Events

Wednesday 22nd to Thursday 23rd August 2018, 8.00pm-11.00am

Manor Valley Near Peebles

Learn about moth-trapping and survey methods in the evening and/or come back the following morning to inspect some of the moths found. An event with the Tweeddale U3A Group.

Wednesday 22nd August 2018, 10:30am

Bookham Common

Join the Surrey Branch for a field trip to Bookham Common and a chance to see the Brown Hairstreak.

Thursday 23rd August 10:15 am

Held jointly with NWT, in the new Visitor Centre to learn about the fascinating lives and behaviour of moths.

Thursday 23rd August 2018, 10.30am-13.30pm

Aiming to see: Grayling, Small Heath and, possibly, late Dark Green Fritillary.

Thursday 23rd August 2018, 10.30am

Newdigate Brickworks, south of Dorking

Join the Surrey Branch for a field trip to Newdigate Brickworks; target: Breen Hairstreak.

Thursday 23rd August 2018, 10am-1pm

Holtspur Bottom, West Of Beaconsfield, Bucks

Join the Upper Thames Branch pulling ragwort at our Holtspur Bottom reserve.

Friday 24th August 2018, 11.00am-3.30pm

Osmington, east Of Weymouth

Enjoy a leisurely coastal downland and country lane walk with the Dorset branch. We shall be looking for at least 15 species of butterfly, including Adonis Blue and Wall...

Saturday 25th to Sunday 26th August 2018, 10.00am-5.00pm

Stock Gaylard, Sturminster Newton

Come and find the Dorset Branch, who will have a stall at this two-day event on the Stock Gaylard Estate near Sturminster Newton...

Saturday 25th August 2018, 10am-12.30pm

Steyning, West Sussex

Join us on this search for the Brown Hairstreak butterfly and other common species associated with Chalk Grassland...

Sunday 25th August 2018, 10.00am-1.30pm

Aiming to see: Wall Brown, plus coastal flora and birdlife.

Sunday 26th August 2018: 11am

Steyning, West Sussex

Join the Kent Branch on a field trip to see the Brown Hairstreak butterfly in West Sussex.

Tuesday 28th August 2018, 10am-1pm

Holtspur Bottom, West Of Beaconsfield, Bucks

Join the Upper Thames Branch pulling ragwort at our Holtspur Bottom reserve.

Thursday 30th August 2018, 11.00am-1.00pm

Bindon Hill, Lulworth, Purbeck

Join the Dorset Branch on this guided walk with fine views, targeting Adonis Blue and Wall

Friday 31st August 2018: 2pm

Near Dursley

Stinchcombe Hill is a limestone grassland site with magnificent views. We hope to see Adonis Blue and Chalkhill Blue as well as the regular grassland butterflies.

Satrurday 1st September 2018, 10.30am-1.30pm

Aiming to see: Silver-spotted Skipper, Adonis Blue and Clouded Yellow.

Saturday 1st September 2018, 11.00am-3.00pm

Merrow & Pewley Downs, East Guildford

Join the Surrey Branch for a field trip to Merrow & Pewley Downs; target: Brown Hairstreak.

Saturday 1st September 2018, 11.00am

Ryton Wood Meadows, Coventry

Expand your knowledge of butterflies, their habitats and how to find them by looking for the eggs of some of Warwickshire's most enigmatic species such as the White-letter Hairstreak and Purple Hairstreak.

Sunday 2nd September 2018

Dorchester Showground, DT2 7SD

Come and find us in the Bee Tent at the top of the field and visit our Information and Display Stall at this busy County show. Children’s activities, live moths and sales.

Sunday 2nd September 2018, 10.00am-11.30am

St Mary's Pleasance, Haddington, East Lothian

Come and see the moths caught in the garden overnight before releasing them back into the wild. An opportunity to learn more about these fascinating and beautiful nocturnal insects.

Sunday 2nd September 2018: 10am

Pont Croesor Nr., Bryn Ffynnon, Prenteg, Porthmadog

Join the Branch to go through the moth traps set out the night before at the Glaslyn Osprey Hide, at Pont Croesor - we've found Death's-head Hawk-moths here in the past!

Sunday 2nd September 2018, 11.00am-3.30pm

Worth Matravers, Nr Swanage

Join us on this coastal walk for late summer butterflies and migrating birds...

Monday 3rd September 2018: 8pm

Pensychnant Conservation Centre And Nature Reserve, Conwy

Join the Branch at this informal meeting of North Wales Moth-ers and natural history enthusiasts - all welcome!

Tuesday 4th September 2018, 11.00am-3.00pm

Little Mead, Cranleigh

Join the Surrey Branch for a field trip to Little Mead, Cranleigh; target: Brown Hairstreak

Satrurday 8th September 2018, 10.30am-1.30pm

Aiming to see: Small Copper, Clouded Yellow and, possibly, Grayling.

Sunday 9th September 2018, 9am-5pm

Frampton On Severn

The Frampton Country Fair is a huge event and, as usual, the Gloucestershire Branch will have a stand in the Living Working Countryside area where we always attact a lot of interest.

Tuesday 11th September 2018, 2.15pm-4.30pm

Prinknash Abbey

The Butterfly Nectar Garden at Prinknash is part of the walled garden owned by the monks at Prinknash Abbey, near Cranham, Gloucester GL4 8EX. Help the branch yo keep it looking it's best for visitors.

Saturday 15th September 2018, 9.45am-3.00pm

Lough Neagh Discovery Centre, Oxford Island, Craigavon

Our third annual ‘Thank You’ to volunteers and recorders who support the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme through walking transects and undertaking surveys, although anyone with an interest in butterflies is welcome!

Saturday 15th September 2018, 10.30am-4pm

near Drumnadrochit, Inverness

Help the Branch with another session of clearing and cutting back trackside vegetation and scrub to improve the habitat for Pearl-bordered Fritillary and Dingy Skipper...

Saturday 15th September 2018, 11.45am-4.30pm

Prinknash Abbey

The Butterfly Nectar Garden at Prinknash is part of the walled garden owned by the monks at Prinknash Abbey, near Cranham, Gloucester GL4 8EX. Members of the Branch will be on hand to answer questions about butterflies and plants and Butterfly Conservation in general.

Sunday 16th September 2018, 9.00am-4.00pm

Alners Gorse Reserve, near Sturminster Newton

Join this Dorset Branch work party at our Alners Gorse reserve; we shall continue with the woodland and scrub management work, along with a bonfire lunch break, complete with baked potatoes and hot drinks!