The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Lincs Branch of Butterfly Conservation is holding its Open Day at Chambers Farm Wood on Sunday 25th July from 10.00am. Non- members of Butterfly Conservation are welcome.
There will be guided walks at 11.00 and 14.00.
Target species are :
White Admiral
White-letter Hairstreak
Purple Hairstreak
Marbled White.
Meeting Place - Education Centre, Chambers Farm Wood near Bardney, Lincoln.
Grid Reference - TF 147739 (OS Map 121)
plus a display of 'potted' moths caught on the Moth Night at Chambers Farm Wood on Saturday 24th July.
The Joe Duddington Memorial Butterfly Garden should be looking its best and has attracted over 20 species of butterfly on previous Open Days.
Members AGM will follow at 16.30.

The Open Day on Sunday 25th July was a great success with good weather and a good number of people attending. Over Saturday night, Toby Ludlow and his colleagues had collected over 100 macro and a similar number of micro moths - many of them potted and labelled and on display in the Education Centre.

The two butterfly walks at 11.00 and 14.00 enabled those participating to see a wide variety of local butterflies. 23 species were recorded (many netted and potted for close inspection ) including :

White-letter Hairstreak
Purple Hairstreak
White Admiral
Red Admiral
Small Copper
Marbled White
Brimstone
and the 3 Skippers - Large, Small and Essex
plus Hummingbird Hawkmoth and Silver Y moth.

Many thanks to -
Peter Cawdell, Branch Chairman and his Committee for organising the event
Our walk leaders /netters......Peter C., Derek Fox and Dave Wright
John Davison for dispensing such good value small eats, soft drinks, tea, coffee, etc.

All in all a great day out.

Regards,

Freddy

We agree wholeheartedly with your comments Freddy - and it was a pleasure to meet up with you again for a chat!

Regards,
Roy and Linda

Wish I'd attended - what a day I missed!! Hope it's good weather for next year's open day.