Events

Tuesday 2nd July 10am - 3pm

Hunter's Inn, Heddon Valley, EX31 4PY

A series of short talks followed by a guided walk in celebration of the threatened butterflies of Exmoor and the work that has gone in to saving them.

Lords Wood, Chew Valley

A visit to the Chew Valley and a privately owned mature woodland with open access.

Walk Farm, South Brewham, Bruton

A walk around Walk Farm, amongst flower-rich meadows and pastureland.

Bannerdown Common, Nr Batheaston

A joint meeting with the Wiltshire branch at Bannerdown Common near Batheaston.  (Afternoon walk commencing 1.30pm)

Crook Peak, Mendip Hills

A walk to the top of the Crook peak to see the Grayling and other limestone grassland species.

Bossington, Nr Porlock, Exmoor NP

A walk along the peaceful rugged Exmoor coast of West Somerset.

Langford Heathfield, Nr Wellington

A walk around a Somerset Wildlife Trust reserve which includes ancient woodland, heathland and ponds.

Brean Down, Mendip Hills

A walk out on Brean Down, the western end of the Mendip Hills stretching into the Bristol channel.

Hatch Hill, Polden Hills, Nr Street.

A walk along part of the Polden Way to Hatch Hill, an SSSI area of restored calcareous grassland.

Cerne Abbas, Dorchester, Dorset

Join a search for this increasingly scarce butterfly

Westbury Beacon BC Reserve, Mendip Hills

For this walk, we visit our fourth and newest Butterfly Reserve - only purchased by the branch in 2015.

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.

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery , Queens Road, Bristol. BS8 1RL

The Secret Life of Butterflies - an entertaining and informative talk by Richard Fox - Associate Director of Recording & Research, Butterfly Conservation.