Events

Wednesday 15th January 2025 7:30pm - 9:00pm

On line - Zoom

Rose Cremin, Conservation Manager, Northern Ireland will talk to us about generalists and specialists, making it in the plant world. Understanding the relationships between butterflies, moths and the many plants they rely on.

Eastway, Craigavon BT66 6SA (parking on hard-shoulder)

Join us to manage habitat for the special Cryptic Wood White Butterfly!

The Bog Squad will be visiting Cathburn Moss near Newmains, to remove invasive scrub. Removal of these small birch and pine trees is vital to protect the habitat from drying out and threatening the specialist species that live on the moss.

Fermyn Woods Country Park, nr. Brigstock, Northamptonshire, NN14 3HS.

The third of four winter work parties to improve habitat for Dingy and Grizzled Skipper!

Aston Upthorpe Downs, Oxon

Work party at Aston Upthorpe Downs, Oxon

Long Orchard, Saunderton, Bucks

Join us on a task at Long Orchard, Saunderton, Bucks.

Wart Barrow, Allithwaite

Join a group of volunteers to improve and extend the habitat on Wart Barrow by cutting and burning scrub.

Thursday 23rd January 2025 09:30 - 15:00

Join us for a day of habitat work to benefit Small Blue

Far Kingdom, Bucks

Join us on a work party at Far Kingdom, Princes Risborough, Bucks

Kirkconnell Flow by Dumfries

The Bog Squad will be removing invasive scrub at Kirkconnell Flow near Dumfries in order to protect it's valuable peatland habitat.

Haldon Forest near Exeter

Clearing bracken, scrub and young trees to open up an area used as a breeding site by pearl-bordered fritillaries.

12.30pm on Saturday 25th January

Stirling University

Join us to hunt for the eggs of a secretive butterfly, the purple hairstreak, and to explore Stirling University campus for other wildlife.

Date: Sunday 26th January 2025 and Saturday 22nd February 2025 as reserve

Start time: 09.45 at Oakridge Church, SO 913034

Conservation work to help maintain habitat, especially for Marsh Fritillaries, but also for other plants and insects on the site.  Please bring own tools and gloves if possible.  Some loppers and bow saws will also be available.  If interested, please contact Celia Morrison-Smith on 01452 770190.

These work parties, although principally aimed at maintaining good habitat for the Marsh Fritillary, are run on private land by the landowner and not by Butterfly Conservation.  As such they may not have a trained first aider present.  Any volunteers are therefore on site at their own risk.

Portmoak Moss, Scotlandwell

The Bog Squad will be visiting to Portmoak Moss at Scotlandwell, near Loch Leven to remove invasive scrub. Removal of these small trees is vital to protect the habitat from drying out and threatening the specialist species that live on the moss.

Long Orchard, Saunderton, Bucks

Join us on a task at Long Orchard, Saunderton, Bucks.

Small Dean Lane, Bradenham, Bucks

Join us on a task at Small Dean Lane, Bradenham, Bucks

Sands Bank LNR, Bucks

Scrub bash at Sands Bank LNR, High Wycombe, Bucks

Prestbury Hill Reserve, Bill Smyllie section near Cheltenham

Practical conservation work party reducing scrub to maintain the grassland.

Meet at main entrance to Bill Smyllie SO993244. What3Words: hometown.blissful.scrub

Little Breach Reserve near Culmstock

Raking up cut bracken, general cutting back of vegetation and uprooting Cotoneaster plants, young birches and sallow bushes.

Long Orchard, Saunderton, Bucks

Join us on a task at Long Orchard, Saunderton, Bucks.

Clearing scrub to benefit Dingy Skipper & Liquorice Piercer

Wakebarrow, Whitbarrow Scar

Ride clearing and scallop making.  Cutting and stacking scrub

Prestbury Hill Reserve, Bill Smyllie section near Cheltenham

Practical conservation work party follow up session from previous weekend and/or clematis reduction and tree popping to reduce the quantity of small scrub invading the grassland.

Meet at main entrance to Bill Smyllie SO993244. What3Words: hometown.blissful.scrub

Follow up of weekend work party and/or clematis reduction and tree popping to reduce small scrub to maintain grassland

Wester Moss, Fallin (near Stirling)

Join our the Bog Squad project to help with scrub clearance at Wester Moss SSSI near Stirling to improve habitat for the Large Heath butterfly and protect the valuable peatland.

Bowden Farm, Buckland in the Moor

Habitat management for a range of butterfly and moth species

Rough Bank reserve

Practical conservation work party, mainly bramble reduction, scrub and tree thinning.

Meeting at the car park at SO914087, about 0.5km south of The Camp village.

What3Words: dislodge.football.cracker

Holtspur Bottom, Bucks

Work party at Holtspur Bottom, Bucks

Wakebarrow, Whitbarrow Scar

Extending butterfty access along Whitbarrow Scar

Westcott Venture Park, near Waddesdon, Bucks

Join us on a task at Westcott Venture Park, near Waddesdon, Bucks

Mount Fancy BC Reserve

Why not become a 'Fancy Volunteer' and join the practical conservation working party that usually meet on the second Tuesday of each month at Mount Fancy Butterfly Conservation Reserve.