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St Andrews Butterfly identification and monitoring workshop
Thursday 4th April
St Andrews Botanic Garden
Join us for a workshop in butterfly identification and monitoring at St Andrews Botanic Gardens.
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Herefordshire: Haugh Wood Work Party
Saturday 6th April, 09:30pm
Join a practical habitat management work party in partnership with Forestry England at Haugh Wood, Herefordshire
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Somerset & Bristol: Mount Fancy BC Reserve (Work Party)
Tuesday 9th April 2024, 9:30am-3:00pm
Mount Fancy BC Reserve
Monthly Work Party
Why not become a 'Fancy Volunteer' and join the practical conservation working party that usually meet on the second Tuesday of each month at Mount Fancy Butterfly Conservation Reserve.
For more details, please visit the 'Fancy Volunteers' blog (click here)
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HIGHLAND: SPRING MEETING
Saturday 13th April 2024, 10:00am-2:00pm
Green Drive Hall, Inverness
The annual get together with talks, plant swap stall and 2nd-hand wildlife book stall.
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An Upper Thames Branch field session to embed transect and WCBS training at Sulham Farm, Pangbourne, Berks, led by Margery Slatter
Saturday 13th April 2024 at 10:30 am
Sulham Farm, Pangbourne, Berks
A field meeting to help embed the transect and WCBS skills presented in the 21st March Zoom training.
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Countryside Lincs
Sunday 14th April 2024, 10:00am-4:00pm
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10:00 am to 4.00 pm.
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Dinas Powys Wild About Nature - Incredible Insects
Sunday 14th April, 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Join us for an afternoon of discovery and appreciation for insects.
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Moths to see in spring in Gloucestershire - Via Zoom
Monday 15th April 2024, 7:30pm-9:00pm
Moths to see in the spring in Gloucestershire - Talk via Zoom
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Survey techniques for the Pearl-bordered and Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries
Tuesday 23rd April 2024, 10:00am-3:00pm
Yarner Wood car park
Survey techniques for the Pearl-bordered and Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries
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Surrey field trip: Ham Lands
Wednesday 24th April 2024, 11:00am-1:00pm
Richmond TW10 7RS
Target: Orange-tip
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Old Castle Down guided walk
Thursday 25th April, 2:00pm
Join us for an adventure through nature's wonderland.
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Slender Scotch Burnet volunteer work party - Black Beach, Isle of Mull
Friday 26th & Saturday 27th April - 10am - 4pm
Black Beach, Kilninian, Isle of Mull
Come along and help us manage habitat for the Slender Scotch Burnet on the Isle of Mull
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BC's Northern Ireland Recorder's Day (NIRD)
Saturday 27th April 2024, 10:00am-2:30pm
Cultra Manor House
Butterfly Conservation's annual recorders day is an opportunity for people to get together to hear about and share information on species conservation, recording schemes, atlasing projects and volunteer recording. To book a FREE place, please use the following link
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/butterfly-conservation-northern-ireland-recorders-day-nird-2024-tickets-861647580107
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Porthcawl ECO Day
Sunday 27th April, 11:00am - 3:00pm
Immerse yourself in a day of eco-friendly festivities at Porthcawl Eco Day!
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Dorset: MOTH TRAPPING and BIRDSONG at ALNERS GORSE
Sunday 28th April 2024, 6:30am-11:00am
Alners Gorse Butterfly Reserve
Learn more about birdsong and moths
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Old Castle Down guided walk
Sunday 28th April, 2:00pm
Join us for an adventure through nature's wonderland.
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Pakenham Water Mill Wildlife Day
Sunday 28th April 2024, 11:00am-4:00pm
Pakenham Water Mill, Mill Road, Pakenham, Bury St Edmunds IP31 2NB
Family event attended by Suffolk Butterfly Conservation and other Conservation groups in beautiful surroundings
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Surrey field trip: Hutchinson’s Bank 1
Wednesday 1st May 2024, 11:00am-3:00pm
New Addington CR0 9AD
Target: spring Skippers, Green Hairstreak
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Lincolnshire: Field Trip to Incombe Hole and Ivinghoe Beacon
Saturday 4th May 2024, 10:00am-4:00pm
Grid Reference: SP963159
Saturday 4 May 2024
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Cumbria Field Trip, The Butterflies of Warton Crag
Saturday 4th May 2024, 10:00am-2:00pm
Warton Crag Carnforth
Targeting Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Green Hairstreak and other early Spring species.
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An Upper Thames Branch identification session at Incombe Hole, led by Nick Bowles
Saturday 4th May 2024 at 10:30 am
Incombe Hole
A field meeting to help embed the spring butterfly and day-flying moth ID skills presented in the 2nd May Zoom meeting.
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Surrey field trip: Sheepleas 1
Wednesday 8th May 2024, 11:00am-3:00pm
West Horsley KT24 6AN
Target: spring Skippers,
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An Upper Thames Branch identification session at Small Dean Lane Bank, led by Nick Bowles
Saturday 11th May 2024 at 10:30 am
Small Dean Lane Bank NT
A field meeting to help embed the spring butterfly and day-flying moth ID skills presented in the 2nd May Zoom meeting.
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Devon: Field Trip - Braunton Burrows Near Barnstaple
Saturday 11th May 2024, 1:00pm
Braunton Burrows Near Barnstaple
Guided walk at Braunton Burrows Near Barnstaple
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Activity Day at Stourton Woods
Sunday 12th May 2024, 10:00am-4:00pm
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Activity Day at Stourton Woods (part of the Lincolnshire Wolds Outdoor Festival programme)
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Fermyn Woods Country Park, Northants
Sunday 12th May 2024, 10:00am-2:00pm
Fermyn Woods Country Park, Northants
A morning visit to see how winter conservation work has helped Dingy and Grizzled Skippers, Green Hairstreaks and other spring species in the park.
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Surrey field trip: Denbies Hillside 1
Sunday 12th May 2024, 11:00am-3:00pm
Dorking RH5 6SR
Target: spring Skippers & Blues
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Dingy Skipper Count
Monday 13th to Sunday 26th May 2024, 10:00am-1:00pm
King’s Forest, Wordwell Grid reference: TL826738. Nearest post code IP28 6UR
Dingy Skipper Count
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Large Heath Workshop
Wednesday 15th May 2024, 10:00am-2:00pm
An Creagan Centre
BC in partnership with Ulster Wildlife will deliver a workshop on the priority Large Heath covering its ecology, habitat requirements, monitoring including how to set-up a single species transect. To book a FREE place, please email [email protected]