Events

Salcey Forest, east of the village of Hartwell, between Northampton and Newport Pagnell in Northamptonshire.

From September 2018 onwards, on the 3rd Sunday of every month,  a brand new volunteer group will be starting in the Salcey Forest area.

A coordinated Suffolk Butterfly Conservation and Marlow’s garden centre display

Grid Reference: TF116715

Come and join the work party

Richmond TW10 7RS

Changed from Tue 23rd
Target: Orange-tip

Denbies Hillside

Small Blue Project
Please see: Surrey Work Parties

Neroche Hall, Bickenhall,Taunton TA3 6TY

Please join us to learn how you can help to survey for Small Pearl-bordered and Marsh Fritillary butterflies

Stanmore Country Park

Butterfly walk for early spring species and bluebells

Grid Reference: TF147740

Roding Valley Meadows nature reserve, Chigwell, Essex, IG7 6BQ

A walk through this beautiful reserve looking for the resident Spring species of butterfly.

Seahouses HUB, Stone Close, Northumberland NE68 7YL

Join Dave Wainwright from Butterfly Conservation to learn more about our local species and how to conduct butterfly transects to monitor these beautiful insects. 

Woodland Classroom, Yarner Wood NNR

An identification workshop focusing on these two very similar fritillary species.

West Horsley KT24 6AN

Target: spring Skippers,
Green Hairstreak

Martlesham Church car park (Grid Ref: TM260469, Post Code IP12 4PQ)

Butterfly identification and recording at Martlesham Creek and farmland nearby

Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, School Rd, Craven Arms SY7 9RS

Join us at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre for the launch of the new Wood White beer - created to raise funds to protect one of the West Midlands rarest butterflies.

Everyone welcome - food and drink will be available to purchase on the night and 100% of profits from the beer sales will help fund future conservation work for the Wood White butterfly in the region.

For Butterfly Recorders happy to record in area of the Cotswolds north and east of the Stroud Area - and anyone else who wants to see what's involved.

An evening walk to discover the bats, moths and other nocturnal wildlife of Painswick Rococo Garden.

A new monthly trapping event to be held in various locations in Tentsmuir Forest. 

Join us for a day of information sharing where you will learn about its ecology and how it’s being monitored. We will also be covering habitat management and how you can get involved to help conserve this species.

Cerne Abbas Village Hall

Guided Walk over Cerne Downs

Worley Hill Private Reserve, Compton Dundon, Somerton.

The first of our guided walks this season is to a private reserve in the Polden Hills.

Come join us for a short walk looking for Green Hairstreak along the coastal path at Tentsmuir forest. 

Langden Brook, near Dunsop Bridge

Target species include Green Hairstreak butterfly and the amazing, day-flying Emperor moth.

Shoreham, Kent

Join the Kent Branch at White Hill Reserve and Fackenden Down looking for early downland species

Buckland Wood, Blackdown Hills.

A second guided walk over the Bank Holiday weekend - this time to Buckland Wood in the Blackdown Hills. 

Great Torrington Commons car park

A field trip with a good chance of seeing both Pearl-bordered and Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries.

Bristol Botanic Gardens, Stoke Park Rd, Stoke Bishop, Bristol BS9 1JG

Gardening for Butterflies - a talk by Jan Miller-Klein.

Homefield Wood, Bockmer End, Bucks

Join us on the first field trip of the season to look for early Spring butterflies

Kiln Meadow, off Marbled White Drive, Ipswich

Spring Wood Celebration Day FREE FAMILY EVENT

Shere GU5 9TE

Target: spring Skippers,
Green Hairstreak