Events

Reducing scrub to maintain grassland. Meet at kissing gate entrance to
The Masts by parking area SO993248. 

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Contact: Serena Meredith 01242 524138,

Mount Fancy BC Reserve

Why not become a 'Fancy Volunteer' and join the practical conservation working party that usually meet on the second Tuesday of each month at Mount Fancy Butterfly Conservation Reserve.

Christmas Gorse, Bucks

Join us on a task at Christmas Gorse, Bucks

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.

Woodford Village Hall, Middle Woodford, Salisbury SP4 6NR

Everyone welcome to our annual social event with some great guest speakers

Greenmyres Eco Bothy, Drumblade

Discover some of the fascinating nocturnal inhabitants and night sky to be seen around Greenmyres Ecobothy.

Holtspur Bottom, Bucks

Work party at Holtspur Bottom, Bucks

Witherslack Woods, Witherslack

Join a group of volunteers to maintain and improve the habitat for butterflies

Christmas Gorse, Bucks

Join us on a task at Christmas Gorse, Bucks

Holme Stinted Pasture Clawthorpe

Cutting and sawing gorse and burning. Some chain saw work possible

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. 

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Contact: Serena Meredith 01242 524138,

Boniface Centre, Crediton Parish Church, Church Lane, Crediton EX17 2AH

Butterfly Conservation - Devon Branch Open Day 2024

Saturday 19th October

AK Bell Library, Perth

BC members and supporters in Scotland are invited to this special event!

Suffolk Butterfly Conservation A.G.M & Members Afternoon 2024

Mainly bramble reduction, scrub and tree thinning. Meet at the car park at
SO914087, about 0.5km south of The Camp village. 

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Contact: Graeme Davis 07881912835 
 

Fermyn Woods Country Park, nr. Brigstock, Northamptonshire, NN14 3HS.

The first of four winter work parties to improve habitat for Dingy and Grizzled Skipper!

Aston Upthorpe Downs, Oxon

Work party at Aston Upthorpe Downs, Oxon

Winchester Wood, nr Princes Risborough, Bucks

Join us on a task at Winchester Wood, near Princes Risborough, Bucks

The Round ‘O’ Quay Car Park, Enniskillen BT74 7BF

Join us for our first Winter Work Party of 2024!

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.
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Contact: Serena Meredith 01242 524138

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

Satruday 26th October and Wednesday 30th October

Straloch (near Pitlochry)

Join us to help maintain a site for the Northern Brown Argus near Pitlochry!

Lancaster University

Reviews and accounts of current student research

East Horsley Village Hall, KT24 6QT

All welcome

The European Butterflies Group AGM and Members day will be held at the Ibis, Birmingham.

Date: Saturday 26 October 2024
Time: 2.00 pm
Venue: Christchurch Abbeydale, Heron Way, Abbeydale,
Gloucester GL4 5EQ (opposite Morrisons).

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Speaker: Andrew Commins.
Topic: Natural England sites in The Cotswolds

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.

Sands Bank LNR, Bucks

Work party at Sands Bank LNR, High Wycombe, Bucks

Wakebarrow, Whitbarrow Scar

Ride clearing and scallop making.  Cutting and stacking scrub

Buttlers Hangings, Bucks

Join us on a task at Buttlers Hangings, Bucks