A FREE Guided Walk to look for butterflies at NT Lardon Chase.

Berkshire

Type:Countryside

Lardon Chase, Streatley Hill, Streatley, Berkshire, RG8 9RD

Tel: 07434 652770

Adonis Blue

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Join the Upper Thames Branch of Butterfly Conservation on a trip to the National Trust's Lardon Chase: part of one of the largest areas of chalk downland in the country. It has a rich chalk-grassland flora and a good suite of grassland and scrub butterflies. It also has spectacular views of the woodlands and steep valley over the village of Streatley.

We will explore the grassland and scrub, on the slopes, for its special butterflies. Target species: AdonisBlue and other chalk grassland species.

Accessibility - steep and strenuous slopes, as well as rabbit holes.

Meet at the National Trust car park.

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