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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk at Ivinghoe Beacon, led by Paul Bowyer
Thursday 11th July 2024 at 11:00 am
Ivinghoe Beacon NT, Bucks
We will search the steep downland slopes for butterflies including Dark Green Fritillary.
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Dorset: GUIDED WALK - CORFE BARROWS NATURE PARK
Thursday 11th July 2024, 1:00pm-3:30pm
Corfe Mullen
An afternoon walk on this area of mixed habitats
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Lincolnshire: Field Trip to Bardney Limewoods
Saturday 13th July 2024, 10:00am-4:00pm
Grid Reference: TF114763
Saturday 13th July 2024
BARDNEY LIMEWOODS – GREAT WEST WOOD AND HARDY GANG WOOD
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An Upper Thames Branch identification session at Howe Park Wood, Milton Keynes, led by Nick Bowles
Saturday 13th July 2024 at 10:30 am
Howe Park Wood, Milton Keynes, Bucks
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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Dorset: GUIDED WALK - CHASE WOODS, Sixpenny Handley
Saturday 13th July 2024, 11:00am-3:00pm
Chase Woods near Sixpenny Handley
A guided walk in mature woodland
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Devon: Field Trip - Bystock Pools Reserve
Saturday 13th July 2024, 11:00am
Bystock Pools Reserve
Guided walk at Bystock Pools Reserve
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Wiltshire: Field trip to Chase Woods (Shaftesbury)
Saturday 13th July 2024, 11:00am-3:00pm
A guided walk to look for woodland butterflies
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The Butterflies of Witherslack and Howe Ridding Woods
Sunday 14th July 2024, 10:00am-2:00pm
Witherslack Woods and Howe Ridding
Target Silver-washed, High Brown and Dark Green Fritillaries, Common Blue and possibly late Northern Brown Argus
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Prinknash Abbey and Painswick Beacon Butterfly ID Day
Sunday 14th July 2024, 10:30am-4:00pm
There will be a presentation in the morning of butterflies seen in Gloucestershire.
This will be held in the meeting room by the café at Prinknash Abbey.
After a picnic lunch in the garden or lunch in the café we will take the 5 minute drive to Painswick Beacon to ID the butterflies flying that day.
Cost £5 per person. Booking required.
Please contact Ken Newcombe 01242 515727 @email for more details and to book a place.
Park at Prinknash Abbey. SO880137, GL4 8EX, What3Words apples.broke.salads. -
Dorset: GUIDED WALK - RINGSTEAD BAY
Sunday 14th July 2024, 11:00am-3:00pm
Ringstead Bay between Weymouth and Lulworth
Sea views and butterflies
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Field Trip: TBC – July 14th 2024
Sunday 14th July 2024, 11:00am-1:00pm
TBC
Field trip in North Cambridgeshire to be confirmed soon.
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Wiltshire: Field trip to Bannerdown - Batheaston (Bath)
Sunday 14th July 2024, 1:30pm-4:00pm
Bannerdown - Batheaston (Bath)
An opportunity for close up views of Purple Hairstreak and Small Copper butterflies
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk at Bernwood Forest, led by Peter Philp
Tuesday 16th July 2024 at 10:00 am
Bernwood Forest, Oxon / Bucks
An amble around this hotspot for woodland butterflies including, hopefully, Purple Emperor.
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Surrey field trip: Box Hill Dukes & Brockham Quarry
Thursday 18th July 2024, 10:00am-4:00pm
Betchworth Quarry
Target: Silver-spotted Skipper
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Dorset: MOTH TRAPPING and GUIDED BUTTERFLY WALK - ALNERS GORSE BUTTERFLY RESERVE
Saturday 20th July 2024, 8:00am-1:00pm
Alners Gorse Butterfly Reserve
Come and enjoy moths and butterflies at our splendid reserve
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Norfolk: Field Trip to Whitwell Common
Saturday 20th July 2024, 9:00am-12:00pm
Whitwell Common
Field Trip to Whitwell Common
A moth trapping session on the Common and possibly some refreshments.
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk at Homefield Wood, led by Hilary Glew
Saturday 20th July 2024 at 10:00 am
Homefield Wood BBOWT, Lower Woodend, Bucks
We will explore this small reserve for butterflies of woodland including Silver-washed Fritillary.
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk at Bernwood Forest, led by Trevor Lea
Saturday 20th July 2024 at 11:30 am
Bernwood Forest FE, Oxon / Bucks
An amble around this hotspot for woodland butterflies including, hopefully, Purple Emperor.
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The Butterflies of Latterbarrow and White Scar
Sunday 21st July 2024, 10:30am-3:00pm
CWT Latterbarrow
Target species Many summer species including three types of Fritillaries, Northern Brown Argus and Grayling at White Scar. Possibly Silver-washed and certainly other summer butterflies at Latterbarrow.
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Field Trip: Brookes Nature Reserve – July 21st 2024
Sunday 21st July 2024, 11:00am-1:00pm
EWT Brookes Nature Reserve, Stisted Rd, Halstead, CM77 8BA
A summer walk through beautiful ancient woodland and meadows. Butterflies may include Silver-washed Fritillary and White Admiral.
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Surrey Open Garden: Vale End
Sunday 21st July 2024, 1:00pm-5:00pm
Albury GU5 9BE
Butterflies & flowers
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Wardens Wood and West Wood
Sunday 21st July 2024, 2:00pm-4:30pm
Meet in the Wardens Wood car park,
accessed from the minor road between Whittington and Syreford SP010236. What3words perused.purifier.sanded .
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An Upper Thames Branch Guided Walk at Whitecross Green Wood, led by Peter Philp
Tuesday 23rd July 2024 at 10:30 am
Whitecross Green Wood, Oxon
We will focus on trying to get views of White-letter Hairstreak and other woodland butterflies.
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Norfolk: Field Trip to Horsey Gap
Tuesday 23rd July 2024, 11:00am-1:00pm
Horsey Gap
Target species: Dark Green Fritillary and Grayling
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The Big Butterfly Count at Barnwood Arboretum
Tuesday 23rd July 2024, 11:00am-4:00pm
Join us and the Friends of Barnwood Arboretum to take part in the Big Butterfly Count. Discover the arboretum’s special trees and flower rich grassland and help us to count the butterflies which make this local nature reserve home.
There will be also be a quiz trail, craft activities and live moths. Barnwood Arboretum is accessed via a footbridge from Barnwood Park.
There is no car parking on site but there is easy pedestrian access to the Arboretum and Park from surrounding roads. Church Lane, Barnwood, Gloucester GL4 3JB. W3W winter.rate.wizard. -
Surrey field trip: Reigate Hill
Tuesday 23rd July 2024, 11:00am-3:00pm
Reigate RH2 9RP
Target: Chalkhill Blue.
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Surrey field trip: Dawney Heath 2
Thursday 25th July 2024, 11:00am-3:00pm
Pirbright GU24 0JE
Target: Grayling
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Opening of Moth Traps at CWT Plumgarths
Saturday 27th July 2024, 8:30am-11:00am
CWT Plumgarths
Traps opening Saturday 27 July from 08:30. An opportunity to add to the 180 species previously recorded at this site.
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Surrey field trip: car journey west
Saturday 27th July 2024, 9:30am-4:00pm
Dorking RH5 6SR
Target: Silver-spotted Skipper