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Skipper Guided Walks at Fineshade Wood
Saturday 14th May to Sunday 12th June 2022, 11:00am-1:00pm
We will be holding daily guided walks at Fineshade Wood from May 14th until the end of the flight season (12th June) as part of the ‘Chequered Skippers – Taking Flight’ Project funded by the Green Recovery Challenge Fund.
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Cumbria Field Trip The Butterflies of Kendal Fell
Sunday 29th May 2022, 10:00am-2:30pm
Queens Road Kendal
Target species: Duke of Burgundy Dingy Skipper and other Spring species
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Devon: Field Trip - Marsh Fritillary Guided Walk - Langaford Farm
Sunday 29th May 2022, 10:30am-1:00pm
Langaford Farm, nr Lettaford, TQ13 8RH
Marsh Fritillary butterfly and the Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Guided Walk - Langaford Farm
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Somerset & Bristol: Stoke Camp, Mendip Hills (Guided walk)
Sunday 29th May 2022, 11:00am-1:00pm
Stoke Camp BC Reserve, Mendip Hills
Back in the Mendip Hills and the first walk to one of our branch reserves.
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Surrey field trip: Denbies Hillside 2
Sunday 29th May 2022, 11:00am-3:00pm
Dorking RH5 6SR
Target: Adonis Blue
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Dorset: BUTTERFLY WALK FOR DUKE OF BURGUNDY
Sunday 29th May 2022, 2:00pm-4:30pm
Dorset Council car park on Hilfield Hill
A visit to Duke of Burgundy habitat
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Butterfly Walk for heathland butterflies - target Green Hairstreak, Small Heath and Small Copper
Sunday 29th May 2022, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Hounslow Heath Car Park, (450 Staines Road) https://w3w.co/tables.safely.once
Butterfly Walk for heathland butterflies - target Green Hairstreak, Small Heath and Small Copper at Hounslow Heath
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Kent & SE London: Sussex Emerald Caterpillar Search and Moth Morning – Rye Harbour Nature Reserve
Monday 30th May 2022, 10:00am-1:30pm
Join Butterfly Conservation and the Sussex Wildlife Trust for the first public search for the Sussex Emeralds, now breeding in Sussex for the first time!
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Somerset & Bristol: Halse Combe, Exmoor (Guided walk)
Wednesday 1st June 2022, 11:00am-1:00pm
Halse Combe, Exmoor
A walk around Halse Combe, Exmoor looking for Heath Fritillary (National Trust's Holnicote Estate)
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Shropshire: Butterfly & Moth Festival - Green Hairstreak and Emperor Moth Survey Day (Part 3)
Thursday 2nd June, 11:00am
Green Hairstreak and Emperor Moth Survey at Carding Mill Valley and the Long Mynd as part of the Butterfly & Moth Festival 2022
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Field Trip: Devils Dyke – June 3rd 2022
Friday 3rd June 2022, 11:00am-1:30pm
July Racecourse entrance near A1303/A1304 roundabout with horse statue
Come for a Bank Holiday walk along one of our region's favourite locations to see a wide range of spring butterflies, including Dingy Skipper, Green Hairstreak and Adonis Blue.
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Logie Quarry (between Tain and Alness) Butterfly Day
Saturday 4th June 10am to 4pm
Meet at the old entrance to the disused Logie Quarry at NH77397613
Come and see the Quarry's rarest residents Small Blue and Dingy Skipper
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Surrey field trip: Howell Hill
Saturday 4th June 2022, 10:30am-1:00pm
Cheam SM2 7HS
Target: Small Blue
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Cumbria Field Trip, Marsh Fritillaries at Finglandrigg NNR and Optional Visit to the Coast
Saturday 4th June 2022, 10:30am-4:00pm
Finglandrigg Wood and optional visit to Maryport
Target species; at Finglandrigg Marsh Fritillary (only public site), Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary and Small Copper; and at the coast, Small Blue; Wall, Dingy Skipper and Common Blue.
