Tuesday 11th July 2023, 10:30am-1:00pm

Main Therfield Heath car park off Baldock Road

Contact

  • Nick Keep
  • 07305 241796

52.046547282227, -0.035800101019288

Date:    Tuesday 11th JULY 2023
Event Title:    Guided butterfly walk at Therfield Heath for Chalkhill Blue and summer butterflies on the Eastern Heath with Cambridgeshire & Essex Branch (with kind permission of the Conservators of Therfield Heath and Greens)
Site:    Therfield Heath, near Royston
Address &/or grid:     TL347405 postcode SG8 5BG (Postcode is same for Golf Club which is a different carpark)
Time/meeting place:    10:30 at the main Therfield Heath car park. (morning walk to finish before 13:00).  Refreshments available from adjacent Heath Cafe Bar before or afterwards.
What3words:    https://w3w.co/midfield.hiding.bunch
Transport:    Nearest station: Royston (Thameslink from London Kings Cross to Cambridge)
Directions:    From the A505 just west of Royston, take the exit to Royston (old road) that runs beneath the Heath; the car park is approx. 1km on the right.
Information:    There will be some steep slopes.  The use of close focusing binoculars or a pair of reading glasses might be beneficial when looking at the close detail of some of the smaller butterflies
Contact details:    Nick Keep  ~ 07305 241796
Booking details:    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/butterfly-conservation-herts-amp-middlesex-branch-33094463891