Our Transect Walkers help us to understand butterflies in their local area and, by extension, across the UK. They inspire people to better understand the butterflies that they see.
Working in collaboration with Kent Wildlife Trust we are recruiting for Transect Surveyors to walk several butterfly transects on nature reserves across Kent. These are:
- Conningbrook Lakes Country Park (near Ashford)
- Hothfield Common (near Ashford)
- Thornden Wood (near Canterbury)
- Coombe Down (near Dover)
- Gorse Hill (near Dover)
- Hawkshill Common (near Dover)
- Lesnes Abbey (near Erith)
- Oare Marshes (near Faversham)
- The Gill (near Goudhurst)
- Furnace Farm (near Lamberhurst)
- Hoathly Farm (near Lamberhurst)
- Brenchley Wood (near Matfield)
- Nashenden Down (near Rochester)
- Pegwell Bay Country Park (near Ramsgate)
- Heather Corrie Vale (near Sevenoaks)
- Polhill Banks (near Sevenoaks)
- Queendown Warren (near Sittingbourne)
- Tudeley Woods (near Tonbridge)
- Quarry Wood (near West Farleigh)
- West Wickham Common (near West Wickham)
- Wraik Hill Nature Reserve (near Whitstable)
We are seeking volunteers who can identify butterflies and could be part of a team to carry out weekly walks at the above sites from April to September.
For any queries about getting involved in these transect please contact the regional Transect Coordinator, Dean Ashby via – dean.ashby@kentwildlife.org.uk
At Butterfly Conservation, we want to create a world where butterflies and moths are enjoyed by everyone, forever. We need people to walk transects to collect data. This data is used to inform decisions which help to conserve butterflies, both locally and nationally.
You will be volunteering with a wide range of people helping us to monitor butterflies in your local environment.
More about this role
Volunteer role
UKBMS Transect Surveyor
Volunteer manager
Transect Co-Ordinator
Where you will be based
Outdoors
Why we want you
To survey a transect each season, on behalf of Butterfly Conservation within your Branch area.
What you will be doing
- Conduct regular surveys for butterflies or moths, in one or many locations.
- Identify all butterflies/moths encountered, to the best of your ability.
- Seek assistance/advice in identifying species as appropriate (including the use of BC apps such as iRecord Butterflies).
The skills you need
- Ability to identify butterflies or moths, at a level appropriate to the relevant survey or scheme.
- Desire to learn and improve identification skills.
- Understanding of the basic attributes of a biological record.
- Own transport required to access survey locations, if required (this will depend of area and scheme).
What’s in it for you
- Develop or apply your knowledge of butterflies, moths and the environment.
- Contributing directly to the scientific knowledge base of our butterflies and moths in the UK.
- Improve your identification skills.
- Improve your understanding of the distribution and ecology of those species encountered.
- Increase your social circle with like minded people, boosting your wellbeing.
Disclaimer
Surveying a transect involves recording butterflies and day flying moths along a set route every week between April and September. The route can be shared with other volunteers to reduce the time commitment from each person. We ask that you commit to a minimum of 6 months in this role and complete training when you start. Children aged 13-15 must be accompanied by an adult whilst volunteering. If you are aged 16 or 17, your parent may give written permission for you to volunteer unaccompanied.
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