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Wiltshire: New Members’ Day West Yatton Down (Chippenham)
Sunday 30th June 2024, 10:00am-1:00pm
Manor Farmhouse, Biddestone, Chippenham, SN14 7DH
All new members in Wiltshire are invited to a Welcome Event at Manor Farm followed by a guided walk around the reserve managed by past-Chairman Maurice Avent.
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Surrey Open Garden: Seven Gables
Sunday 30th June 2024, 10:00am-4:00pm
Leatherhead KT22 8LF
Butterflies & flowers
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A walk round St Abba Head NNR to see Northern Brown Argus.
Sunday, 30 June, 2024.
St Abbs Head NNR
A walk round St Abbs Head NNR to see Northern Brown Argus.
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk at Hackpen Hill, led by Gillian Taylor
Sunday 30th June 2024 at 11:00 am
Hackpen Hill, Sparsholt Firs, Oxon
A walk in search of butterflies of unimproved chalk downland, including Dark Green Fritillary.
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Rough Bank Reserve
Sunday 30th June 2024, 11:00am-2:30pm
The Gloucestershire Naturalists' Society are holding a guided walk on our Rough Bank Reserve which will be led by Graeme Davis and concentrate on butterflies and orchids to be found there.
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Surrey field trip: Knepp Wildland
Monday 1st July 2024, 10:30am-4:00pm
Dial Post RH13 8NQ
Target: Purple Emperor
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Surrey field trip: Sheepleas 2
Tuesday 2nd July 2024, 11:00am-3:00pm
West Horsley KT24 6AN
Target: Purple Emperor
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Surrey field trip: Ashtead Common
Wednesday 3rd July 2024, 11:00am-3:00pm
Ashtead KT21 2DU
Target: Purple Emperor
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An Upper Thames Branch evening Guided Walk at East Hagbourne, led by Peter Philp
Wednesday 3rd July 2024 at 6:30 pm
Sustrans Track, East Hagbourne, Oxon
An evening walk to see what butterflies do outside ‘normal transect’ hours, including Marbled White.
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Surrey field trip: Broadstreet Common
Thursday 4th July 2024, 11:00am-3:00pm
Park Barn GU2 8LW
Target: wood/grassland species
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Dorset: SUMMER BUTTERFLIES and FLOWERS - KINGCOMBE MEADOWS
Thursday 4th July 2024, 1:00pm-3:30pm
Kingcombe Meadows Nature Reserve
Butterflies in flower-rich meadows
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Devon: Field Trip - Kingcombe Meadows Nature Reserve
Thursday 4th July 2024, 1:00pm
Kingcombe Meadows Nature Reserve
Guided walk at Kingcombe Meadows Nature Reserve
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Northern Brown Argus recording workshop near Pitlochry
Friday 5th July
Tummel Shingle Islands (near Pitlochry)
Join us at the Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve at Tummel Shingle Islands to find out how to identify and record one of our more scarce butterflies, the Northern Brown Argus.
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Cumbria Field Trip The Butterflies of Hampsfield Allotment
Friday 5th July 2024, 10:00am-3:00pm
Hampsfield Allotment Lindale
Target species: High Brown and Dark Green Fritillaries
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Moth at Dubwath, Bassenthwaite
Friday 5th to Saturday 6th July 2024, 9:00pm-8:30am
Dubwath Bassenthwaite
Friday 5 July and traps opened Saturday 6 July
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Staffordshire: Moth Morning, Kinver Rock Houses
Saturday 6th July, 9:00am
Join a moth morning with the Kinver Moth Group and the National Trust at Kinver Rock Houses
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Cumbria Branch AGM and Members' Day Witherslack Village Hall and White Scar
Saturday 6th July 2024, 9:15am-4:30pm
Witherslack Village Hall
AGM, talks, examing moth traps and a field trip to White Scar after lunch
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Lincolnshire: Field Trip to Grimsthorpe Park Estate
Saturday 6th July 2024, 10:00am-4:00pm
Grid Reference: TF046205
Saturday 6th July 2024
GRIMSTHORPE PARK ESTATE
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Fineshade Wood, Northants
Saturday 6th July 2024, 10:30am-12:30pm
Come along to look for the excellent range of woodland species regularly recorded here: Silver-washed Fritillary, White-letter Hairstreak, Purple Emperor, White Admiral, Purple Hairstreak and Dark Green Fritillary.
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Wiltshire: Field trip to Black Dog Woods (near Frome/Westbury) - Cloned
Saturday 6th July 2024, 10:30am-1:30pm
Black Dog Woods Parking
A trip to this large wood to search for summer species
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An Upper Thames Branch identification session at Bradenham, led by Nick Bowles
Saturday 6th July 2024 at 10:30 am
Bradenham
A field meeting to help embed the summer butterfly and day-flying moth ID skills presented in the 4th July Zoom meeting.
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Devon: Field Trip - Billacombe Fields, Plymouth
Saturday 6th July 2024, 10:30am
Billacombe Fields, Plymouth
Guided walk at Billacombe Fields, Plymouth
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Norfolk: Chet Valley Summer Fete
Saturday 6th July 2024, 12:00pm-5:00pm
Loddon and Chedgrave Playing Field
We will have a stand in the wildlife area ...
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Dorset: GUIDED WALK - PIDDLES WOOD
Saturday 6th July 2024, 1:00pm-3:30pm
near Sturminster Newton
Guided walk in mature ancient woodland
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Surrey field trip: Walton Downs
Saturday 6th July 2024, 2:00pm-4:00pm
Epsom KT18 5PP
Target: Chalkhill Blue
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Pitsford Moth Event
Sunday 7th July 2024, 9:00am-12:00pm
Discover the beautiful and fascinating world of UK’s Lepidoptera with David James from the local branch of Butterfly Conservation, Mischa Cross from the Wildlife Trust BCN and local naturalist Fiona Barclay. You will get the chance to empty Pitsford’s moth traps and hopefully see some of the UK’s largest and most beautiful moths. We will then walk around some of Pitsford’s flower meadows in search of butterflies and day flying moths
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Wiltshire: Field trip to Bentley Wood (Salisbury)
Sunday 7th July 2024, 9:30am-1:00pm
Bentley Wood (Salisbury)
Explore areas of an extensive woodland for local butterfly specialities, possibly including the elusive Purple Emperor
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A walk from cockmuir to Topside to see Large Heath and possibly Dark Green and Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries.
Sunday, 7 July, 2024.
Cockmuir farm.
- A walk in the area of Gladhouse Reservoir to see Large Heath.
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Devon: Field Trip - Ashclyst Forest, near Killerton
Sunday 7th July 2024, 10:30am-2:30pm
Ashclyst Forest, near Killerton
Guided walk at Ashclyst Forest, near Killerton
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Warnham Butterfly Fields
Sunday 7 July 2024 at 10:30am
David Bridges will introduce you to the butterflies of this reserve on the edge of Horsham.