Field Trips - June - September 2026
Please Note: anyone wishing to carpool should email to make arrangements beforehand, otherwise please meet at the designated meeting plance.
Please let the leader know to expect you.
The walks are generally about two to three hours long and are open to all Naturalist Clubs members (adults & children, but no pets please). Please dress for the weather and bring water, binoculars and a snack (plus bug spray in summer).
Note: these walks are weather dependent so if the weather is bad and no calls are received then the leader will not show up.Unless otherwise noted, washroom facilities are available on these walks.
> Saturday June 6th
Glen Valley Spring Bird Count
Leader: Lisa Dreves
Time: Meet at Poplar Bar at 6:30 am to spit up into groups to cover several different areas.
The count runs until about 12:00 noon, when we return to Poplar Bar to enjoy a potluck lunch and compare results. Please contact Lisa so that we know to expect you. It is early and we know sometimes people forget to set their alarm, and we don't want to drive away if there is a possibility of extra help!.
Email Lisa Dreves
> Thursday June 11th
Campbell Valley Regional Park
Leader: Phil Henderson
Time: 9:00 am at the 8th Avenue parking lot.
Join Join Phil to walk the trails through this popular park, with its great variety of trees, flowers, shrubs, and birds. This is a moderately difficult trail with some ups and downs, so please wear appropriate footwear. Walking distance is approximately 5 kms. Please bring a packed lunch to eat at a suitable spot at the end of the walk.
Email Phil Henderson
> Thursday June 18th
Derby Reach Regional Park
Leader: Keith Chrystall
Time: 9:00 am at the parking lot at 21801 Allard Crescent.
Join Keith to walk the trail from the parking lot to Muench Bar to see the Purple Martins at the nest boxes installed by LEPS and LFN; then through the woods to 208th Street and back to the parking lot. This is an easy walk of about 4 kms. on level gravel trails.
Email Keith Chrystall
> Saturday June 27th
South Langley Regional Park and Irene Pearce Trails
Leader: Ryan Usenik
Time: 9:00 am at the parking lot at 500 - 224th Street.
Join Join Ryan to see this new park which is not yet open to the public but in which LFN is carrying out a biodiversity study for the Township of Langley. Wear waterproof footwear as one part of the trail is very wet. This walk is moderately difficult and is about 2 kms. in length.
Email Ryan Usenik
> Thursday July 2nd
E.C. Manning Provincial Park - Paintbrush Nature Trail and View Point Loop in Heather Meadows
Leader: Wim Vesseur
Time: 7:30 am in Langley or 9:30 am at Manning Park Lodge
Join Wim to wander along some of the Manning Park trails to check the summer flowers, birds, and butterflies in this wonderful park in the coastal mountains. Choice of trail will depend on the snowpack. Bring botany books and camera.
Email Wim Vesseur
> Thursday July 8th
Bat walk
Leader: Keith Chrystall
Time: 8:30 pm [Location to be determined]
Join Keith for a chance to see large numbers of bats emerging from their daytime roost. Bring chairs if you wish. We Expect to see several species of bats which should begin flying soon after 9 pm; expect to see several hundred.
NOTE: there is not a washroom at this site.
Email Keith Chrystall
> Thursday July 16th
LFN Summer Picnic, Campbell Valley Regional Park
Time: 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Bring your own picnic and chair. We meet in the meadow under the big trees (204th Street / 8th Avenue entrance).
> Wednesday July 22nd
Derby Bog
Leader: Phil Henderson
Time: 5:30 pm in the Houston Trail parking lot on McKinnon Crescent, Langley.
Join Phil for a tour of Metro Vancouver Park's Derby Bog; a 96 ha remnant of an historical 500 ha bog (a hidden paradise and important conservation area not open to the public). You will gain an understanding of what bogs are, what threatens them and their importance to local ecology, global ecology, and climate change. Phil will discuss Langley Bog's history, work completed by researchers from various universities and Metro Vancouver's plans for the site. But beyond the talk, and more importantly, is the experience of being there and from that being there and from that we hope you will leave enriched and enlightened. Participants should be dressed appropriately and wear footwear for walking on pavement, trails, and the odd wet area.
