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Butterflies at Parke

Join us for a gentle walk to discover Parke's butterflies and help contribute to the Big Butterfly Count

  • Booking essential
  • Free event

An informal guided walk around the estate to explore these fascinating and beautiful insects. Learn how to identify Parke's species and find out how you can help to record the butterflies you see too. As we go we will record what we find to feed back into the Big Butterfly Count organised by the charity Butterfly Conservation.

Butterflies are a key indicator to the condition of our biodiversity, so the more we understand the more we can help make a difference.

Times

The basics

Booking details

Call 0344 249 1895 or email parkeevents@nationaltrust.org.uk

Suitability

Supervised children are welcome

Meeting point

Meet next to the Parke Map in the corner of the car park. The What 3 Words location is ///walnuts.flipper.prowling

What to bring and wear

Wear comfortable clothes and sturdy footwear. You may like to bring a bottle of water & hat. Binoculars can be useful for viewing butterflies if you have them.

Accessibility

The route will take us through a few different terrains here at Parke. Please contact us if you have additional access needs and we will see if we can make adjustments to the route.

Other

If you decide to book, please inform us if your plans later change so that we can offer places to others.

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