What's on

  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
    Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
    Idle Valley Nature Centre: Join the team for a walk around the beautiful Idle Valley Nature Reserve, followed by a cup of tea and a biscuit.
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 10:30am - 2:00pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Abberton Reservoir Visitor Centre: Family Nature Day at Abberton Reservoir.
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 10:00am - 2:30pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Cory Environmental Trust Visitor Centre: This is practical conservation for secondary aged young people. This weekly club gets you out on the park helping us with the practical elements of conserving wildlife including project work and wildlife...
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 10:30am - 2:30pm
    Northumberland Wildlife Trust
    Weetslade Country Park: Join volunteer wardens for an exciting guided round walk from Weetslade Country Park to Big Waters Nature Reserve to find out about industrial heritage and the importance of wildlife corridors. Bring a packed lunch. Booking...
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 10:30am - 2:30pm
    Northumberland Wildlife Trust
    Weetslade Country Park: Join volunteer wardens for an exciting guided round walk from Weetslade Country Park to Big Waters Nature Reserve to find out about industrial heritage and the importance of wildlife corridors. Bring a packed lunch. Booking...
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 10:30am - 2:30pm
    Sussex Wildlife Trust
    : Do you have what it takes to set up a camp in the woods, light a fire, prepare food to cook on it, and master some of the skills and tools to make the things you need to survive out in the forest?
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 10:30am - 2:30pm
    Sussex Wildlife Trust
    : Four hours of fun and finding out what makes your garden grow – and how you can make it better for wildlife.
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm
    Northumberland Wildlife Trust
    Millfield House, Jesmond Dene: Drop in and explore the murky depths of Jesmond Dene pond and discover what creatures live there.
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
    Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve:
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 2:00pm - 2:45pm
    Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
    The Parkridge Centre: This session is 45 minutes.
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 12:00pm - 3:00pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    : Come and make your very own bug hotel to take home
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 10:00am - 3:00pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Eastwood Road North: Drop off event for 8-13yr olds. Experience the woods in a new way. A different theme each week - BOOKING REQUIRED.
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 10:30am - 3:30pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Bedfords Park Visitor Centre: Explore Bedfords Park and spend a day doing bug themed games and activities. Have a hunt in the meadow and under logs to see what minibeasts you can find. A drop off and pick up session for children that are 8 years+....
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm
    Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
    Smite Hill, Hindlip: A Wildwatchers children's summer holiday activity.
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 1:30pm - 4:00pm
    Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust
    College Lake Nature Reserve, nr Tring, Bucks: Discover the wonders of dragonflies. Join us for a magical story, pond dip and craft activity session.
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Roding Valley Nature Reserve: Work Party at Roding Valley Nature Reserve.
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 6:30pm
    Northumberland Wildlife Trust
    Longacre Wood: The group will continue this year’s recording at Longacre Wood.
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 7:00pm - 9:30pm
    Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire
    Meeting at Station Road, Desborough: An evening stroll near the group’s local river organised by Desborough & District Local Group
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 9:00pm - 10:30pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Fingringhoe Wick Visitor Centre, South Green Road, Fingringhoe: Tonight should be a good time to see the Perseid meteor shower. Come along to the dark of the reserve to try and see them. Craft activities available for kids. Donation £3 adults, £2...
  • Tuesday, 13 August 2013 - 8:30pm - 10:30pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    : This is the most famous of all meteor showers. It never fails to provide an impressive display.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Southend Sea Life Adventure Aquarium, Eastern Esplanade: Come and do your bit for the environment at this all day event!
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:00am
    Manx Wildlife Trust
    Ayres Visitor Center: Summer of fun, exploring rockpools, rivers, ponds & heath with Wildlife Watch, the junior branch of the Trust.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
    Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
    Brandon Marsh Nature Centre, Brandon Lane: A taster session for those who would like to know a little more about bugs.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Langdon Visitor Centre, lower dunton road: Indoor and outdoor fun and games for pre-schoolers and their carers.Suitable for 18 months to 4 yrs (babes in arms go free when accompanying an older sibling)
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
    Cheshire Wildlife Trust
    Wigg Island Community Park: Join Nick and the gang from our team at the Trust as we head down to the woods for a week of Forest School – which is way more fun than real school!
