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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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Field Trip: Old Sulehay - May 24th 2022
Tuesday 24th May 2022, 11:00am-1:30pm
Ring Haw near Yarwell.
A guided walk to see spring species – including Grizzled Skipper and Dingy Skipper – at Stonepit Quarry and Ring Haw.
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Shropshire: Butterfly & Moth Festival 2022 - Green Hairstreak and Emperor Moth Survey Day (Part 2)
Wednesday 25th May, 11:00am
Green Hairstreak and Emperor Moth survey at Clee Liberty Common as part of the Butterfly & Moth Festival 2022
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Surrey field trip: Hutchinson’s Bank 2
Wednesday 25th May 2022, 11:00am-3:00pm
New Addington CR0 9AD
Target: Glanville Fritillary
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Dorset: GUIDED WALK - LYDLINCH COMMON
Wednesday 25th May 2022, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Lydlinch Common
A walk for Marsh Fritillary
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Cumbria Field Trip, The Butterflies of Warton Crag
Thursday 26th May 2022, 10:00am-2:30pm
Warton Crag Carnforth
Targeting Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Dingy Skipper, Common Blue, Small Heath and other Spring species.
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Butterflies of Warton Crag
Thursday 26th May 2022, 10:00am-2:30pm
Warton – Quarry Car Park
Target species: Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Dingy Skipper, Common Blue, Small Heath and other spring species.
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk with Brenda Mobbs
Thursday 26th May, 10:30 am
Yoesden Bank, Bucks
A visit to Yoesden Bank to see Adonis Blue and other spring species
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Pearl-bordered Fritillary Workshop at Newtonmore
Thursday 26th May 2022, 2:00pm-4:30pm
Newtonmore
Join us for a field workshop at Newtonmore to learn about the Pearl-bordered Fritillary in Scotland and how to take part in this year's surveys for the species.
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Ayrshire Small Blue Surveys
Friday 27th May 2022, 10:30am-4:00pm
Field Survey Day
Please help us survey the Small Blue and its habitat in Ayrshire
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Devon: Moth Event - Grendon Farm Moth Night
Friday 27th May 2022, 9:00pm
Grendon Farm
Moth event at Grendon Farm
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Cumbria Barnch AGM and Member's Day
Saturday 28th May 2022, 9:15am-3:00pm
Blackwood Farm, Braithwaite, Keswick
Moth traps, photographic opportunities, presentations, questions and a field walk
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Worcestershire: Wyre Forest Moth Morning & Butterfly Walk
Saturday 28th May, 10:00am
Celebrate 70th anniversary of National Nature Reserves with Butterfly Conservation West Midlands Branch at the Wyre Forest.
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Ayrshire Small Blue Surveys
Saturday 28th May 2022, 10:30am-4:00pm
Field Survey Day
Please help us survey the Small Blue and its habitat in Ayrshire
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk with Maureen Cross
Saturday 28th May, 10:30 am
Lardon Chase, Streatley, Berks
A visit to Lardon Chase to see Adonis Blue and other spring species
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Guided butterfly walk including looking for the Small Blue at Heartwood Forest
Saturday 28th May 2022, 11:00am-1:00pm
Heartwood Forest, Sandridge AL4 9DQ https://w3w.co/cover.orbit.start
Guided butterfly walk including looking for the rare Small Blue butterfly ~ with kind permission of the Woodland Trust. A Sustainable St Albans and Wilder St Albans Event
Booking essential
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Field trip: Whitesheet Hill (Warminster)
Saturday 28th May 2022, 11:00am-1:00pm
Whitesheet Hill (Mere)
A chance to see the Glanville Fritillary outside of its native Isle of Wight?
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Devon: Field Trip - Lydford Old Railway Branch Reserve
Saturday 28th May 2022, 11:00am-3:00pm
National Trust waterfall car park
Guided Walk at Lydford Old Railway Branch Reserve - a chance to see Heath Fritillary, Pearl-bordered and Small-bordered Fritillaries all on the wing together at this unique site.
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Dorset: GUIDED WALK - COMPTON DOWN, near SHAFTESBURY
Saturday 28th May 2022, 1:00pm-3:30pm
National Trust car park, top of Spread Eagle Hill
A guided walk for downland species
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An Upper Thames Branch Field Trip with Stuart Hodges
Saturday 28th May, 2:00 pm
Finemere Wood, Bucks
A visit to Finemere Wood to try to find Black Hairstreak larvae/pupae
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Dorset: CERNE DOWNS - LANDSCAPE, FLOWERS AND BUTTERFLIES
Saturday 28th May 2022, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Cerne Abbas Village Hall
Guided Walk over Cerne Downs
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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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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk with Tom Dunbar
Sunday 29th May, 10:00 am
Hazelborough Forest, Northants
A visit to Hazelborough Forest to try to find Wood White and other early summer butterflies
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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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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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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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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)