Branch Open Day 2025

Yorkshire Branch Open Day

Sunday 12th October

Pannal Village Hall, Pannal, Harrogate HG3 1JG

10:00am to 3pm

10:00 Doors Open - Tea & Coffee available

10:30 Opening remarks, introductions 

10:45 Sam Newton/Holly Ramsden – Lepidoptera and linking Landscapes in the North York Moors 

11:30 Discussions

12:00 Lunch and voting in Photo competition with Tea & Coffee available

12:45 Nyree Fearnley – Butterflies of Wharfedale

13:25 Dave O’Brien – The ups and downs of the Duke of Burgundy in 2025

13:45 Summary of 2025 and future programmes – Martin Wain – BC Northern England Conservation Officer

14:00 Tea & Coffee

14:30 Outstanding Volunteer Awards for 2025 & Photo Competition winners, announced

15:00 Meeting closes but attendees are welcome to stay and chat till 15:30

**Timings are for guidance only

Yorkshire Branch Display and Publications

Tea & Coffee will be provided, please bring your own lunch.

Please bring cash for the stalls as we have no means of reading credit cards.

Limited Free Car Parking at Pannal Village Hall HG3 1JG

Other parking is available but please check the length of stay you are allowed.

Pannal railways station is only 5 minutes walk to the village hall and there are good bus connections.

Photo Competition rules

There will be a photo competition on the day. No more than four photos to be entered by any one person. The images are to be printed no bigger than 10” x 8” (25.4cm x 20.3cm). On the back of each image please write your name. 

Please hand the photos in when you arrive at the meeting.

One competition class of Butterfly or Moth of any life stage with prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd. 

The competition will be judged on the day by those in attendance and prizes will be awarded.