Nature Tots
Join us in Bradfield Woods for nature play, activities and crafts, singing and stories.
£3 per child
Please book
Running Wild Holiday Club
Our new and exciting holiday club, Running Wild, will run every Thursday in the summer holidays. We'll be busy running round outdoors with minibeast hunts, den building, bow and arrow making bumble bee spotting, gardening, playing, singing, running round and story telling.
A great way for children to make friends, discover and enjoy nature and have fun!
Price includes snacks and lunch harvested from the garden and cooked on the fire.
Running Wild Holiday Club
Our new and exciting holiday club, Running Wild, will run every Thursday in the summer holidays. We'll be busy running round outdoors with minibeast hunts, den building, bow and arrow making bumble bee spotting, gardening, playing, singing, running round and story telling.
A great way for children to make friends, discover and enjoy nature and have fun!
Price includes snacks and lunch harvested from the garden and cooked on the fire.
Wildlife Tots in Winchester
Usually 2nd Thursday each month, 9:30-11:00am, at Winnall Moors Nature Reserve (Durngate entrance). Please call Sparklers Children's Centre on 01962 861403 for further information.
Wildlife Tots is for under 5s. The emphasis is on family learning and all children must be accompanied by adults. The activities are based mostly outdoors, in natural surroundings. Please make sure you come prepared with a waterproof coat and some wellies.
Large thyme
This low-growing, perennial aromatic herb is found on chalk grassland as well as occasionally on dunes and heathland.
Large thyme is found on chalk downland - patchworks of chalk grassland, heath, scrub and ponds found on chalk hills. Areas of rare and unique wildlife, chalk grasslands, in particular, have been likened to a rainforest for the diversity of species they hold. But they are being lost at an alarming rate due to changes in land use causing the decline of grazing: it's estimated that we've lost 80% of our chalk grassland over the last 60 years. The Wildlife Trusts manage many grassland and downland nature reserves for the benefit of the rare wildlife they hold. You can help too: volunteer for your local Wildlife Trust and you could be involved in everything from scrub-cutting to stockwatching.
Dwarf thistle
This thistle is found on chalk grassland and benefits from grazing. It’s a low-growing thistle, the leaves spread out in a rosette on the ground.
Dwarf thistle is found on chalk downland - patchworks of chalk grassland, heath, scrub and ponds found on chalk hills. Areas of rare and unique wildlife, chalk grasslands, in particular, have been likened to a rainforest for the diversity of species they hold. But they are being lost at an alarming rate due to changes in land use causing the decline of grazing: it's estimated that we've lost 80% of our chalk grassland over the last 60 years. The Wildlife Trusts manage many grassland and downland nature reserves for the benefit of the rare wildlife they hold. You can help too: volunteer for your local Wildlife Trust and you could be involved in everything from scrub-cutting to stockwatching.
Parc Slip Bat Walk
We have a number of different species here for you to hone your identification skills! Please bring a torch and wear sturdy footwear and warm clothes.
Dragonfly Discovery
We'll be exploring the best areas of the reserve for the dragons and damsels and learning about the work the Wildlife Trust does on site for them.
Drawing & Painting the Marshlands of Magor Marsh
Due to the popularity of the Drawing and Painting courses we are adding an additional day to the programme. The course aims to provide the opportunity for inspiration, experience and developing skills in painting the wonders of nature ‘en plein air’ amidst GWT’s beautiful reserves. Should the weather be poor, we will work indoors from still life and photographs. Those with experience and none are very welcome. Please bring your own equipment with you.
BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Guided walk at Panshanger Park
Join People and Wildlife Officer, Jennifer, for a two hour stroll around the newly opened eastern end of Panshanger Park and find out what makes Panshanger Park so special. Booking essential!
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