| Saturday, June 01 – Saturday, August 31 |
| | I-Spy Summer Trail |
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Whisby Nature Park |
| 10am - 4pm |
| Celebrate the signs of summer with this seasonal trail. Leading you around the nature park this trail helps you discover the secrets that nature holds.
Prize for every completed trail.
Please note this is a self-guided trail and requires adult supervision. Run in partnership with the Natural World Centre.
£2.50 per trail |
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| Saturday, June 01 |
| | The birds in the bush |
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Cleethorpes Country Park |
| 8am |
| A guided walk with Ray Hume and the Grimsby & Cleethorpes Area Group. |
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| Saturday, June 01 |
| | Junior Wardens: Coastal Visit |
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Whisby Nature Park |
| 10am – 1pm |
| Whisby’s Junior Wardens head to the coast. Details to be announced.
£2
For 10 – 16 year olds |
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| Saturday, June 01 |
| | Walk: Messingham Sand Quarry |
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Messingham Sand Quarry nature reserve |
| 2pm |
| A guided walk led by local members of the Scunthorpe & Brigg Area Group. |
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| Wednesday, June 05 |
| | Whisby Nature Tots |
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| 10am – 11am |
| Join us as we venture outside and see what nature holds for us today.
Seasonal activities for the Under 5s.
£2
Book: 01522 696926 |
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| Wednesday, June 05 |
| | Visit: Snipe Dales |
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Snipe Dales Nature Reserve |
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| Meet 6pm at East End car park, Alford or 6.30pm at the country park car park
Visit with the warden, James Forrester, (who recently gave a talk to the Area Group) to see the recent changes and with a chance of hearing nightingales in song.
With the Alford & Mablethorpe Area Group |
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| Thursday, June 06 |
| | Tadpole Toddler Group |
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve |
| 10am - 11.30am |
| Fun wildlife activities for under 5’s such as crafts, story-telling and nature walks.
£2 per child
Booking is essential: 01754 898057 |
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| Thursday, June 06 |
| | Hedgerow Medicine Guided Walk |
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Whisby Nature Park |
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| Led by local herbalist Debbie Lincoln. £2 per person.
Meet outside the wardens office.
Booking essential via Richard Davidson on 01522 525725.
With the Lincoln Area Group |
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| Saturday, June 08 |
| | Introduction to Green Woodworking |
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Whisby Nature Park |
| 10am – 4pm |
| Develop your skills as a woodland crafter under the expert tuition of local green wood worker Al Capel. Using a pole lathe and shave horse, you will make a wooden product to treasure.
Why not further this with our Make your own Pole Lathe Course on 9 & 10 November 2013?
£50 per person (over 16s only)
Book: 01522 696926 |
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| Saturday, June 08 |
| | Guided Walk: The Dormouse Project |
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Chambers Farm Wood |
| 10am |
| A guided walk with Anne Goodall, the leader of the local dormouse project.
Following her talk to the area group in November we are going to look at the work they do, hopefully see some dormice and the coppiced areas cultivated to encourage them.
Meet at the Wood Centre.
With the Market Rasen Area Group |
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| Saturday, June 08 |
| | Shoresearch |
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve |
| 3pm – 5pm |
| Beachcombing with a purpose: no previous knowledge of marine wildlife is required to take part in these surveys of the beach that are helping build a better picture of what lives where.
Free
For more information and to book your place, so we know you're coming, please call 01754 898057. |
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| Sunday, June 09 |
| | Visit: Titchwell Marsh |
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Titchwell Marsh |
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| A coach trip to the RSPB reserve at Titchwell with the Spilsby Area Group.
Time and cost to be confirmed. |
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| Sunday, June 09 |
| | Guided Morning Walk |
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Whisby Nature Park |
| 10.30am – 12.30pm |
| Experience the birds, invertebrates and plants that can be found on the Nature Reserve.
The walk extends over about 1.5 miles.
Meet at the visitor centre.
Suitable for families
£1.50 per person |
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| Wednesday, June 12 |
| | Visit: Willow Tree Fen |
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Willow Tree Fen Nature Reserve |
| 7pm |
| A chance to see what has been happening on the reserve during the past year.
Meet by the farm buildings.
