Sunday 15th November 2015 – Cotham to Kilvington Disused Railway Line 10am to 3pm, meeting at the southern end of Cotham village, at SK796473
Sunday 6th December 2015 – Flawborough Footpath 10am to 3pm, please contact Chris Jackson for details of the meeting point
Saturday 16th January 2016 – Great Central Railway 10am to 3pm, please contact Chris Jackson for details of the meeting point
Sunday 7th February 2016 – Alverton Disused Railway Line 10am to 3pm, please contact Chris Jackson for details of the meeting point
Come along and join a group of like-minded people who are enthusiastic about the conservation of the Grizzled Skipper butterfly – a nationally important species which occurs at a number of sites in south Nottinghamshire. Many of the sites where the Grizzled Skipper occurs require regular management to keep them in a suitable condition for the butterfly, so we will be undertaking a series of practical workdays at some key sites, which will involve:
- Scrub clearance work to maintain open habitats required by the Grizzled Skipper and to help create corridors to link existing open habitats
- Creation of bare earth patches to increase the availability of suitable egg-laying habitat
What to bring:
- Lunch
- Warm clothing and stout footwear
- Work gloves (gloves will be provided if you don’t have any)
- Tools (if you have any – bow saws/loppers/spades. Tools will be provided, along with instruction on their use)
For more information please contact Chris Jackson at the Nottinghamshire Biodiversity Action Group on 0115 993 2588 or email hris.jackson@nottscc.gov.