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Totternhoe Quarry for Small Blues and other butterfly species
Sunday 5th June 2022, 10:00am-1:00pm
Totternhoe Quarry
Visit to this Wildlife Trust reserve for Small Blues and other butterfly species
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Kent & SE London: Strawberry Banks and Coney Banks
Sunday 5th June 2022, 10:30am-2:00pm
Join the Kent Branch for a walk and possible display of many varieties of orchids
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Kent & SE London: Scarce Forester & Day-flying Moths Identification Walk – Whinless Down
Sunday 5th June 2022, 11:00am-2:00pm
Join White Cliffs Countryside Partnership and Butterfly Conservation for a walk looking for day-flying moths on the beautiful chalk grassland site Whinless Down. We will be finding moths, showing you how to use a net to get a closer look and identify which species live here, as well as pointing out rare butterflies like the Wall. This is the location where the Scarce Forester moth was last seen 10 years ago so keep your eyes peeled as we try to rediscover it!
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Scotland: Large Heath Survey Online Training Workshop
Monday 6th June 2022, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Free Online Zoom Workshop
Learn more about the Large Heath butterfly, it's ecology and how you can get involved with this year's survey on lowland raised bogs.
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Surrey field trip: Horton CP
Tuesday 7th June 2022, 10:00am-1:00pm
Epsom KT19 8PL
Target: Black Hairstreak
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Green Hairsteak excursion - Lenzie Moss
Tuesday 7th June 2022, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Lenzie Moss, Lenzie
Come along to look for the beautiful Green Hairstreak Butterfly!
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Surrey field trip: Merrow & Pewley Downs 1
Wednesday 8th June 2022, 11:00am-3:00pm
Merrow GU1 2QP
Target: Small Blue
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An Upper Thames Branch guided walk with Carla Boswell
Thursday 9th June, 10:30 am
Howe Park Wood, Milton Keynes, Bucks.
Howe Park Wood, Milton Keynes, Bucks.
A midweek walk for early-summer butterflies.
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Scotland: Large Heath Survey Online Training Workshop
Thursday 9th June 2022, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Free Online Zoom Workshop
Learn more about the Large Heath butterfly, it's ecology and how you can get involved with this year's survey on lowland raised bogs.
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Cumbria Field Trip Mountain Ringlet at Irton Fell
Friday 10th June 2022, 11:00am-3:00pm
Car park Santon Bridge Eskdale Green Road
Target species Mountain Ringlet
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Kent & SE London: Crundale Valley
Saturday 11th June 2022, 10:30am-1:00pm
Crundale Valley
A trip to Crundale Valley for Black-veined moth with Dan Tuson leading.
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Somerset & Bristol: Lamplighters Marsh (Guided walk)
Saturday 11th June 2022, 11:00am-1:00pm
Lamplighters Marsh, Shirehampton
Lamplighters Marsh is nature reserve near Shirehampton, Bristol. A butterfly transect is walked here during the season by a team of volunteers
This will be our first guided walk to this site.
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An Upper Thames Branch guided walk with Brenda Mobbs
Saturday 11th June, 11:00 am.
Bradenham, Bucks.
A guided walk to discover the early-summer butterflies of this varied site.
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Yew Tree Farm Nature Day
Sunday 12th June 2022, 9:00am-1:00pm
The owners invite you to join them and other organisations in an exploration of the farm’s habitats and wildlife, including meadow, orchard, garden and pond. Moth traps, butterflies and limestone grassland plants.
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An Upper Thames Group guided walk with Tom Dunbar
Sunday 12th June, 10:00 am.
Hewin's Wood, Quainton, Oxon.
A guided walk to seek out Black Hairstreak.
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Lincolnshire: Field Trip to Norfolk Broads Sunday 12 June 2022
Sunday 12th June 2022, 10:00am-4:00pm
RSPB Strumpshaw Fen main car park, just off the A47 and signposted from Brundall
Visit to the Norfolk Broads - Sunday 12 June, 10.00 am start