Come and join us on these fantastic Bioblitz activities!
BAT & MOTH HUNT, MATLEY WOOD CAR PARK - FRIDAY 21 MAY
20.30-23.00 Explore the New Forest at night and discover the bats and moths which fly once the sun goes down.
Please book by calling 023 8028 6840.
DAWN CHORUS WALK, MATLEY WOOD CAR PARK - SATURDAY 22 MAY
6.30-8.30 Witness the New Forest dawn chorus, a riot of birdsong not to be missed and a chance to identify the different birds by song.
Please book by calling 023 8028 6840.
BIG BOLDERWOOD BUG HUNT, Bolderwood (west from Lyndhurst via Emery Down) - SATURDAY 22 MAY
10.30-12.30
Just turn up!
LEPE COUNTRY PARK - SATURDAY 22 MAY
Just turn up!
11.00-12.00 Pond dipping - Naomi Ewald, freshwater and pond expert, University of Sussex
11.00-12.00 Beach safari - Leanne Atkinson, National Park Authority Coastal Ranger
11.00-12.00 Flower foray - Ian Barker, National Park Authority Ecologist
11.00-13.00 Cadland estate walk - Mark Larter, Natural England
12.00-13.00 Bee walk - Andy Davidson, Hampshire County Council
12.00-13.00 Beach safari - Leanne Atkinson, National Park Authority Coastal Ranger
13.00-14.00 Pond Dipping - Sara Wareham, Hampshire County Council
13.00-14.00 Woodland hunt - Andy Davidson, Hampshire County Council
13.00-14.00 Darkwater estuary - Naomi Ewald / Natural Environment Research Council
14.00-15.00 Pond dipping - Jim Mitchell, National Park Authority Interpretation Officer
14.00-15.00 Butterfy / dragonfly transect - Dan Powell, dragonflies expert
14.00-15.00 Meadow sweep - Phil Budd, entomology & spider expert, Southampton Natural History Society / Mark Larter, Natural England
14.00-15.00 Tree and lichens walk - Bryan Wilson, National Park Authority Senior Tree Officer / Neil Sanderson, botany & lichens expert
14.00-15.00 Bird walk - Nigel Matthews, National Park Authority Head of Recreation and Visitor Services
15:00-15:30 (and throughout the day) Worm charming - Dan Carpenter of the Natural History Museum and Earthworm Society of Britain
16:00 THE FINAL COUNT & GRAND FINALE!
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