A general invertebrate recording day on Chester Zoo Estate We will visit a site on the Chester Zoo estate which is a mosaic of habitats in a narrow strip bordering the Shropshire Union Canal. It is... Read more »

A general invertebrate recording day at Yarrow Valley Country Park Yarrow Valley Country Park was first established in 1987 on land previously used for bleaching, dyeing, calico printing and mining. The park is now an... Read more »

This is a joint recording day with the Cheshire Bee Group who will be looking for the Sea Aster Mining Bee (Colletes halophilus) on and around the coastal path in Heswall (near the Sheldrakes restaurant).... Read more »

For this recording day we will join Sorby Invertebrate Group at Heyden Valley. The site is a mixture of moorland, streams and flushes. Please note, the paths at this site are uneven so will be... Read more »

A general invertebrate recording day at Smithills Estate A Woodland Trust site with 1,700 acres of open countryside, featuring mixed woodland with streams, rough grassland and heather moorland. The day will be focused in the... Read more »

Book here. Devil’s Hole is an enormous blowout with steep slopes on all sides, resembling a crater, and covering an area of 3.5ha. The basins within contain species rich dune slack and fixed dunes habitat,... Read more »

Book here. This will be a joint recording day with the British Entomological & Natural History Society (BENHS). One of the most important sites in the region for rare invertebrates, and studied quite well over... Read more »

Childwall Woods and Fields Local Nature Reserve is situated in Childwall, Liverpool. The site is owned by Liverpool City Council and managed by an active voluntary friends of group. The site includes historic woodland with... Read more »

Book here. The Hilbre Islands Local Nature Reserve is contained within the Dee Estuary, off the Wirral Coast near West Kirby and Hoylake. It is an internationally important site for wading birds, and a great... Read more »

Book here. A Woodland Trust site with 1,700 acres of open countryside, featuring mixed woodland with streams, rough grassland and heather moorland. The day will be focused in the Walker Fold area. Smithills has been... Read more »

Book here. Swallow’s Wood is a 60-acre nature reserve, which contains semi-natural woodlands, meadows, ponds and marsh areas, and is owned by United Utilities who are also responsible for its management. Arnfield Reservoir is between... Read more »

Book here. Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve (NNR) includes extensive areas of mud and sand flats and is one of the largest saltmarsh habitats in England. For this recording day we will be visiting the... Read more »

Book here. A 26 ha privately owned wooded gorge, 7km East of Lancaster. It is designated a SSSI as one of the best valleys in Lancashire for it’s bryophyte communities, including some approaching their extreme... Read more »

Book here Colliers Moss was created on the spoil and waste from the Bold Colliery and Power Station. The remnants of mossland around the fringes of the site have been restored and areas of sphagnum... Read more »

Book here. Both sites are part of the extensive ‘Northwich Woodlands’ complex, and are owned and managed by Cheshire West and Chester Council. Witton Lime Beds is a SSSI, having been selected to represent a... Read more »

Book here. The Birkdale Green Beach is a linear stretch of recently formed salt-marsh and sand-dune habitat on the foreshore between Weld Road roundabout, Birkdale in the north and Ainsdale Beach in the south. The... Read more »

Book here. Middleton Nature Reserve is an extensive brownfield site with a mosaic of scrub, fen and grassland habitats woven around a network of pools. It is managed by Lancashire Wildlife Trust on behalf of... Read more »

Book here. Rostherne Mere is managed by Natural England as one of only two National Nature Reserves in Cheshire, and also has SSSI and RAMSAR designations. Including the mere, the area is 152.9 hectares, which... Read more »

Book here. RHS Brdigewater comprises154 acres of gardens and wider estate with small mixed mature woodland patches, meadows at various stages of restoration, and two significant water bodies. Most of our focus will be on... Read more »

Book here. Dalton Crags is a large limestone woodland occupying a south-west facing slope on the edge of the Hutton Roof massif. The VC60 parts of the complex are mainly owned and manged by Forestry... Read more »