24 hour bioblitz on Fox’s Field

Everyone is welcome to join local experts in this exciting free event, which will focus on recording the wildlife we can find in Fox’s and Fox Cub Fields and the stream inbetween. We’ll be using iNaturalist to record sightings, so do bring a digital camera or smartphone if you have one, (although this isn’t necessary to attend) ideally downloading the iNaturalist app and the Merlin app before coming. We will have a gazebo set up in the forest garden as a central point so you can come and go as you please, see the timetable below if you want to join in with particular activities. For more information and directions visit www.ttw.org.uk/calendar

Saturday 28th June

2pm: Start and introduction to the Bioblitz

2:15pm: Butterfly walk with Ian Loudon (Langford Heathfield volunteer ranger and Butterfly Conservation Trust recorder).

3pm: Plant recording with Liz Biron (Lead Ecologist, Natural England, retired) & Stephen Parker (Chair, Somerset Rare Plants Group and Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland County Recorder).

3:45pm Invertebrates with Anne Halpin (Monitoring Officer, Somerset Wildlife Trust) & Mark Biron (Ecologist).

4:30pm River dipping with James Maben (Environmental Project Manager and River Condition Assessment surveyor).

5:15pm Small mammals with Hannah Maben (Director, Seasons Ecology).

6pm Finish until evening surveys

9pm Bat and moth walk with Paul Kennedy (Chair, Somerset Bat Group)
Rob Grimmond (Somerset Moth Group).

Sunday 29th June

5:30am Dawn chorus walk with Trevor Phelps (Milverton Conservation Volunteer Group and British Trust for Ornithology recorder).

7am Small mammals with Hannah Maben (Director, Seasons Ecology).

8:45 Reptiles with Hannah Montag (Associate Director, Clarkson & Woods)

9:30am Moths with Rob Grimmond (Somerset Moth Group).

9:45-11am Breakfast picnic and results. Bring some breakfast and coffee for a chat about how the Bioblitz went and to announce the final species numbers!

 

Location is in a field so the “what 3 words” address is https://w3w.co/advising.educates.skills

Suitable for

• 0-5 Years
• 11-13 Years
• 14-18 Years
• 6-10 Years
• Adults

Event type

• Biological recording
• Talk
• Tour
• Walk

Which insects?

• Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
• Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
• Beetles
• Butterflies and moths
• Caddisflies or sedge flies
• Dragonflies and damselflies
• Earwigs
• Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
• Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
• Thrips
• True bugs
• True flies
• Webspinners

Organised by

Transition Town Wellington

24 hour bioblitz on Fox’s Field