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                                        2011/12 Events

The following includes events to which members of Butterfly Conservation (Lancs Branch), Lancashire Moth Group and members of the public are welcome to attend (unless stated otherwise).  It is advisable to check that outdoor events are taking place with the organiser of each event, as detailed below.



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

No specific events are planned for Lancashire but if you wish to run an event do please get in touch so details can be advertised in November’s newsletter and on this website.  The theme will be the moths of Brownfield habitats (e.g. old quarries, disused railway lines, gravel and clay workings etc).  The event will include both day and night time recording.  Further details will be available towards the end of this year through Atropos magazine, BC’s E Moth Newsletter and on the Moths Count website.

You might also like to note that NMN 2013 will be on 8th to 10th August 2013 and 3rd to 5th July 2014.

Saturday, 14th and
Sunday 15th July
RSPB Leighton Moss
Annual Moth Event and Breakfast

 

The event starts with a moth trapping demonstration on Saturday night at 10pm - traps are then run through the night.  On Sunday morning (8am to 10 am) the RSPB have arranged their usual moth breakfast.  Booking is essential for the breakfast which is followed by the opportunity to examine the moths caught overnight.  Cost: Prices (to be confirmed) will include cooked breakfast.  For further details and booking for the breakfast (essential) phone the RSPB on 01524 701601


  

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