Events

Taynish National Nature Reserve

Come along and see the wide variety of moths that have been caught in traps set at the Taynish National Nature Reserve the night before. In particular we will be looking for the rare Square-spotted Clay moth. 

Saturday 30th July, 10:30 am

Howe Park Wood, Milton Keynes, Bucks

Late summer butterfly identification

Saturday 30th July, 11:00 am

Hackpen Hill, Sparsholt Firs, Oxon

A training walk to help you identify Late-summer butterflies in this beautiful steep, chalk grassland.

Sunday 31st July, 10:00am

Introduction to moths event as part of the Butterfly & Moth Festival 2022. 

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

Folkestone

Join the Kent Branch on a walk to look for Straw Belle, Adonis & Wall. 

Rodwell Trail, Weymouth

Join us on this guided butterfly walk along the old railway line between Weymouth and Portland.

Tuesday 2nd August, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

A guided walk following the green trail at Haugh Wood with plentiful summer butterflies 

Brean Down

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

Thursday 4th August, 10:00 am

Greenham Common, Berks

A walk to look for heathland specialists including the Grayling.

Bourne Valley Nature Reserve

Butterflies and dragonflies

Lynford Arboretum,

Target species - Grayling and day-flying moths.

Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR

Visit to Saltfleetby - Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve, 10.00 am start

Marble Arch Caves car park

A leisurely walk with Ian Rippey from Killykeegan along the base and middle slopes of the large limestone hill at Coaghan. Target species include Grayling, Dark Green Fritillary, Holly Blue and Silver-washed Fritillary. 

Saturday 6th August, 10:30 am

Grangelands and The Rifle Range, Bucks

A walk for summer butterflies including Chalkhill Blue, Silver-spotter Skipper and other grassland species.

Westbury Beacon BC Reserve, Mendip Hills

For this walk, we visit our fourth and newest Butterfly Reserve.

Walk to see Chalk Hill Blue butterflies

Bellever

Moth event at Bellever

Saturday 7th August, 10:00 am

Rushbeds Wood and Lapland Farm Meadows, Bucks

A walk to Laplands Farm Meadows in search of Brown Hairstreak and other late-summer butterflies.

Shoreham, Kent

Join the Kent Branch at White Hill Reserve and Fackenden Down looking for late season downland species, Chalkhill Blue.

Saturday 7th August, 11:00 am

Lardon Chase, Streatley, Berks

Late summer butterfly identification

Windmill Hill Wildlife Garden in Kent will be opened by Judith Hathrill on Sunday 7 August from 11am - 5pm.

Dorking KT20 7LB

Target: Adonis Blue

Off Great Asby road Newbiggin-on-Lune

Target species Scotch Argus, late Dark Green Fritillary and other common summer species

Dorking RH5 6SR

Target: Adonis Blue

Meet at Ruislip Gardens Tube Station

Guided butterfly walk for summer butterflies and the hope of seeing the elusive Brown Hairstreak butterfly - join Dick Middleton at Stafford Road Open Space

No booking is required

Colstrope Farm, near Hambleden, Bucks

Conservation day course at Colestrope Farm, Hambeldon, Bucks

Bookham KT23 3JG

Target: Brown Hairstreak

Bishops Down near Sherborne

BC MEMBERS ONLY   A return visit to Ryewater Nursery - join us for a weekend of mothing and a butterfly walk.

Saturday 13th August, 10:30 am

Lardon Chase, Streatley, Berks

A guided walk to see some of the diversity of grassland and scrub butterflies recorded at this site.