Email Phil Henderson
> Wednesday July 29th
Dragonfly Walk, Latimer Park
Leader: Eric Habisch
Time: 10:00 am at the parking lot on 28th Avenue just east of 192nd Street.
Join Eric for a walk around the newly renovated Latimer Park in search of dragonflies and damselflies. These summer flyers have been on this earth longer than most species and area an amazing sight as they hunt on the wing or allow us to admire their exquisite forms and colours while basking in the warming sun. We'll be looking for these odonates from the new viewing platforms and shorelines around the lake. This walk is weather dependent on dry, warm and preferably sunny skies. Most trails are level hard-packed gravel except some sections in the forested area, so please bring appropriate footwear for the rougher parts.
Email Eric Habisch
> Wednesday August 5th
Aldergrove Regional Park
Leader: Tom Wildeboer
Time:6:30 pm at the parking lot on Lefeuvre Road south of 5th Avenue.
Join Tom for a walk around the Aldergrove Bowl including the Big Rock and the pond. This is a moderately difficult walk of about 3 km with some uphill sections.
Email Tom Wildeboer
> Wednesday August 12th
Blaauw Eco-Forest
Leader: Ted Goshulak
Time: 6:30 pm at 8640 - 257A Street.
Join Ted for a walk through the 30 acre preserve of mixed and coniferous forest, ponds, and a bog which is an important refuge for some endangered species at risk, including the Red-legged Frog.
Email Ted Goshulak
> Wednesday August 19th
McLean Pond, Campbell Valley Regional Park
Leader: Viveka Ohman
Time: 6:30 pm on 206th Street south of 24th Avenue
Join Viveka to walk the trail which goes south from 206th Street dead end, then along the roadside of 20th Avenue east to the trailhead which goes south through the lovely forest to McLean Pond. The trail continues west around the pond, then south through the forest and grassland to 16th Avenue where the trail circles back through the forest, passing fields on the way to our starting point. There are wrens, songbirds, woodpeckers, flycatchers, dragonflies, turtles and woodland plants on this walk. There is a nesting site of the Western Painted Turtle and several viewing areas near the pond.
Email Viveka Ohman
... More field trips listings coming soon ...
Please Note: anyone wishing to carpool should email to make arrangements beforehand, otherwise please meet at the designated meeting plance.
Please let the leader know to expect you.
The walks are generally about two to three hours long and are open to all Naturalist Clubs members (adults & children, but no pets please). Please dress for the weather and bring water, binoculars and a snack (plus bug spray in summer).
Note: these walks are weather dependent so if the weather is bad and no calls are received then the leader will not show up.Unless otherwise noted, washroom facilities are available on these walks.
> Saturday June 6th
Glen Valley Spring Bird Count
Leader: Lisa Dreves
Time: Meet at Poplar Bar at 6:30 am to spit up into groups to cover several different areas.
The count runs until about 12:00 noon, when we return to Poplar Bar to enjoy a potluck lunch and compare results. Please contact Lisa so that we know to expect you. It is early and we know sometimes people forget to set their alarm, and we don't want to drive away if there is a possibility of extra help!.
Email Lisa Dreves
> Thursday June 11th
Campbell Valley Regional Park
Leader: Phil Henderson
Time: 9:00 am at the 8th Avenue parking lot.
Join Join Phil to walk the trails through this popular park, with its great variety of trees, flowers, shrubs, and birds. This is a moderately difficult trail with some ups and downs, so please wear appropriate footwear. Walking distance is approximately 5 kms. Please bring a packed lunch to eat at a suitable spot at the end of the walk.
Email Phil Henderson
> Thursday June 18th
Derby Reach Regional Park
Leader: Keith Chrystall
Time: 9:00 am at the parking lot at 21801 Allard Crescent.
Join Keith to walk the trail from the parking lot to Muench Bar to see the Purple Martins at the nest boxes installed by LEPS and LFN; then through the woods to 208th Street and back to the parking lot. This is an easy walk of about 4 kms. on level gravel trails.
Email Keith Chrystall
> Saturday June 27th
South Langley Regional Park and Irene Pearce Trails
Leader: Ryan Usenik
Time: 9:00 am at the parking lot at 500 - 224th Street.
