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Bioblitz – Wildlife Recording Day

Date :
June 26, 2022 9:00 am

End Date :
June 26, 2022 4:00 pm

Address :
Townfoot Farm, East Woodburn, NE48 2SH

Price :
FREE (donations welcome)

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A day of recording all the flora and fauna we can find!

Come and learn something new, improve your ID skills, have a day outdoors and discover wildlife in Redesdale. A great opportunity to try many different things!

Activities include introductory sessions on birds, butterflies, fungi, lichens, reptiles, plants and bug hunting. See the timetable below for more details:

Time	Activity 1	Activity 2
0900-0945	Checking mammal traps/monitoring small mammals
0945-1030	Bird walk	Reptile surveying
1030-1145	Plant walk	Fungi and lichen walk
1145-1215	Introduction to moth recording/look at and release moths from the trap
1215-1315	Drop in sessions:	LUNCH
	– Review of camera trap footage
	– Recording wildlife: How to enter records to ERIC/where to find ID help/volunteer groups and surveys
	– Nest monitoring/bird surveys
	– Opportunities with Native North Tyne project and an overview of Tyne Rivers Trust activities
	– All about squirrels – including how to monitor them and how red squirrels are doing
1315-1400	Aquatic invertebrates	Discovering and recording wildlife in the countryside
1400-1445	Butterfly surveying for beginners	Trees
1445-1530	Bug hunting!
1530-1615	Tracks and signs

Please bring a packed lunch, suitable outdoor clothing and footwear. This is a working farm: Well behaved dogs are welcome, but MUST be on a lead at all times.

Booking is essential. Please sign in on arrival. This event is suitable for ages 7+. All persons under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

This is a Revitalising Redesdale Landscape Partnership event and is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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