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!

Friday 14th December 2018, 9.30am-3.30pm

Hatchlands Quarry

Small Blue Project
Please see: Surrey Work Parties

Sunday 16th December 2018, 8.30am-11.30pm unless extended

Ewenny

Sunday 16th December 10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Grid Reference: TF147740

Come and join the workparty

Sunday 16th December 2018, 10.00am-4.00pm

Bonsai Bank, Penny Pot Lane, Chartham, Canterbury

Join the Branch at Bonsai Bank and help improve habitat for the Duke of Burgundy butterfly and other wildlife in the area. 

Sunday 16th December 2018, 10.00am-4.00pm

Blackthorn layering for the beautiful Black Hairstreak.

Sunday 16th December 2018, 10.30am-1.00pm

Brown Hairstreak egg hunt at Rushbeds Wood, Bucks.

Monday 17th December 2018, 10.00am-3.30pm

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

Wednesday 19th December 2018, 10.00am-3.00pm

Join a volunteer group to improve the butterfly habitat by using supplied hand tools to cut and stack scrub.

Wednesday 19th December 2018, 10.00am-3.30pm

Bedford Purlieus, off A47 nearr Wansford

Join us in creating a new glade, increasing vital habitat for butterflies, moths and a number of threatened species in this area -all tools and training will be provided!

Sunday 30th December 10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Grid Reference: TF147740

Come and join our post-Christmas work party

Tuesday 1st January 2019, 10.30am-1.00pm

Brown Hairstreak egg hunt at RSPB Otmoor, Oxford.

Thursday 3rd January 2019, 9.30am-3.30pm

Oaken Wood

Branch Reserve
Please see: Surrey Work Parties

Friday 5th January 2018, 10.00am-3.00pm

Scrub clearance at Peeswit Moss (by Gladhouse Reservoir, Midlothian) with the Bog Squad to help improve habitat for the Large Heath butterfly and protect the valuable peatland.

Saturday 5th January, 2019, 10.00am-3.30pm

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

Sunday 6th January 2019, 8.30am-11.30pm unless extended

Ewenny

Sunday 6th January 2019, 10.00am-1.00pm

Work party at Holtspur Bottom, Bucks.

Sunday 6th January 2019 10.00 am - 4.00 pm

Grid Reference: TF128681

Come and join the work party in the Limewoods

Monday 8th January 2018, 10.00am-3.30pm

Fineshade, nr Corby, NN17 3BB

Come and help us with some vegetation clearance today, creating and maintaining butterfly habitat - all tools and training will be provided, along with tea and biscuits!

Wednesday 9th January 2019, 10.00am-3.00pm

Join a group to improve the habitat by using supplied hand tools

Friday 11th January 2019, 10.00am-3.00pm

Lower Hurston Farm, TQ13 8EF

Sapling and scrub removal to benefit Marsh Fritillary on a beautiful, private Dartmoor farm.

Saturday 12th January 2019, 10.00am-3.00pm

Work party to clear scrub to open up habitat for Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Friday 12th January 2018, 10.30am-3.00pm

West Down (SX 47900 70800)

Help us with this practical day cutting gorse to maintain habitat for High Brown Fritillary and Pearl-bordered Fritillary.

Sunday 13th January 2019, 10.00am-3.00pm

Sheriffmuir (by Dunblane)

We will be clearing small spruce trees from the open heath area surrounding the Gathering Stone at Sheriffmuir near Dunblane. The open habitat there is important for a range of butterflies including Green Hairstreak.

Sunday 13th January 2019, 10.00am-10.00am

Join a group to improve the habitat using supplied tools

Sunday 13th January 2019, 10.00am-4.00pm

Bonsai Bank, Penny Pot Lane, Chartham, Canterbury

Join the Branch at Bonsai Bank and help improve habitat for the Duke of Burgundy butterfly and other wildlife in the area. 

Sunday 13th Jan 2019

Fermyn Woods Country Park Lyveden Rd, Brigstock, Kettering NN14 3HS

Winter Work Party - Fermyn Woods - Sunday 13th January 2019

Sunday 13th January 2019, 10.30am-3.30pm

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

Sunday 13th January 2019, 10.30am - 2.30pm

Little Breach near Culmstock

Main work will be raking after the strimmer but there may also be trimming of woody vegetation.

Monday 15th January 2019, 9.30am-3.00pm

Wimbleball Lake, TA22 9NU

A joint work party clearing blackthorn and other scrub to benefit Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary.