howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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sorry for the short notice only just spotted it on the w.c.c.p website.
Wednesday 31 July 8.30pm
BAT WALK AND MOTH NIGHT, KEARSNEY ABBEY, DOVER
Join a short walk around the lovely grounds of Kearsney Abbey, stopping to hear about bats
and listen with bat detectors. We'll walk through the big trees, grassland and finish near
the lake to watch the bats feeding over the water.
Also, take the opportunity to learn about the moths attracted to the light traps. You can stay as long or as little as you like. Please bring a torch and a bat detector if you have one.
Suggested donation of £2 appreciated.
Please note: there is open water at this site so do not let children run off. LEADERS: Shirley
Thompson (Kent Bat Group), Tony Rouse (The moth man) and Melanie Wrigley (White Cliffs
Countryside Partnership (01304 241806 or 07880 706990). MEET: Kearsney Abbey café car
park, Alkham Valley Road, River, Dover. DISTANCE: 0.5 mile (2 hours or more). GRADE: 2.
No Dogs.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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a dry evening forecast for this - kick off 8. 30.
Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,820
Missed it again due to work.Are there any more of these evening moth walks this year?I went to one at Elms vale rec and at Samphire hoe a few years ago.They were really enjoyable.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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sorry andy i have checked and cannot find any on their itinerary.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
a bit further afield tomorrow evening
Friday 2 August 8.30pm
A GLOWING NIGHT TIME STROLL (Green Gang)
An evening walk along a short stretch of canal to hopefully see the glow worms. We will
walk a little bit further along to see some of the zoo animals at Port Lympne and then return
to the dam to watch bats and then glow worms on the way back to the car park - with a
look at a moth trap to finish off.
Please bring a torch and be brave and bring a friend to hold
onto. Suggested donation of £2 appreciated. LEADER: Owen Leyshon , Romney Marsh
Countryside Partnership (01797 367934 or 07770 670316). MEET: West Hythe car park
at the bottom of Lympne Hill, CT21 4NB (TR 125 344). DISTANCE: 1.5 miles (1.5 hours).
GRADE: 5 (night).
Saturday 3
