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Badock's Wood Moth Survey and ID - Friday 10th May 2024 - 20:15 p.m.

Name: Badock's Wood Moth Survey and ID - Friday 10th May 2024 - 20:15 p.m.
Location: Badock's Wood Northern Gateway, Entrance

After Dark Event - Moth and Butterfly expert Ray Barnett will catch and identify moths using a moth trap.

By Friends of Badock's Wood

Location

Badock's Wood Northern Gateway, Entrance

Doncaster Road Bristol BS10 5PU United Kingdom

About this event

2 hours 15 minutes

This is a Bristol WalkFest event provided by Friends of Badock's Wood in partnership with Bristol Naturalists' Society.

Moth identification

Led by Ray Barnett, Bristol Naturalists' Society

Local moths and butterfly expert Ray Barnett will lead a short walk to talk about the plants that are important for moths and vice versa - e.g. which plants are pollinated by moths.
He, along with other Bristol Naturalists' Society moth enthusiasts, will do some "dusking" - seeing what moths might be flying at dusk, and will then set up a moth trap as it gets dark and catch and identify moths.

Ray will be using his moth trap to catch and identify evening and night flying moths, then let them go.

All children (under 16) must be accompanied by an adult. If you need to leave before the end time that will be fine but please tell the organisers that you are leaving the event.

Please note we do not charge but we do accept donations.

You are advised to bring a torch and wear warm clothing.

Any questions please contact the organiser.

Family friendly event.

No dogs please

Organised by

Friends of Badock's Wood

The Friends of Badock’s Wood is a group of local residents and other interested people who help to keep Badock’s Wood a hidden haven for wildlife.

It is a lovely place to walk and experience the local nature of a riverside, woodland and wildflower meadows.

The work of the group has been instrumental in making Badock’s Wood a safe and welcoming place to visit. We have improved access and enhanced Badock’s Wood, in partnership with Bristol City Council, other local community groups and local schools, using grant funding and volunteers.

In 2008 Badock’s Wood was awarded Local Nature Reserve designation. This was achieved in no small part as a result of our volunteers’ efforts to both physically improve the wood and to improve opportunities to enjoy this local open space.

In 2015 as part of the celebrations of Bristol’s European Green Capital Award, the Friends organised a Green Hidden Treasures Project. we commissioned local sculptor Andy O’Neill to make wildlife sculptures and benches in the wood. As you walk around the wood you will come across these and many of these are now being reclaimed by fungi.

In 2022, as part of the Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations, Badock's Wood was selected to be one of just 70 ancient woodlands across the UK as part of Her Majesty's Queen's Green Canopy Project.

To commemorate this One Tree Per Child planted more trees in March 2023 and March 2024. We also commissioned sculptor Andy O'Neill to create a commemorative bench. If you wish to donate towards these projects please either contact Friends of Badock's Wood or donate through the GoFundMe page

Come and visit Badock’s Wood in North Bristol – you’ll really enjoy it!