SICCARIDGE 600 BIOBLITZ
16 June 2013 - 9:00am - 4:30pm
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Event details
16 June 2013 - 9:00am - 4:30pm
Join us for an amazing attempt to gather 600 species in a non-stop 30 hour wildlife survey! This event runs from 10.30am Saturday 15th June through to 4.30pm Sunday 16th June. Turn up and go for a walk on your own or join in on an organised event.
Come along and join in with an organised event, or go off for a ramble in the area with a recording sheet and try and spot as many species as you can! Don’t worry, you don’t have to stay for the whole 30 hours, unless you want to!
The ‘Siccaridge 600’ is aimed at everyone, from county recorders, experts and keen enthusiasts to the general public. We’ll be holding a number of different events and surveys focusing on different wildlife such as moths, wild flowers and small mammals and using different survey methods such as setting live capture traps for moths or mammals.
You’ll learn how to identify species, and get an idea of just how diverse wildlife is in our Siccaridge Wood nature reserve and the surrounding Sapperton Valley. Why not make a day of it by visiting the nearby Daneway Inn or enjoy a picnic in this beautiful setting. Dogs on leads welcome.
Some organised walks will be bookable.
Click here to download the full programme of events and times
Saturday 15th June
- Fungi Walk (Ellen Winter)
- Woodland Photography (Zsuzsanna Bird)
- Canal/River dipping (Pete Bradshaw)
- Bugs and Beasties (Spiders - David Haigh, Hoverflies - David Iliff, Invertebrates - David Scott-Langley)
- Photography walk through a woodland (Zsuzsanna Bird - BOOKABLE)
- Amphibians and Reptiles (Glos ARG)
- Wild Flower Walk
- Badger Watching - create a hide and wait up to see if we can catch a glimpse of the elusive badger (Zsuzsanna Bird/Cat Catlin-Groves)
- Bat Walk (Richard Spyvee)
- Moth Trapping (Pete Bradshaw)
Sunday 16th June
- Early Bird Survey
- Small mammal trap checking (Pete Bradshaw)
- Amphibians and Reptiles (Glos ARG)
- Stealth Cam footage from Saturday night (Pete Bradshaw)
- Dormouse Safari (Mick Peacey - BOOKABLE)
- Butterfly Survey (Vic Polley)
- Basic ID skills session (GCER)
- Photography walk through a woodland (Zsuzsanna Bird - BOOKABLE)
- Bryophytes and mosses (Peter Martin)
- Woodland Tree Identification (Pete Bradshaw)
- Wildflower Survey
- The BIG COUNT
Bookable events:
Dormouse Safari
Join in the Dormouse Survey on Sunday 16th at Midday with local and longstanding dormouse surveyor Mick Peacey. This event is free but has limited spaces so please book to secure your place by emailing marketing@gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk
Woodland Photography Safari
Join in on a woodland photography safari at 11.15am on Saturday 15th or 11.15am on Sunday 16th. The walk is approximately 1.5 hours long with half an hour to look at the photos that have been taken. Open to all levels of experience, please bring along your own camera and enjoy capturing Siccaridge nature reserves wonderful woodland wildlife. If you have an SLR or DSLR please bring along a tripod too. This event is free but there are limited places so please book to secure your place by emailing marketing@gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk
Gloucestershire Centre for Environmental Records will be supporting this event and helping us count up and document all the species we find.
Venue location
Siccaridge Wood nature reserve, Sapperton,
GL7 6LN
Grid reference
SO 93665 03463