Monthly Archives: August 2012
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More...Butterflies, Moths and Wildflower Identification weekend Springhead, Dorset June 15th-17th 2012
We are holding a fully funded (ie free!) training weekend in the idyllic surroundings of Springhead at Fontmell Magna in east Dorset for prospective EuCAN participants who would like to improve on their id and field skills. If you would like to take advantage of this fantastic opportunity, email nigelspring@yahoo.co.uk to reserve a place. If you have not already […]
More...Notice of Annual General Meeting
The first AGM of EuCAN Community Interest Company will take place at 5.30pm on Saturday 19th May 2012 at The Kingcombe Centre, Toller Porcorum, Dorchester, DT2 0EQ. All members of EuCAN CIC are encouraged to attend. The meeting coincides with our next training weekend so there will be lots of other activities, and accommodation (or […]
More...Species Recovery Trust
The Species Recovery Trust is a new charity set up to tackle the loss of some of the rarest species in the UK. There are over nine hundred native species in the UK that are classed as under threat, with several hundreds more currently widespread but known to be in significant decline. The New Forest Cicada, pictured […]
More...Make hay in Transylvania
Our partners in Transylvania, the Pogány-Havas Association, have a series of events this year which they are inviting foreign visitors to attend. Make friends, have fun, learn new skills and help to preserve valuable mountain hay meadows and their plants, wildlife and traditions in one of the last large-scale medieval landscapes of Europe. This is […]
More...Wageningen Conference Report
Eight EuCAN members from the UK, Hungary and France attended the third conference on the Future of Butterflies in Europe in Wageningen in March. Read our summary reportin the visits section or visit the conference website to download presented papers.
More...Neroche Forest contract successfully completed!
We have just completed a contract for Butterfly Conservation in Neroche Forest in Somerset to clear nearly one hectare of sallows and other scrub and to retrieve the wet grassland which we hope will be the suitable habitat for the Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly. A team of 6 chainsaw operators and 8 stackers contributed a […]
More...Wageningen Conference Session
We will be hosting a discussion session at the Future of Butterflies conference in Wageningen, Netherlands, on Thursday 29th of March at 20:30. Download the agenda here.
More...Funding update
We have applied for three projects with the Lifelong Learning Programme – Leonardo da Vinci Mobility funding and Partnerships. Read more here.
More...Bird ringing camp in Croatia
Biom are offering a warm welcome to anyone who would like to help in the work of a typical bird ringing station! Accommodation and meals are free. Date: 20/08/2012 – 7/10/2012. We may be able to offer a bursary towards travel costs if you would like to attend this camp. Please enquire by emailing nigelspring@yahoo.co.uk.
More...CIC Membership Appeal
We are inviting past, present, and future EuCAN participants to become members of EuCAN Community Interest Company, the non-profit company that has been set up to allow us to continue our work as an independent organisation. We hope as many of our past participants as possible will join us and help to shape the future […]
More...International Butterfly Camp
This year we are looking forward to attending the second International Butterfly and Moth Conservation Camp run by the The Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust in Kercaszomor, Hungary. Jess Neumann, who came to Aggtelek with us in 2010, went to the first camp last year and wrote this report. Full details of this year’s camp are available here.
More...2012 Programme
We have drawn up a programme of potential opportunities for EuCAN for this year which are now in the visits section. These plans are dependent on our securing funding, but if you would like to be considered for one of the placements if they run then please complete an Expression of Interest Form and return it by email.
More...May 18-20 Training weekend
We have a training weekend coming up at The Kingcombe Centre on the weekend of May 18th – 20th, concentrating on botanical and lepidoptera identification and surveying. For details see the training weekends section. If you would like to be considered for the weekend then please complete anExpression of Interest Form and return it by email.
More...A year in Skalanes
Wren Franklin, who came to La Brenne in 2008 and has often worked with us at Alner’s Gorse in Dorset, has spent the last few summers in Iceland working at Skálanes nature and heritage centre. You can download a copy of the latest Skálanes newsletterto find out about everything that’s been happening there in the last year.
More...Ždánice Nature Trail
Our partners in Ždánice in the Czech republic have recently opened a nature trail around Butterfly Valley, the site we worked on in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Local NGO Daphne have set up interpretation boards in the valley and published an English language leaflet to guide tourists around the trail. The trail was officially opened last month at a […]
More...Woodland Management Article
James Webb, who came to Ždánice with us in 2009, recently wrote an article on woodland management in Horn’s Valley near Stroud for Butterfly Conservation. Download PDF
More...Golden Oriole Video
When Daniel Greenwood came to Spain with us earlier this year, he spent the whole time looking for Golden Orioles, but only saw Chaffinches. His as-yet unrequited love for the Oriole has now found expresison in musical form: he’s just released this video for the single Oriole.
More...Etna Visit Kingcombe
We recently had the pleasure of welcoming some of our Polish friends to Dorset. The Green Team, led by Roman Guziak, are a group of conservationists from Wroclaw in South-West Poland set up by Etna to train and lead conservation workers and volunteers in the Barycz river valley, a large wetland area near the town […]
More...Hungarian Postcards for sale
As part of our work with Aggtelek National Park, we have produces a set of eight postcards of butterflies with accompanying text in Hungarian. These will be sold in the national park, or if you can’t get to Hungary a pack of 16 cards (2 of each design) is available for £5 including postage. Download Postcards […]
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