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Dorset: FIELD TRIP - MOTCOMBE MEADOWS
Saturday 22nd July 2023, 1:00pm-3:30pm
Motcombe, near Shaftesbury
Test your Skipper identification skills
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Royal William Hotel and Painswick Beacon
Sunday 23rd July 2023, 10:30am-3:30pm
Butterfly ID day. There will be a presentation of butterflies seen in Gloucestershire in the morning at the Royal William Hotel, Cranham,
Booking Required: Please contact Sue Smith 01453 882127, sue-smith@gloucestershire-butterflies.org.uk for more details and to book a place.
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Lincolnshire Branch: Open Day
Sunday 23rd July 2023, 10:30am-5:00pm
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After a break of several years due to COVID-19, the Branch Committee is very pleased to be able to announce that we will be holding an Open Day once again!
The Open Day will be held on Sunday 23rd July 2023 at Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR, Rimac Nature Reserve, Saltfleetby, Louth, LN11 7TR. -
An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk at Howe Park Wood, led by Carla Boswell
Sunday 23rd July 2023, 10:30am-12:30pm
Howe Park Wood, The Parks Trust
We will explore the woodland rides and open areas of this Park Trust site.
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Dorset: GUIDED WALK - EAST WEARES
Sunday 23rd July 2023, 2:00pm-4:00pm
PORTLAND
A walk on rocky landscape created by landslips and quarrying
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Wiltshire: Field trip to Roundway Down (near Devizes)
Sunday 23rd July 2023, 2:00pm-4:30pm
Roundway Down Parking
A visit to a downland site with stunning views
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The Butterflies of White Scar and Farrers Allotment, Whitbarrow
Monday 24th July 2023, 10:00am-2:30pm
White Scar and Farrer's Allotment, Whitbarrow
Target species: On a good day, many summer species including four types of Fritillaries, Northern Brown Argus, Grayling and other late Summer species.
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Surrey field trip: Dawney Heath 2
Wednesday 26th July 2023, 11:00am-3:00pm
Pirbright GU24 0JE
Target: Grayling
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk at Whitecross Green Wood, led by Peter Philp
Thursday 27th July 2023, 10:30am-12:30pm
Whitecross Green Wood BBOWT Nature Reserve
We will walk around the wide sunny rides looking for the best areas for butterflies, including an often overlooked species.
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Surrey field trip: Reigate Hill
Thursday 27th July 2023, 11:00am-3:00pm
Reigate RH2 9RP
Target: Chalkhill Blue.
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Shropshire: Prees Heath Common Moth Night
Friday 28th July, 9:00pm - midnight
Moth Night at Prees Heath Common, Shropshire.
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Dorset:- MOTH TRAPPING AT ALNERS GORSE
Saturday 29th July 2023, 8:00am-10:00am
Hazelbury Bryan
Moth trapping
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Surrey field trip: Train West - Deepdene to Gomshall
Saturday 29th July 2023, 9:12am-4:30pm
Gomshall GU5 9NU
Target: Silver-spotted Skipper
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HIGHLAND: DARK BORDERED BEAUTY MOTH MONITORING
Saturday 29th July 2023, 10:00am-2:00pm
RSPB Insh Marshes near Kingussie
TARGET SPECIES: DARK BORDERED BEAUTY MOTH - AND MORE
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Dorset: GUIDED WALK - ALNERS GORSE BUTTERFLY RESERVE
Saturday 29th July 2023, 10:30am-1:00pm
Alners Gorse Reserve, north-west of Bladford Forum
Hairstreaks are priority targets on this walk
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Open Garden: Nottinghamshire
Saturday 29th July 2023, 1:00pm-5:00pm
Nick and Jackie Sparrow are kindly opening the gates to West Bridgford garden in Nottinghamshire for Butterfly Conservation.
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Open Garden: Derbyshire
Saturday 29th July 2023, 1:00pm-4:00pm
Chris and Sheila Ragg are kindly opening the gates to Yew Tree Grange, Derbyshire, for Butterfly Conservation.
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Lincolnshire: Wildlife Day at Waters’ Edge Country Park, Barton upon Humber
Sunday 30th July 2023, 10:00am-4:00pm
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There will be exhibition stands, activities, market stalls and the Country Park staff will be holding numerous nature activities around the park
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Wildlife Day at Waters’ Edge Country Park, Barton upon Humber
Sunday 30th July 2023, 10:00am-4:00pm
Grid Reference: TA029234
The event will be held both in and outdoors in the picnic area.
There will be exhibition stands, activities, market stalls and the Country Park staff will be holding numerous nature activities around the park from pond dipping to nature trails -
An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk at BBOWT's Foxholes. Leader: Peter Philp
Sunday 30th July 2023, 10:30am-1:00pm
Foxholes BBOWT, Bruern
We will be looking for woodland butterflies including, hopefully, White Admiral.
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Guided butterfly walk at Millhoppers Pasture Reserve nr Wilstone
Sunday 30th July 2023, 10:30am-1:00pm
Meet at Wilstone Village Hall
Guided butterfly walk to visit Butterfly Conservation’s only reserve in the Herts & Middx area and see a range of summer butterflies and look at the moths recorded the previous night.
Part of the Big Butterfly Count programme of butterfly walks.
Booking will be required
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Dorset: BUTTERFLY IDENTIFICATION WALK - WEYMOUTH
Sunday 30th July 2023, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Rodwell Trail, Weymouth
Join us on this guided butterfly walk along the old railway line between Weymouth and Portland.
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Herefordshire: Guided Butterfly Walk at Haugh Wood
Tuesday 1st August, 2:00pm
Guided butterfly walk at Haugh Wood, Herefordshire
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An Upper Thames Branch Training Walk at Beacon Hill and Kimble Warren, to look at managing farmland for butterflies. Leader: Nick Marriner.
Wednesday 2nd August 2023, 10:00am-1:00am
A training walk to look at the management of farmland for butterflies and other wildlife, with tips for managing your own land.
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Rococo Gardens, Painswick
Wednesday 2nd August 2023, 10:00am-1:00am
Rococo Family Fun event. (Details to be confirmed)
Check with branch website. SO864105, GL6 6TH, W3W plant.latter.cubs.
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk at Finemere Wood, led by Peter Philp
Thursday 3rd August 2023, 10:00am-1:00pm
Finemere Wood BBOWT Nature Reserve
We will explore the woodland rides and glades looking to get good views of as many of the woodland butterflies as we can.
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk at Greenham Common. Leader: Paul Bowyer
Thursday 3rd August 2023, 11:00am-1:00pm
Greenham Common, Control Tower, Bury's Bank Road
We will explore this extensive site for some of the specialities of the scarce and fragile heathland.
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Dorset: GUIDED WALK - EGGARDON HILL
Thursday 3rd August 2023, 11:00am-3:30pm
Eggardon Hill, east of Bridport
Butterflies and fine views from an Iron Age hillfort
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Hike Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) for Butterfly Conservation
Saturday 5th August 2023, 8:45am-3:30pm
Ascend the highest peak in Wales this August and be rewarded with tremendous views over Northern Snowdonia. All whilst raising funds to protect butterflies, moths and the environment.
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk at Wytham Woods. Leader: Peter Philp.
Saturday 5th August 2023, 10:30am-1:00pm
Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire
A walk to see and identify high-summer butterflies, maybe even White-letter Hairstreak.