Please book with the event leader in advance – anytime up to the afternoon before the event. Please include your mobile phone number and email address, as we may have to contact you if numbers on the walks are limited, or if we have to cancel the event due to the weather or other unforeseen circumstances. Please don’t forget to let us know if you wish to change your plans. We will only use your personal details to contact you about the events you have booked for.
If you enjoy the event, we would be very grateful if you would consider a donation to the Dorset Branch of Butterfly Conservation. You can donate online or if you would rather not use an online payment, please see our ways to donate page.
- Contact: Nigel Spring
- Email: nigelspring@yahoo.co.uk Event booking information
- Meeting point: Meet at 9am at the dogleg on Timber Hill above the Spittles to walk down to the worksites in the fields. Please note: if you park in the Charmouth Road carpark, there is a charge for parking there. See site map for details. #378
Friday 16 October
Habitat management at Lyme Regis for the Wood White butterfly
Fields below Timber Hill - Lyme Regis
Wood Whites were seen in this area in the summer and the National Trust rangers have recently begun working on these slopes; we shall be joining them with brushcutters and rakes. Although it seems to have been a good year for Wood Whites, this species is now only hanging on in Dorset on the Lyme Regis undercliffs and nearby sites. We are hoping that our volunteers and contractors will join us for the day to help us with this clearance work . ALL WELCOME! We shall be working on the area beside the steps down from the carpark later in the winter season. Please let us know if you are intending to take part (email nigelspring@yahoo.co.uk) and make sure you leave your mobile number so that we can contact you if the plans have to be changed.
- Contact: Colin Burningham
- Phone: 01935 873219 or 07849 921594
- Email: colinburningham@hotmail.com Event booking information
- Meeting point: Meet 10.00 am and park in the lay-by outside the village on the north side of the A357 near the turning to Sherborne.
- Grid ref.: ST737137
- Postcode: DT10 2JD
- w3w: ///believer.recording.wheat
Sunday 25 October
Conservation Work Day
Lydlinch, North Dorset
Lydlinch is part of an area crucial to the Marsh Fritillary, and conservation work is vital to ensure that the habitat is kept suitable for its survival at this site. From 10.00 to 3.30 pm.
- Contact: Rebecca Porter
- Email: rebeccaportersw@yahoo.co.uk Event booking information
- Meeting point: Cerne Abbas Village Hall Kettle Bridge Lane 2.00 to 5.00 pm.
- Grid ref.: ST664015
- Postcode: DT2 7GY
- w3w: ///storming.graced.evolution
Saturday 7 November
Branch Members Day and AMM
Cerne Abbas
The programme will consist of: 2pm Welcome and report from the Chair * Dorset Butterfly report 2026 * Treasures report statement of accounts * Election of Committee members * Any other business 2.45pm Refreshments, Raffle and chance to review the stalls & display 3.15pm Guest speaker: Dr Rachel Jones - Dorset's Lulworth Skipper. * Following the presentation the results of the Raffle will be given. * Meeting closes 5pm appprox Donations of cakes and raffle prizes gratefully received as well as offers to help with catering. We will also be having a second-hand book stall, so if you have any natural history books that you would like to donate for us to sell please let Nigel Spring know in advance - email: nigelspring@yahoo.co.uk or text or whatsapp 07981 776767 If you can help in any way on the day please contact our Branch Secretary in advance. Also please note it is not essential to book a place for this event. Contact: Rebecca Porter Branch Secretary
- Contact: Colin Burningham
- Phone: 01935 873219 or 07849 921594.
- Email: colinburningham@hotmail.com Event booking information
- Meeting point: Meet in the lay-by outside the village on the north side of the A357 near the turning to Sherborne.
- Grid ref.: ST737137
- Postcode: DT10 2JD
Sunday 29 November
Conservation Action Day
Lydlinch Common, North Dorset
Lydlinch is part of an area crucial to the Marsh Fritillary, and conservation work is vital to ensure that the habitat is kept suitable for its survival at this site. From 10.00 to 3.30 pm.