Events

Woodland Wings work parties : 3rd Sunday each month

Salcey Forest, east of the village of Hartwell, between Northampton and Newport Pagnell in Northamptonshire.

From September 2018 onwards, on the 3^rd Sunday of every month,  a brand new volunteer group will be starting in the Salcey Forest area to improve habitats for butterflies and moths - come and join us!

Thursday 17th January 2019, 10am - 3pm

Prestbury Hill - Bill Smyllie Reserve

Work party to reduce scrub and maintain grassland on the Bill Smyllie Reserve at Prestbury Hill.

Thursday 17th January 2019, 10.30am-3.30pm

Light scrub and bramble removal and other light management work needs to be carried out. NB RETURN TO  10.00 am meet at entrance to Median Farm from Meadows Road, off Cross Hands Ind Est. Grid ref: SN572120.

Friday 18th January, 9.30am-3.30pm

Netley Park

Small Blue Project
Please see: Surrey Work Parties

Saturday 19th January 2019, 10.00am-3.00pm

Wester Moss, Fallin (near Stirling)

Scrub clearance at Wester Moss SSSI with the Bog Squad near Stirling to help improve habitat for the Large Heath butterfly and protect the valuable peatland.

Saturday 19th January 2019, 10.30am - 2.30pm

Miltor Mator near Kingskerswell

Removal of scrub and small trees.

Saturday 19th January 2019, 10:30am-1.00pm

Brown Hairstreak egg hunt at Raleigh Park, North Hinksey, Oxford.

Meet at Ecos Visitor Centre, Ballymena, BT43 7QU 


Join Butterfly Conservation and our partners in managing some of our most wildlife-rich nature reserves and special places in Northern Ireland.  It’ll be some well-spent, rewarding time outdoors! Booking Essential!

Sunday 20th January 2019, 8.30am-11.30pm unless extended

Ewenny

Sunday 20th January 2019, 10.00am-1.00pm

Work party at Aston Upthorpe Downs, Oxon.

Tuesday 22nd January 2019, 10.00am-3.30pm

Helpston Road, Ailsworth, City of Peterborough PE6 7EL

Join us and help create vital new habitat for butterflies, moths and a number of other threatened species in the area - all tools and training will be provided!

Wednesday 23rd January 2019, 10.00am-3.00pm

Join a group to improve the habitat using supplied hand tools

Thursday 24th January 2019, 2.45pm-4.00pm

Guildford Natural History Society

Francis Kelly: Butterflies - Facts & Fun

Sunday 27th January 2019, 8.30am-11.30pm unless extended

Ewenny

Sunday 27th January 2019, 9.00am -12.30pm

White Hill, Fackenden Lane, Shoreham, Sevenoaks

Join the Branch at White Hill in the Darent Valley at Shoreham, where we will be carrying out conservation work to maintain habitat for the downland butterflies and other wildlife using the site.

Sunday 27th January 2019 10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Grid Reference: TF147740

Come and join our work party in the Limewoods

Sunday 27th January 2019, 10.00am-1.00pm

Work party at Holtspur Bottom, Bucks.

Sunday 27th January 2019, 10.30am - 2.30pm

Heathfield Reserve near Bovey Tracey

Raking and clearing at Teignbridge’s Heathfield reserve to maintain the open and warm heathland there.

Meet at RSPB Portmore Lough’s Visitors Centre BT67 0DW

Join Butterfly Conservation and our partners in managing some of our most wildlife-rich nature reserves and special places in Northern Ireland.  It’ll be some well-spent, rewarding time outdoors! Booking Essential!

Friday 1st February 2019, 10.15am-3.30pm

Ystradgynlais Weavers Road SN791098

Light scrub and bramble removal and other light management work needs to be carried out

Saturday 2nd February 2019, 10.00am-3.00pm

Shutes Farm, Underhill Lane, Staple Fitzpaine

All are welcome to join us for a day of coppicing hazel at our Mount Fancy Farm reserve.

Meet at the ‘Round O’ Car Park on the Lough Shore Road, Enniskillen BT74 7BF

Join Butterfly Conservation and our partners in managing some of our most wildlife-rich nature reserves and special places in Northern Ireland.  It’ll be some well-spent, rewarding time outdoors! Booking Essential!

Sunday 3rd February 2019, 8.30am-11.30pm unless extended

Ewenny

Sunday 3rd February 2019 10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Grid Reference: TF128681

Come and join the work party in the Limewoods

Sunday 3rd February, 2019, 10.00am-3.30pm

Work Party at Rough Bank - mainly scrub and tree thinning.

Sunday 3rd February 2019, 10.30am - 2.30pm

Chudleigh Knighton Heath

We will be clearing scrub from around the footpath where Pearl and Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary breed.

Wednesday 6th February 2019, 10.00am-10.00pm

Join a group to improve the habitat using supplied hand tools

Thursday 7th February, 9.30am-3.30pm

Oaken Wood

Branch Reserve
Please see: Surrey Work Parties

Thursday 7th February 2019, 10.00am-3.30pm

Light scrub and bramble removal and other light management work needs to be carried out. NB 10am start.  Meet 10.00 am at entrance to Median Farm from Meadows Road, off Cross Hands Ind Est. Grid ref: SN572120.

St John’s Scout Hall, behind Newtownbreda Presbyterian Church off the Knockbreda Road in Belfast.

A buffet of members presentations, with contributions on the Lepidoptera of Borneo and common caterpillars of the countryside. More details to follow!