Cam Valley Wildlife Group
Summer/Autumn 2020 relaunch! We are excited to be starting activities again. As numbers need to be limited within Government guidelines, we have a wide array of events for you.
IMPORTANT: Please ring event leader to book your place in advance, and please note that if Government guidelines change then it may be necessary to cancel events.
GOOSARD WORK DAYS – last Saturday of each month Please phone Peter on 07860 627744 to book as numbers limited Any member welcome to attend - contact Peter for details
INSECT EVENT – Haydon Batch – Sunday 9 August Please phone Deborah on 01761 435563 to book as numbers limited (or email [email protected]) Meet at 10.30am Haydon Batch near the Batch entrance by the Haydon Que Club, Kilmersdon Road, Haydon, BA3 3QR, where there is parking space. We expect to see and hear a variety of insects amongst the flowers at this interesting site owned by Radstock Town Council.
BOTANY WALK – Stony Littleton Long Barrow – Wednesday 12 August Please phone/text Helena on 07773 037001 to book as numbers limited Meet at 7pm in car park along the track to Greenacres (ST734568) for a walk to the Long Barrow.
BUTTERFLY WALK – North Dorset – Saturday 15 August Please phone Phil Hall on 07940 843291 to book, as numbers limited. Leaving at 9am from Mill Road in Radstock A trip to Alners Gorse in North Dorset which is amazingly colourful in August and a great site for late summer butterflies including the Brown Hairstreak.
BOTANY WALK – Haydon Batch – Wednesday 19 August Please phone/text Helena on 07773 037001 to book as numbers limited Meet at 7pm at the entrance to the batch, which is on the west side of Kilmersdon Road (ST683537) by the Haydon Que Club, where there is parking.
OTTERS & GENERAL WILDLIFE WALK – Radstock – Sunday 23 August Please phone Gary on 07960 269022 to book as numbers limited Meet at 10am at end of Mill Road in Radstock near the mill. BATS in Judy's garden at Welton – Monday 24 August / Tuesday 25 August Please phone Judy on 07460 278311 to book as numbers limited Meet at 8.30pm for coffee & cake, then listening to the bats - weather dependent!
BOTANY WALK – River Somer, Midsomer Norton – Wednesday 26 August Please phone Peter on 07860 627744 to book as numbers limited Meet at 7pm at the Somer Centre at the end of Gullock Tyning (ST668543) for a walk alongside the River Somer.
MOTH TRAPPING – Haydon Batch – Saturday 29 August Please contact Neale Mellersh (email [email protected]) to check timing and to book as numbers limited Meet at Haydon Batch near the Batch entrance by the Haydon Que Club, Kilmersdon Road, Haydon, BA3 3QR, where there is parking space. Neale Mellersh will be running a moth trap/actinic light from dusk for a number of hours. Neale has nearly 50 years as a Lepidopterist and is the Micro moth recorder for Somerset. They will be identifying the moths on site and either releasing them at the end of the evening or taking them home and releasing them at dusk the next evening.
BOTANY IN THE GARDEN – Bronwen, Paulton – Wednesday 2 September Please phone/text Helena on 07773 037001 to book as numbers limited Meet at 7pm for botany and drinks in the garden, weather permitting If this proves popular, we can repeat it another evening!
INSECT EVENT – Haydon Batch – Saturday 5 September / Sunday 6 September Please phone Deborah on 01761 435563 (or email [email protected]) to book as numbers limited and date is weather dependent Meet at 11am at Haydon Batch near the Batch entrance by the Haydon Que Club, Kilmersdon Road, Haydon, BA3 3QR, where there is parking space. A walk looking and listening for late Summer insects on Haydon Batch and surrounds, including the Ivy Bee, the UK's only true Autumn solitary bee.
GENERAL WILDLIFE WALK – Paulton – Saturday 12 September Please phone Peter on 07860 627744 to book as numbers limited. Meet at 10am in Paulton village car park (ST651565).
PHOTOGRAPHING FUNGI – Greyfield Wood – Sunday 18 October Please phone Diana on 01761 433688 to book as numbers limited Meet at 2pm by the large tree at the start of the track to Greyfield Wood (ST639585). There is parking by the tree, or in Greyfield Road, or by the main entrance to the wood.