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Northamptonshire - Salcey Forest: Conservation Work Parties
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 3rd 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!
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Scotland: Langlands Moss Bog Squad Work Party
Saturday 16th February 2019, 10.00am-3.00pm
:Langlands Moss, East Kilbride
Bog Squad volunteer work party to block old drainage ditches to benefit the Large Heath butterfly.
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Hibernating Heralds
16th February 2019
Beat those winter moth-ing blues and join us on a Hibernating Herald safari! A chance to see Heralds (and hopefully a Tissue) and learn more about overwintering moths and the Hibernating Herald Survey. Bring a torch.
Roslin Glen (just south of Edinburgh)
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Devon: Work Party - Lydford Old Railway Reserve
Saturday 16th February 2019, 10.30am - 2.30pm
Lydford Old Railway Reserve
Continuing the essential winter clearance work for the Heath Fritillary and other butterflies.
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Devon: Work Party - West Down
Saturday 16th February 2019, 10.30am-3.00pm
West Down (SX 47900 70800)
We'll be clearing gorse and other scrub from this important hill side to improve habitat for five fritillary species including High Brown.
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Lincolnshire: Southrey Wood Work party
Sunday 17th February 2019 10.00 am - 4.00 pm
Grid Reference: TF128681
Come and join the work party in the Limewoods
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Upper Thames: Work Party
Sunday 17th February 2019, 10.00am-1.00pm
Work party at Holtspur Bottom, Bucks.
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West Midlands: Wood White Conservation in Shropshire
Sunday 17th February 2019, 10.00am-3.00pm
Bury Ditches, between Clunton and Lydburyn North, Shropshire
Join the West Midlands Branch at this event to help the Wood White butterfly at Bury Ditches, between Clunton and Lydburyn North.
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Gloucestershire: Work Party at Rough Bank
Sunday 17th February, 2019, 10.00am-3.30pm
Work Party at Rough Bank - mainly scrub and tree thinning. (This replaces the cancelled work party of 3rd February.)
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Cornwall: Church Hay Work Party
Tuesday 19th February 2019, 10.30am-3.30pm
Church Hay Down, St Breward, Bodmin Moor
Please join us to further increase suitable habitat for Marsh Fritillary and other wildlife.
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Surrey Work Party
Wed 20 Feb, 9.30-3.30
West Hanger, Shere
Small Blue Project
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Cumbria: Conservation Work Party Wakebarrow, Whitbarrow - Change of Meeting Place
Wednesday 20th February 2019, 10.00am-3.00pm
Join a group to improve the habitat by using supplied hand tools.
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Scotland: Langlands Moss Bog Squad Work Party
Saturday 23rd February 2019, 10.00am-3.00pm
Bog Squad volunteer work party to block old drainage ditches to benefit the Large Heath butterfly.
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Butterfly habitat maintenance: Scotstown Moor, Aberdeen
Saturday 23rd February
Scotstown Moor Local Nature Reserve
Join us and others volunteers to help maintain habitat for butterflies in Aberdeen!
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Kent: White Hill Work Party - February 2019
Sunday 24th February 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.
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Clearing scrub at Blackrock Quarry, Clydach
Sunday 24th February 2019, 10.00am-4.00pm
Blackrock Quarry, Clydach SO215125
Work task in conjunction with Usk Conservation and Environment Group, clearing cotoneaster from this important lepidoptera site with superb views.
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Upper Thames: Work Party
Sunday 24th February 2019, 10.30am-1.00pm
Work party at Caversham Lakes, Oxon
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West Midlands: Ewyas Harold Reserve and Common Work Parties
Tuesday 26th February 2019, 10.00am
Ewyas Harold Reserve and Common, Abbey Dore, Hereford HR2 0AB
Come and join the West Midlands Branch at this lovely reserve to help with habitat management for the butterflies found at this site...
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Habitat management at Caeau Ffos Fach/Median Farm
Thursday 28th February 2019, 12.00am-12.00am
Median Farm, Meadows Road, Cross Hands
Light scrub and bramble removal and other light management
Meet 10.00 am at entrance to Median Farm. Grid ref: SN572120. Contact: Richard Smith (0797 781 1404) or George Tordoff (0779 452 1017). -
Gloucestershire: Cheltenham Indoor Meeting
Thursday 28th February 2019, 8.00pm-10.00pm
Meet other BC members from the Cheltenham area - and further afield - for updates, gossip, cakes and excellent presentations.
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Gloucestershire: Work Party at Rough Bank
Friday 1st March, 2019, 10.00am-3.30pm
Work Party at Rough Bank - mainly scrub and tree thinning.
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Habitat management at a North Carmarthenshire site
Friday 1st March 2019. Times to be confirmed
Site location to be confirmed.
Site location to be advised, so please contact us for details.
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Cornwall: Church Hay Work Party
Friday 1st March 2019, 10.30am-3.30pm
Church Hay Down, St Breward, Bodmin Moor
Please join us to further increase suitable habitat for Marsh Fritillary.
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Butterfly and Moth Identification, Surveying & Recording
Saturday 2nd March 2019, 10:00am-4:00pm
Maiden Erlegh Nature Reserve, Lakeside, Earley, Reading, Berks. RG6 5QE
A free introduction to Butterfly and Moth Identification, Surveying & Recording
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Scotland: Toxside Moss Bog Squad Volunteer Work Party
Saturday 2nd March 2019, 10.00am-3.00pm
Toxside Moss by Gladhouse Reservoir (Midlothian)
The Bog Squad will be removing tree guards at this important site for the Large Heath butterfly.
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Upper Thames: Brown Hairstreak Egg Hunt
Saturday 2nd March 2019, 10.30am-1.00pm
Brown Hairstreak egg hunt at Bernwood Meadows, Bucks.
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Gloucestershire: Work Party at Ravensgate Common
Sunday 3rd March 2019, 10.00am-3.00pm
Scrub clearing to improve habitat for Duke of Burgundy on Ravensgate Common.
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West Midlands: Monkwood reserve conservation event
Sunday 3rd March 2019, 10.00am
Monkwood Reserve, Hallow, Worcester WR2 6NJ
Join our West Midlands Branch at the Monkwood reserve in Worcestershire and help with conservation management work for butterflies like the Wood White, the Silver-washed Fritillary and the Purple Hairstreak.
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Devon: Work Party - Little Breach near Culmstock
Sunday 3rd March 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.