Recording Days

Starr Hills Invertebrate Recording Day
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 and The Coppice Invertebrate Recording Day
Peel Park and the CoppicePeel 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 Invertebrate Recording Day
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 »

Bagmere and Brereton Heath Invertebrate Recording Day
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 »

Macclesfield Forest Invertebrate Recording Day
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 »

Kindling Farm Invertebrate Recording Day
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 & Lords Lot Bog Invertebrate Recording Day
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 »

Risley Moss Invertebrate Recording Day
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 »

Crag Bank Invertebrate Recording Day Visit 1
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 »

Heswall Dales Invertebrate Recording Day
Book here. Heswall Dales is an area of some 72 acres of lowland heath situated close to Heswall on the Wirral. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Local Nature Reserve. On-street... Read more »

Alvaston Hall Invertebrate Recording Day
Book here. Alvaston Hall is a hotel complex in South Cheshire with extensive grounds on the floodplains of the River Weaver. The area of interest was formerly a 9-hole golf course that never re-opened since... Read more »

Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve Invertebrate Recording Day
Book here. The river Dibbin runs through the centre of Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve with 3 miles of maintained pathways leading through ancient woodland, tunnels, wetland areas and meadows. There is a car park and toilet facilities on site. Nearest... Read more »

Freshfield Dune Heath Invertebrate Recording Day
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 »

Carr House Green Common Invertebrate Recording Day
Book here. Carr House Green Common, Inskip is primarily a lowland wet grassland meadow. It features marshy grassland with wet depressions and drainage ditches, creating a mosaic of wetland habitats that support characteristic flora and... Read more »

Grimsargh Wetlands Invertebrate Recording Day
Book here. Grimsargh Wetlands comprises three decommissioned former reservoirs and surrounding land managed by a dedicated Trust near Preston in Lancashire. There is variety of grassland habitats surrounding the former reservoirs, from species-rich free draining... Read more »

Crag Bank Invertebrate Recording Day Visit 2
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 »

Errwood & Fernilee Reservoirs Invertebrate Recording Day
Book here Join us for a joint recording day with Sorby Invertebrate Group and Cheshire Bee Group at Errwood and Fernilee Reservoirs in the Goyt Valley area. The site consists of mostly acid grassland/moorland with... Read more »