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Bedfords Park Visitor Centre, Broxhill Road, Havering-atte-Bower: Activity morning for pre-school age children at Bedfords Park. Go on a minibeast hunt and join in with bug themed games and activities.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
    Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
    Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve: Explore the woodland canopy and use your senses to play hug-a-tree. Make a bark rubbing and hunt for natural materials to create your own woodland picture.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
    Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
    The Parkridge Centre: Get involved in a variety of arts and crafts to make a wildlife themed creature.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
    Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
    Stirley Community Farm: Find out about the incredible predators we have at the farm and their unfortunate prey! Take part in some great games, do some role play and go nature spotting and minibeasting around the farm.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:00am - 12:00pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Fingringhoe Wick Visitor Centre, South Green Road, Fingringhoe: Join us to learn how to cook some treats for lunchtime on the campfire, bushcraft style! Donation £5 per child, children must be accompanied. Booking essential.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
    Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
    Brandon Marsh Nature Centre, Brandon Lane: Explore the woodland canopy and use your senses to play hug-a-tree. Make bark rubbing, and create woodland picture
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:30am - 12:30pm
    Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
    Brandon Marsh Nature Centre: A session for adult beginners: Leave the kids at home and come and hunt for bugs!
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:30am - 1:00pm
    Cumbria Wildlife Trust
    Humphrey Head Nature Reserve: We will dip our nets in the tidal channels, hunt for animal tracks and spot a dozen types of wildflower. You will get your feet wet on this family-friendly walk over Humphrey Head
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:00am - 1:00pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Chafford Gorges Nature Park and Visitor Centre: Make a willow wand, decorate your very own pixie house, and help search for the pixie village down in the Gorge.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:00am - 1:00pm
    Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust
    Woolley Firs Environmental Education Centre, nr Maidenhead, Berks: Discover the secret names of trees, follow our poisonous plants trail, go on a seed safari and collect a rainbow of colours to make your own bookmark.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:30am - 2:30pm
    Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
    Potteric Carr Nature Reserve: Delve into Potteric's ponds and find a whole new world under the water.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:30am - 2:30pm
    Sussex Wildlife Trust
    : Become a nature detective and find out what animals live in the woods at Stanmer.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm
    Northumberland Wildlife Trust
    Cresswell Village Hall: Discover for yourself the marine life that exists in the rockpools at Cresswell.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:30am - 2:30pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Abberton Reservoir Visitor Centre: Wildlife Discovery Day at Abberton Reservoir.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 9:30am - 2:30pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Eastwood Road North: Come along to Belfairs Park and join in with one our work parties. No experience needed, guidance and tools provided. Varied tasks on and around the reserve.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:30am - 3:00pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre, Hawkswood Road, Downham, CM11 1WT: Find out about the wonderful life of mammals, and see how many you can spot or see signs of on the nature reserve. Hawks Club is for 8 – 12 year olds, and children may be...
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:00am - 3:00pm
    Sheffield Wildlife Trust
    Centenary Riverside: If you’re aged 11-16 and are interested in the environment, why not join us on Centenary Riverside to get involved in some conservation activities?
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    : Come and decorate your very own porcelain plate to take away and use at home.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:00am - 3:00pm
    Sussex Wildlife Trust
    Tilgate Park: Join us for our ever popular day in the woods spent learning wilderness survival skills.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:00am - 3:00pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve: Work Party at Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:30am - 3:30pm
    Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
    Wildlife Discovery Room: Take inspiration from nature. Try your hand at sweep netting, hunt for mini beasts, and then explore your artistic side with environmental art.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 1:30pm - 3:30pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Bedfords Park Visitor Centre: Spend the afternoon searching for creatures in our pond, if your lucky you may even find a newt!
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Talbard Room, E.T. Foakes Memorial Hall, 47 Stortford Road: This course provides an introduction to Crayfish ecology and identification.
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Langdon Visitor Centre: Drop in throughout the afternoon to come and try pond dipping (sessions may be limited at busy times)
  • Wednesday, 14 August 2013 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
    Essex Wildlife Trust
    Roding Valley Nature Reserve: Work Party at Roding Valley Nature Reserve.