I have been in touch with a lady called Catherine Simmonds who runs the Shaftesbury Swift Group. As you possibly all know Swifts are very special and are becoming an increasingly rare sight in the UK as sadly they are on the endangered list. Shaftesbury is lucky enough to have an active swift colony.

Catherine has very kindly offered to hold a swift watching session for our group during Swift Awareness Week on Monday 22nd June at 7.30pm-8.30pm. It obviously is quite late for a school night but the chance of seeing lots of these wonderful birds gets higher as the evening gets later. 

Please let me know if you would be interested in coming along to this really special event.

Charlie

The Duke of Burgundy butterfly is rare and we are fortunate to have the chalk downland habitat where sightings in recent years have brought reassurance that they are surviving locally. 

We shall be learning about what this butterfly likes to have in its territory; for meeting a mate, laying eggs and finding its food source. And fingers crossed we'll see them! Please get in contact if you'd like to join the group and directions for the meet up will be given.