BioBlitz Timed Activities

Afternoon

Meet the Experts at St Audrey’s Close Community Centre 12:30 – 13:30

Bring along your questions about the natural world and ask our experts. If possible, please bring along a sample or a photograph to show as this will definitely help with identification.

Butterfly count + day-flying moths starts from the St Audrey’s Community Centre 14:15 – 15:30

A guided activity using Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count method. We will provide you with butterfly identification sheets, clipboards and recording forms. No expertise needed to join in. This afternoon we also have our moth expert on hand to help identify any day-flying moths.

Bug hunting – guided sweep netting, meet at the St Audrey’s Community Centre 14:15 – 15:30

We need your help collecting samples of all the insects in the Long Meadow. You will have the chance to use a sweep net and pot up your catch. The experts will identify your catch there and then if they can.

Guided flora identification, starts from the St Audrey’s Community Centre 15:30 – 16:30

Learn about the flora species present in Long Meadow. Our experts will point out the most interesting/important/concerning species among the many wildflowers, grasses, shrubs and trees.

Bat walk in and around Long Meadow 21:30 – 22:30

A guided walk using instruments to listen out for bats using Long Meadow and adjacent woods, fields and gardens. You will see different instruments perform and see sonograms on a mobile phone. Please bring a torch.