September facts:

Birthstone = Sapphire

This month is:

Bear Necessities Month
This campaign has been arranged by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) to raise funds and awareness for mistreated bears worldwide.

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Special weeks in September

5th – 20th
National Organic fortnight

4th – 20th
Seafood Week

19th September – 4th October
British Food Fortnight

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1st
Ecclesiastical year begins – Orthodox Christian

1st
Opening of the Oyster Fishing Season
Colchester, Essex

1st Sunday after September 4th
Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
Abbots Bromley, nr Rugely, Staffordshire

8th
International Literacy day

Nativity

2nd Friday in September
Fishermen’s Walk
Musselburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

10th
World Suicide Prevention Day

11th – 13th
Heritage Open Days

13th
Roald Dahl Day

16th
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

Saturday nearest September 18th
Doctor Johnson Commemoration
Lichfield, Staffordshire

18th/19th
National Moth Night

Sunday nearest September 19th
Clipping the Church
Painswick, Gloucestershire

19th
First Fruits of the Harvest
Richmond, Yorkshire

19th
International Talk Like a Pirate Day

19th – 20th
Beachwatch

21st
International Day of Peace

22nd
Autumn Equinox
First day of Autumn

World Car Free Day

25th
Pageant of the Black Knight
Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire

26th
European Day of Languages

29th
Michaelmas Day

World Heart Day