Lancshire BioBlitz Timetable

10am - BioBlitz begins – Experts and volunteers will begin to survey the site
11am – Opening Ceremony with special guest Bill Oddie – TV Naturalist Bill Oddie will open the event to the public at the Barn and start children’s activities at the BioVillage
11.30am – Walk – The Creation of Cuerden Valley with Keith Williams – GeoLancashire’s Keith Williams will tell the dramatic story of how Cuerden Valley was formed and why it looks like it does. Booking necessary
12pm – Walk – Butterflies with Laura Sivell – County Butterfly Recorder Laura Sivell will host a walk about butterflies with the help of other experts. Booking necessary
12.30pm – Talk – Bugs – Friend or Foe? With Jennifer Newton – Bug expert Jennifer Newton will discuss how we perceive bugs and the truth about our creepy-crawly friends. Booking necessary
12.30pm – Walk – The Flora of Cuerden Park with County experts – Lancashire’s top botanists and experts from Cuerden Park will take part in this ramble to discover common and not-so-common plants. Booking necessary
1pm – Talk - The Lancashire Environment Record Network with Alan Wright and Nik Bruce – The LERN roadshow comes to Cuerden Park. Alan and Nik will explain how recording wildlife is vital to its survival and for everyone in the county Booking necessary
2pm – Walk – The Denham Hill Experience, including trip to Denham Quarry with Keith Williams – Keith Williams will take a minibus of interested people to Denham Quarry to look at the bigger picture of how Lancashire was created Booking necessary
2pm – Talk – Invasive Species with EA/LERN – Top experts from LERN and the Environment Agency will discuss alien invaders in Lancashire and how we should deal with them Booking necessary
2pm – Walk – Butterflies with Laura Sivell – County Butterfly Recorder Laura Sivell will host a walk about butterflies with the help of other experts. Booking necessary
3pm – Talk – Recording Flowers with Lancashire botanists – Lancashire’s top botanists with stories about their work and how it has impacted on the county’s environment Booking necessary
4pm - Talk – Recording Bats with bat experts from West, South and East Lancs – Lancashire experts with stories about their work and how they are protecting these exciting and interesting animals Booking necessary
6pm – BioBlitz Closes to Public – The public’s excellent work and children’s activities close and it’s now down to the experts to continue recording
6pm-10.30pm – Mammal Course 1 –Introduction to UK Mammals 1: Small mammals and how to find them: trapping for small mammals and a bat walk. Booking necessary
9pm – Bat Walks – The perfect end to a fascinating day, as bat experts spot and listen out for the furry fliers. Bat detectors ready! Booking necessary
9pm-10am – Biodiversity team – Night-time surveying continues
8.30am-11am – Mammal Course 2 – The Barn Introduction to UK Mammals 2: Larger mammals, and mammal signs. Including checking small mammal traps and a field trip looking for signs in park Booking necessary
9am-10am – Final count of species – We are aiming to top 600 species in the 24 hours, but there is a target of 800 or more which is the record UK BioBlitz total.
Contact Alan Wright at awright@lancswt.org.uk