September
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.
Special weeks in September
5th – 20th
National Organic fortnight
4th – 20th
Seafood Week
19th September – 4th October
British Food Fortnight
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