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Taynish NNR Moth Morning
Saturday 30th July 2022, 10:00am-1:00pm
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.
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An Upper Thames Branch Training Walk on late-summer butterfly ID with Nick Bowles
Saturday 30th July, 10:30 am
Howe Park Wood, Milton Keynes, Bucks
Late summer butterfly identification
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An Upper Thames Branch Training Walk on late-summer butterfly ID with Margey Slatter and Gillian Taylor
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.
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Shropshire: Butterfly & Moth Festival 2022 - Introduction to Moths
Sunday 31st July, 10:00am
Introduction to moths event as part of the Butterfly & Moth Festival 2022.
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Guided butterfly walk at Millhoppers Pasture Reserve nr Wilstone
Sunday 31st July 2022, 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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Kent & SE London: Folkestone Downs
Sunday 31st July 2022, 10:30am-1:00am
Folkestone
Join the Kent Branch on a walk to look for Straw Belle, Adonis & Wall.
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Dorset: BUTTERFLY IDENTIFICATION WALK - WEYMOUTH
Sunday 31st July 2022, 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 Walk at Haugh Wood
Tuesday 2nd August, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
A guided walk following the green trail at Haugh Wood with plentiful summer butterflies
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Somerset & Bristol: Brean Down (Guided walk)
Wednesday 3rd August 2022, 11:00pm-1:30pm
Brean Down
A walk out on Brean Down, the western end of the Mendip Hills stretching into the Bristol channel.
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk with Paul Bowyer
Thursday 4th August, 10:00 am
Greenham Common, Berks
A walk to look for heathland specialists including the Grayling.
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Dorset: GUIDED WALK - BOURNE VALLEY
Thursday 4th August 2022, 1:00pm-3:30pm
Bourne Valley Nature Reserve
Butterflies and dragonflies
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Norfolk: Field Trip To Lynford Water
Friday 5th August 2022, 10:30am-1:00pm
Lynford Arboretum,
Target species - Grayling and day-flying moths.
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Lincolnshire: Field Trip to Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR Saturday 6 August 2022
Saturday 6th August 2022, 10:00am-4:00pm
Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR
Visit to Saltfleetby - Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve, 10.00 am start
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Marble Arch Caves Field Trip
Saturday 6th August 2022, 10:00am-12:00am
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.
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk with Nick Bowles
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.
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Somerset & Bristol: Westbury Beacon (Guided walk)
Saturday 6th August 2022, 11:00am-1:30pm
Westbury Beacon BC Reserve, Mendip Hills
For this walk, we visit our fourth and newest Butterfly Reserve.
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Walk at Coombe Hill, Wotton-under-Edge
Saturday 6th August 2022, 11:00am-1:00pm
Walk to see Chalk Hill Blue butterflies
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Devon: Moth Event - Bellever Moth Night
Saturday 6th August 2022, 8:15pm
Bellever
Moth event at Bellever
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk with Tom Dunbar
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.
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Kent & SE London: White Hill & Fackenden Down
Sunday 7th August 2022, 10:30am-1:00pm
Shoreham, Kent
Join the Kent Branch at White Hill Reserve and Fackenden Down looking for late season downland species, Chalkhill Blue.
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An Upper Thames Branch Training Walk on late-summer butterfly ID with Grahame Hawker and Margery Slatter
Saturday 7th August, 11:00 am
Lardon Chase, Streatley, Berks
Late summer butterfly identification
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Open Garden Sunday 7 August 11am - 5pm
Sunday 7th August 2022, 11:00am-5:00am
Windmill Hill Wildlife Garden in Kent will be opened by Judith Hathrill on Sunday 7 August from 11am - 5pm.
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Surrey field trip: Box Hill 2
Sunday 7th August 2022, 11:00am-3:00pm
Dorking KT20 7LB
Target: Adonis Blue
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Cumbria Field Trip, The Butterflies of Smardale Gill Nature Reserve, Kirkby Stephen
Tuesday 9th August 2022, 10:00am-3:30pm
Off Great Asby road Newbiggin-on-Lune
Target species Scotch Argus, late Dark Green Fritillary and other common summer species
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Surrey field trip: Denbies Hillside 3
Tuesday 9th August 2022, 11:00am-3:00pm
Dorking RH5 6SR
Target: Adonis Blue
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Guided butterfly walk for summer butterflies and the hope of seeing the elusive Brown Hairstreak butterfly
Wednesday 10th August 2022, 10:15am-1:00pm
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
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Conservation day course
Thursday 11th August 2022, 10:00am-4:00pm
Colstrope Farm, near Hambleden, Bucks
Conservation day course at Colestrope Farm, Hambeldon, Bucks
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Surrey field trip: Bookham Common 2
Thursday 11th August 2022, 10:30am-1:00pm
Bookham KT23 3JG
Target: Brown Hairstreak
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Dorset: MOTH TRAPPING AND GUIDED BUTTERFLY WALK - RYEWATER
Friday 12th to Saturday 13th August 2022, 6:45pm-1:00pm
Bishops Down near Sherborne
BC MEMBERS ONLY A return visit to Ryewater Nursery - join us for a weekend of mothing and a butterfly walk.
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk with Maureen Cross
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.