|
28th January
2012 |
National Moth Recorders' Meeting
Birmingham |
Run by Butterfly Conservation’s Moths Count team,
this annual event is held at the
Birmingham
and Midland Institute, central
Birmingham
and is well worth attending.
More details will be made available on the Moths
Count Website events page
www.mothscount.org
Friday, 23rd March
7pm-10pm |
Lancashire Moth Group Social,
The Barn, Cuerden Valley Country Park |
The Lancashire Moth Group Social will be held on Friday
evening from 7pm to 10pm – entry charge £2 per head to cover costs. Tea, Coffee,
Soft drinks and Biscuits will be included. The event is held at Lancashire Wildlife
Trust headquarters, The Barn,
Cuerden
Valley
Country
Park
, near
Bamber Bridge
. Members and guests are invited to bring along books, displays, slides, Powerpoint
presentations or CDs to show to the group. The main speaker is Dr. Charles
Fletcher, who will give an illustrated talk on the
Moths of
Yorkshire
.
Please make a special effort to bring along display
material (specimens, live display, books etc.) and do get in touch with Steve Palmer
well before the evening if you have any special requirements for space, power source
and equipment.
Directions: To
find The Barn, come off the M6 at J28 and take the B5256 eastbound, crossing the
A49 at the traffic lights. After one mile (and just as you leave the houses)
turn left at the top of the hill onto
Shady Lane
. Proceed for about a mile past
Nell Lane
on your left then take the next right down
Berkeley Drive
. The Barn is on your left after a couple of hundred yards with ample parking
beyond.
Sunday, 22nd April
starting 10.30am |
Belted Beauty Count,
Potts Corner (SD413571) |
Annual survey of the Belted Beauty colony, meeting in the Potts Corner Car Park
(SD413571) at 1030am. Be prepared for
cold wet and windy conditions. Waterproof
walking boots or wellies are advisable.
On occasions a charge is levied for parking but is unlikely to exceed 50p.
Organiser Steve Palmer – s.palmer12[at]btopenworld.com 01772 861570
Sunday, 17th June from 10am
and 1pm
|
Moth Talk and Walk
Yarrow Valley Visitors Centre |
A talk on the Moths of Lower Burgh Meadows. Trap opening and moths on display. Starts 10am. (SD570152).
Butterfly and day-flying moth walk from 1pm.
For further details contact Eddie Langrish (01257)232100 or E-mail
edwinlangrish[at]btinternet.com
21st-23rd June
2012 |
National Moth Night |