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Spring/Summer 2008

1   BEECHE Community Pond Life Collage Saturday 5th April: 10am - 2pm Drop in to our nature display room at BEECHE and create your own pond creature using recycled materials to add to our giant pond life collage which will be displayed at BEECHE for everyone to see. A family craft event. Charge: £2 per child. Pictured right: The BEECHE centre

2   Natural Boundaries Wednesday 16th April: 2.00pm Meet at BEECHE for a talk about the historic, landscape and wildlife benefits of local hedgerows and plans for a survey during 2008. For more information and to book ring 01689 862815. Pictured right: Hedgerow

3   Pond Workshop at High Elms Friday 18th April: 7.45pm Meet at BEECHE. Want to build a new pond or look after an existing pond sensitively? A talk, question session and site visit looking at the management and creation of wildlife ponds. To book, ring 01689 862815. Pictured right: Great Pond Snail

4   Bat Walk at Keston Friday 18th April: 10.30am - 3.30pm Meet at Westerham Road car park, Keston, for a walk looking and listening for bats. Please bring a torch. Led by a local bat expert. Distance: 1.5 miles. Grade 1E. Booking essential, please call 01689 862815.

1   Breakfast with the Birds on International Dawn Chorus Day Sunday 4th May: 6am Meet in the main car park, High Elms Country Park, off High Elms Road. We will be walking through woodlands, orchards and grasslands looking and listening for songbirds. Led by BCP. Distance 1 mile Grade 3. Charge: Adults £1.50 Children & 60+ £1. Pictured right: Sparrow singing in tree

2   Spring Flower Walk at High Elms Saturday 17th May: 10am Meet at BEECHE. Look for seasonal flora of the chalk meadows and woodland along the High Elms trail. No dogs please. Distance 2 – 3 miles. Grade 2. Charge: Adults £1 50 Children & 60+ £1 Led by BCP. Pictured right: Violet

1   National Moth Night at Downe Orchard Saturday 7th June: 9am Meet at Downe village by the Church for a short walk to Downe Orchard where moth experts will identify the moths flying in. To find out more, log on to www.nationalmothnight.info Pictured right: Mother of Pearl Moth

2   Plateau to Valley Walk Tuesday 17th June: 1.30 - 4pm Meet at Cudham Recreation Ground car park (by the Blacksmiths Arms pub), Cudham. Guided walk crossing 2 valleys in the London Borough of Bromley, where chalk grassland is being created and managed for the benefit of flowers, insects and people. Led by BCP. No dogs please. Distance 3 miles Grade 3. Please book on 01689 862815. Pictured right: Cudham Valley

3   Amazing Moths at High Elms Sunday 22nd June: 9am Meet experts at BEECHE for a short talk about moths and how to identify them, then have a look in our moth trap to see what has flown in during the night. Pictured right: Magpie Moth

4   Marvellous Meadows Sunday 29th June: 10am - 12 noon Meet at BEECHE for a walk to explore the wildflower meadows of chalk grassland, then back to help us make a collage of the beautiful plants and insects that live there to put up in our centre. A family event. Part of National Insect Week and London’s Chalk Grassland Festival. Distance 1 mile, Grade 2. Pictured right: Meadow

1   Moth morning at High Elms Sunday 13th July: 10am Meet at BEECHE to discover what species of moths have flown into our moth trap overnight before we release them. Pictured right: Magpie Moth

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