Book here. ​Docker Moor is a private moorland / plantation complex in North East Lancs, managed for forestry and as a shooting estate. Mothing trapping has been conducted on the site for several years, and... Read more »

Book here. The landscape and wildlife of Tegg's Nose is varied with both meadow and moorland conditions on the rocky slopes, and woodland at the base of the summit. More detailed information can be found... Read more »

Book here. ​This is a joint event with the Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland. Woolston Eyes Nature Reserve is a SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) 4 km east of Warrington Town Centre, designated... Read more »

Book here. This event will be held at Rixton Clay Pits Join like-minded people with an interest in recording wildlife observations for a day surveying freshwater leeches. Sampling leeches involves pond dipping and hand searches... Read more »

Book here. Borsdane Wood (LNR) lies to the north of Hindley, straddling the border of Wigan and Bolton. It is an area of semi natural ancient woodland and a site of biological interest. The linear... Read more »

Book here. Freshfield Dune Heath is a mixture of woodland, scrub and acidic grassland woven through a lowland dune heath: 9% of the national total of this incredibly rare habitat. It is the single largest... Read more »

*please note that the date has now changed form 2nd to 9th May* Beacon Country Park is a 300 acre site across the slopes of Ashurst Beacon between Upholland, Dalton and Skelmersdale. The site consists of wildflower meadows, ponds,... Read more »

A Lancashire Wildlife Trust site. A mosaic of woodland and small meadows with limestone plants like fairy flax, mouse-ear hawkweed and lady’s bedstraw grow alongside fragrant wild herbs like thyme and marjoram. The river Ribble runs... Read more »

The Hightown Dunes and Meadows nature reserve stretches from Hall Road Coastguard Station to the mouth of the River Alt. The site consists of sand dunes, a small saltmarsh, freshwater ponds, willow and poplar scrub and... Read more »

Heswall fields contains wildflower meadows fronting the Dee estuary/Heswall shore. The sandy banks leading up to the fields contain perfect nesting opportunities for a variety of wasp and bee species. In past years the Nationally... Read more »

Trowbarrow Local Nature Reserve is managed by Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. This former quarry holds a supports a mosaic of grassland habitats with limestone plants, bare ground, shallow ponds and a broad-leaved hazel... Read more »

Starr Hills, Lytham St Annes is owned by Flyde Council and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). It covers 23.6 ha of sand dune. The northern section of the coastal dunes at Starr... Read more »

Peel Park is the largest Local Nature Reserve in Lancashire and currently the subject of a Prospects Foundation project to protect and improve pollinator populations and their habitats. Over 20 broad habitat have been recorded, including heathland,... Read more »

Prenton Dell Claypit on the Wirral consists of species-rich meadows, ponds, ditches, a small area of ancient woodland and marsh. The site is owned by National Grid who lease it to a local community group... Read more »

Brereton Heath Local Nature Reserve is a 50 acre mosaic of mixed woodland, a lake, grassland, including some semi-improved, marsh and a few acres of heathland that are closed to the public. We will focus our... Read more »

This is a joint recording day with the Sorby Invertebrate Group. United Utilities owned Macclesfield Forest covers an area of approximately 400 hectares (990 acres), dominated by woodland or plantation. Most of the woodland is... Read more »

This will be a joint event with Merseyside Biobank. Kindling Farm is an organic, community-led 78-acre farm in Merseyside. Owned collectively by over 800 members through the Kindling Trust, the farm is developing an agroforestry... Read more »

Crag Bank Nature Reserve is 3.7 ha. SSSI comprising calcareous boulder-clay ridges and extensive wet areas of calcareous peaty soil with fen-like vegetation, ditches and a muddy stream. Over 170 species of flowering plant have been... Read more »

Book here. Risley Moss is an 82-hectare Local Nature Reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Warrington, featuring lowland raised bog, woodlands, and meadows. It is also the only known site in Cheshire... Read more »

Book here. Crag Bank Nature Reserve is 3.7 ha. SSSI comprising calcareous boulder-clay ridges and extensive wet areas of calcareous peaty soil with fen-like vegetation, ditches and a muddy stream. Over 170 species of flowering plant... Read more »