Join Join Ryan to see this new park which is not yet open to the public but in which LFN is carrying out a biodiversity study for the Township of Langley. Wear waterproof footwear as one part of the trail is very wet. This walk is moderately difficult and is about 2 kms. in length.
Email Ryan Usenik
> Thursday July 2nd
E.C. Manning Provincial Park - Paintbrush Nature Trail and View Point Loop in Heather Meadows
Leader: Wim Vesseur
Time: 7:30 am in Langley or 9:30 am at Manning Park Lodge
Join Wim to wander along some of the Manning Park trails to check the summer flowers, birds, and butterflies in this wonderful park in the coastal mountains. Choice of trail will depend on the snowpack. Bring botany books and camera.
Email Wim Vesseur
> Thursday July 8th
Bat walk
Leader: Keith Chrystall
Time: 8:30 pm [Location to be determined]
Join Keith for a chance to see large numbers of bats emerging from their daytime roost. Bring chairs if you wish. We Expect to see several species of bats which should begin flying soon after 9 pm; expect to see several hundred.
NOTE: there is not a washroom at this site.
Email Keith Chrystall
> Thursday July 16th
LFN Summer Picnic, Campbell Valley Regional Park
Time: 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
Bring your own picnic and chair. We meet in the meadow under the big trees (204th Street / 8th Avenue entrance).
> Wednesday July 22nd
Derby Bog
Leader: Phil Henderson
Time: 5:30 pm in the Houston Trail parking lot on McKinnon Crescent, Langley.
Join Phil for a tour of Metro Vancouver Park's Derby Bog; a 96 ha remnant of an historical 500 ha bog (a hidden paradise and important conservation area not open to the public). You will gain an understanding of what bogs are, what threatens them and their importance to local ecology, global ecology, and climate change. Phil will discuss Langley Bog's history, work completed by researchers from various universities and Metro Vancouver's plans for the site. But beyond the talk, and more importantly, is the experience of being there and from that being there and from that we hope you will leave enriched and enlightened. Participants should be dressed appropriately and wear footwear for walking on pavement, trails, and the odd wet area.
Email Phil Henderson
> Wednesday July 29th
Dragonfly Walk, Latimer Park
Leader: Eric Habisch
Time: 10:00 am at the parking lot on 28th Avenue just east of 192nd Street.
Join Eric for a walk around the newly renovated Latimer Park in search of dragonflies and damselflies. These summer flyers have been on this earth longer than most species and area an amazing sight as they hunt on the wing or allow us to admire their exquisite forms and colours while basking in the warming sun. We'll be looking for these odonates from the new viewing platforms and shorelines around the lake. This walk is weather dependent on dry, warm and preferably sunny skies. Most trails are level hard-packed gravel except some sections in the forested area, so please bring appropriate footwear for the rougher parts.
Email Eric Habisch
> Wednesday August 5th
Aldergrove Regional Park
Leader: Tom Wildeboer
Time:6:30 pm at the parking lot on Lefeuvre Road south of 5th Avenue.
Join Tom for a walk around the Aldergrove Bowl including the Big Rock and the pond. This is a moderately difficult walk of about 3 km with some uphill sections.
Email Tom Wildeboer
> Wednesday August 12th
Blaauw Eco-Forest
Leader: Ted Goshulak
Time: 6:30 pm at 8640 - 257A Street.
Join Ted for a walk through the 30 acre preserve of mixed and coniferous forest, ponds, and a bog which is an important refuge for some endangered species at risk, including the Red-legged Frog.
Email Ted Goshulak
> Wednesday August 19th
McLean Pond, Campbell Valley Regional Park
Leader: Viveka Ohman
Time: 6:30 pm on 206th Street south of 24th Avenue
Join Viveka to walk the trail which goes south from 206th Street dead end, then along the roadside of 20th Avenue east to the trailhead which goes south through the lovely forest to McLean Pond. The trail continues west around the pond, then south through the forest and grassland to 16th Avenue where the trail circles back through the forest, passing fields on the way to our starting point. There are wrens, songbirds, woodpeckers, flycatchers, dragonflies, turtles and woodland plants on this walk. There is a nesting site of the Western Painted Turtle and several viewing areas near the pond.
Email Viveka Ohman
... More field trips listings coming soon ...