With the Bourne Area Group |
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| Thursday, June 13 |
| | Afternoon walk: orchids |
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Whisby Nature Park |
| 2pm – 3.30pm |
| Discover the wonderful orchids of Whisby as well as other wild flowers, and invertebrates and birds that can be found on the Nature Reserve.
The walk extends over about 1.5 miles. Meet at the visitor centre.
Suitable for families.
£1.50 per person |
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| Saturday, June 15 |
| | Breeding Birds Guided Walk |
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve |
| 8.30am - 11am |
| Take a guided walk around the reserve to see the breeding birds of the area.
£2 per adult
Booking is essential: 01754 898057 |
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| Saturday, June 15 |
| | Visit: Mayflower Wood |
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Mayflower Wood |
| Meet at 2pm at main entrance |
| Visit this woodland, owned by Conoco near Immingham, with Alan Jones and Mick Binnion.
The car park is off Eastfield Road South (Grid Ref.TA159158) south of traffic lights with petrol station on A160.
With the Grimsby & Cleethorpes Area Group |
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| Sunday, June 16 |
| | Visit: Messingham Sand Quarry |
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Messingham Sand Quarry nature reserve |
| 9am |
| A full day field trip returning at about 6pm. Meet at the Far Ings visitor centre for a 9am departure.
With the Barton Area Group, please call Adrian White (07940 561907) for more information. |
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| Sunday, June 16 |
| | Father’s Day lunch and walk |
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve |
| 10am - 12pm |
| Treat someone special this Father’s Day with a lovely spring morning walk followed by a three course lunch in the Point Café.
£12.95 including lunch and walk.
Booking is essential: 01754 898057 |
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| Sunday, June 16 |
| | Family Nature Trail |
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Snipe Dales Nature Reserve |
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| Trail available from buildings at Country Park car park from 11am – 4pm
Pick up a self-guided activity trail and explore the hidden wild world of Snipe Dales.
Ideal for families. |
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| Sunday, June 16 |
| | Visit: Mill Hill and roadside verges |
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Mill Hill Quarry nature reserve |
| 10am |
| The chalk grassland flowers of Mill Hill Quarry nature reserve and the nearby road verges should be at their best.
Meet at the reserve entrance.
With the Boston Area Group |
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| Thursday, June 20 |
| | Coastal Wildlife Walk |
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve |
| 6pm - 9pm |
| An evening stroll to look for the special wildlife of coastal sand dunes and saltmarsh.
£3 per adult, £1 per child
Booking is essential: 01754 898057 |
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| Friday, June 21 |
| | Evening Orchid Walk |
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Discovery Centre, Cleethorpes |
| 7pm |
| An evening walk with Mick Binnion round hoping to see lots of orchids in the field behind the sand dunes.
With the Grimsby & Cleethorpes Area Group |
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| Sunday, June 23 |
| | Survey Walk |
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Whisby Nature Park |
| 10.30am – 12.30pm |
| The aim of these walks is to thoroughly survey a range of wildlife species within a chosen restricted area on the nature reserve. Suitable for budding naturalists.
Depending on weather boots/wellingtons are advised as much of the morning is spent off the path system.
Meet at the Warden’s office
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| Sunday, June 30 |
| | Messingham Sand Quarry Open Day |
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Messingham Sand Quarry nature reserve |
| 10am – 4pm |
| Guides will be available if required or walk around the waymarked routes at leisure.
Pond dipping for the young and young at heart.
Plus a Trust sales stall and East of England Binoculars giving advice on binoculars, telescopes and anything to do with observing wildlife.
Messingham Sand Quarry is south of Scunthorpe and to the east of the B1400 Messingham-Kirton road, entrance is opposite Scallow Grove Farm (look for electricity pylon). Grid ref SE 908032With the Scunthorpe & Brigg Area Group |
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| Sunday, June 30 |
| | Open Day at The Paddock, Carlby |
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Grid ref: TF 050 138 |
| 11am - 4pm |
| This wildlife meadow with pond was created from a paddock in 2010. Come and see it in full flower and learn how it was created. Refreshments, activities for children and various stalls.
By kind permission of Mike and Stella Weisz.
With the Bourne Area Group |
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| Sunday, June 30 |
| | Open Garden |
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The Manor House, North Witham |
| from 2.30pm |
| Two acre riverside garden managed organically since 1964. Paddocks, orchard with unusual fruit, kitchen garden, herbs and flowers.
Small admission fee. |
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