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Scotland: Wester Moss Bog Squad Volunteer Work Party
Saturday 12th October 2024, 10:00am-3:00pm
Wester Moss, Fallin (near Stirling)
Join our 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.
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Wiltshire Members' Day - Salisbury
Saturday 12th October 2024, 11:00am-3:30pm
Woodford Village Hall, Middle Woodford, Salisbury SP4 6NR
Everyone welcome to our annual social event with some great guest speakers
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Moths, Bats & Stars!
Saturday 12th October 2024, 6:45pm-9:15pm
Greenmyres Eco Bothy, Drumblade
Discover some of the fascinating nocturnal inhabitants and night sky to be seen around Greenmyres Ecobothy.
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Cumbria: Conservation Work Party at Witherslack Woods, Witherslack
Sunday 13th October 2024, 10:00am-3:30pm
Witherslack Woods, Witherslack
Join a group of volunteers to maintain and improve the habitat for butterflies
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Upper Thames: Work Party Holtspur 13 October 2024
Sunday 13th October 2024, 10:00am-1:00pm
Holtspur Bottom, Bucks
Work party at Holtspur Bottom, Bucks
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Upper Thames: Work Party Xmas Gorse 15th October 2024
Tuesday 15th October 2024, 10:00am-3:00pm
Christmas Gorse, Bucks
Join us on a task at Christmas Gorse, Bucks
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Cumbria: Conservation Work Party at Holme Stinted Pasture, Burton-in-Kendal
Wednesday 16th October 2024, 10:00am-3:30am
Holme Stinted Pasture Clawthorpe
Cutting and sawing gorse and burning. Some chain saw work possible
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Gloucestershire: Work Party at Prestbury Hill - Masts Reserve
Thursday 17th October 2024, 10:00am-3:30pm
Follow up of weekend work party and/or bramble cutting/up rooting plus
tree popping to reduce small scrub to maintain grassland.Meet at kissing
gate entrance to The Masts by parking area SO993248.what3words: chestnuts.array.splice
Contact: Serena Meredith 01242 524138,
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Butterfly Conservation - Devon Branch Open Day 2024
Saturday 19th October 2024, 10:00am-4:00pm
Boniface Centre, Crediton Parish Church, Church Lane, Crediton EX17 2AH
Butterfly Conservation - Devon Branch Open Day 2024
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Scottish Autumn Gathering
Saturday 19th October
AK Bell Library, Perth
BC members and supporters in Scotland are invited to this special event!
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Suffolk Butterfly Conservation A.G.M & Members Afternoon 2024
Saturday 19th October 2024, 2:15pm-5:15pm
Suffolk Butterfly Conservation A.G.M & Members Afternoon 2024
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Winter Work Party at Fermyn Woods Country Park (1 of 4)
Sunday 20th October 2024, 10:00am-2:00pm
Fermyn Woods Country Park, nr. Brigstock, Northamptonshire, NN14 3HS.
The first of four winter work parties to improve habitat for Dingy and Grizzled Skipper!
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Rough Bank Reserve
Sunday 20th October 2024, 10:00am-3:30pm
Mainly bramble reduction, scrub and tree thinning. Meet at the car park at
SO914087, about 0.5km south of The Camp village.what3words: dislodge.football.cracker
Contact: Graeme Davis 07881912835
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Upper Thames: Work Party Aston Upthorpe Downs 20 October 2024
Sunday 20th October 2024, 10:00am-1:00pm
Aston Upthorpe Downs, Oxon
Work party at Aston Upthorpe Downs, Oxon
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Upper Thames: Work Party Winchester Wood 22nd October 2024
Tuesday 22nd October 2024, 11:00am-3:00pm
Winchester Wood, nr Princes Risborough, Bucks
Join us on a task at Winchester Wood, near Princes Risborough, Bucks
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Dingy Skipper Winter Work Party - Bowara Co. Fermanagh Part 1
Thursday 24th October 2024, 9:30am-1:00pm
The Round ‘O’ Quay Car Park, Enniskillen BT74 7BF
Join us for our first Winter Work Party of 2024!
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Gloucestershire: Work Party at Prestbury Hill - Masts Reserve
Thursday 24th October 2024, 10:00am-3:30pm
Further follow up of 5/6th weekend work party and/or bramble cutting/up
rooting plus tree popping to reduce small scrub to maintain grassland.
Meet at kissing gate entrance to The Masts by parking area SO993248.
what3words: chestnuts.array.splice
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Lancaster University and Butterfly Conservation One Day Conference
Saturday 26th October 2024
Environment Centre on the Lancaster University Campus
A free one-day conference on butterflies, moths and conservation at the Environment Centre on the Lancaster University Campus
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Volunteer work party at Straloch - near Pitlochry
Satruday 26th October and Wednesday 30th October
Straloch (near Pitlochry)
Join us to help maintain a site for the Northern Brown Argus near Pitlochry!
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Lancaster University and Butterfly Conservation Day Conference (no charge)
Saturday 26th October 2024, 10:00am-3:30pm
Lancaster University
Reviews and accounts of current student research
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Surrey Members' Afternoon
Saturday 26th October 2024, 1:00pm-5:00pm
East Horsley Village Hall, KT24 6QT
All welcome
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Annual Members Day (AGM)
Saturday 26th October 2024, 2:00pm-5:00pm
Date: Saturday 26 October 2024
Time: 2.00 pm
Venue: Christchurch Abbeydale, Heron Way, Abbeydale,
Gloucester GL4 5EQ (opposite Morrisons).what3words: agreed.nurse.hurray
Speaker: Andrew Commins.
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EBG AGM and Members' Day
Saturday 26th October 2024, 2:00pm-5:00pm
The European Butterflies Group AGM and Members day will be held at the Ibis, Birmingham.
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Bog Squad Work Party At Portmoak Moss
Sunday 27th October 2024, 10:00am-3:00pm
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.
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Upper Thames: Work Party Sands Bank 28 October 2024
Monday 28th October 2024, 10:00am-3:00pm
Sands Bank LNR, Bucks
Work party at Sands Bank LNR, High Wycombe, Bucks
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Cumbria: Conservation Work Party, Farrer's Allotment, Whitbarrow
Wednesday 30th October 2024, 10:00am-3:30pm
Wakebarrow, Whitbarrow Scar
Ride clearing and scallop making. Cutting and stacking scrub
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Upper Thames: Work Party Buttlers Hangings 31st October 2024
Thursday 31st October 2024, 10:00am-3:00pm
Buttlers Hangings, Bucks
Join us on a task at Buttlers Hangings, Bucks
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Norfolk Photographic Competition 2024
Saturday 2nd November 2024, 2:30am-5:00pm
During the pandemic we ran the photography competition on the website, but now we invite members to submit prints for display and voting at the Members’ Afternoon on 2 November.
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Scotland: Bog Squad Work Party at Cathburn Moss
Saturday 2nd November 2024, 10:00am-3:00pm
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.
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Volunteer Work Party at Logie Quarry, near Tain
Saturday 2nd November 2024
Balchraggan Wood, near Kildary
Habitat work party to remove encroaching scrub from Small Blue and Dingy Skipper habitat.