Final details of the Open Morning Knighton Green and St Mary’s churchyard Saturday 24th August

Final details of the morning are as follows:

  • Alan Cann will be helping us with moth and bug identification
  • Chris Leech is also coming along to look for and identify plant galls.
  • Steve Hart is building a big bug hotel to go in the Spinney

Programme and timings:

Friday

  • 19.00 Set out pitfall traps and moth trap (both humane!)

Saturday

  • 09.00 Identify moths trapped overnight
  • 11.00 Refreshments in church tower or if fine in churchyard
  • 11.00 – 11.30 Guided walk round churchyard meadow and Annie Elizabeth’s grave with Uta
  • 11.00 Bug hunt and empty pitfall traps with Nicky and Alan
  • 11.00 Bug hotel construction starts with Steve
  • 11.30 Knighton Green meadow walk and talk with John or Tim or Nicky
  • 12.00 Guided walk round churchyard meadow and Annie Elizabeth’s grave with Uta
  • 12.30 Knighton Green meadow walk and talk with John or Tim or Nicky
  • 13.00 open morning ends

Do hope you can come and help us build up our species lists for the churchyard and green.