford garden in Nottinghamshire will be opened by Nick and Jackie Sparrow on Monday 29 August from 1pm to 5pm.