WILDLIFE enthusiasts turned out for a series of events during Carhampton Community Orchard’s second annual Wildlife Week, starting with a Butterflies ‘n’ Bugs event.

There were informative activities for all ages, including a mini-beasts quiz, a series of wildlife discovery challenges, a range of ‘fascinating factsheets’ and a display of fungi.

The Wildlife Week Moth Watch attracted no fewer than eight Brimstone moths to the light trap in just two hours.

Staff from Nettlecombe Court Field Centre played a major part in this year’s activities, not only helping out with the Moth Watch but also bringing a study group of 17 and 18-year-olds to carry out an orchard bio-blitz.

DIY wildlife activities are available in the orchard throughout the summer holidays, and on Sunday August 27 Elizabeth Bradshaw of the Somerset Bat Group will lead a joint bat watch starting in Carhampton churchyard at 8pm.

Photos in this week’s Free Press (August 18).