| Tuesday, June 01 |
| | Pond Dipping: Dragons of the Deep! |
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Far Ings Nature Reserve |
| 10am - 12.30pm |
| Hunt for dragons (and damsels) in and around the ponds then make your own dragonfly to take home.
Book 01652 637055
£2.50 |
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| Tuesday, June 01 |
| | Kids Gang: Pond Dipping |
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve |
| 2pm - 4pm |
| Calm waters hide a world of fascinating creatures; with a net and tray delve into this world.
Book 01754 898057
£2.50 |
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| Thursday, June 03 |
| | Bushcraft Club: Camp Craft |
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Whisby Nature Park |
| 10am – 1pm |
| FULLY BOOKED
Use what the woodland has to offer to build a woodland shelter. Bring a mug for a hot drink. Tools and safety equipment provided.
For 8 – 16 year olds
£3
This event takes place in Tunman Wood nature reserve, Thorpe-on-the-Hill, Lincoln.
Pre-booking is essential, please contact the Whisby education centre for details and meeting place.
Tel: 01522 696926. |
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| Thursday, June 03 |
| | Kids Gang: Spiders! |
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve |
| 2pm - 4pm |
| Scared or not: spiders fascinate with their webs and legs!
Discover more about these intriguing invertebrates.
Book 01754 898057
£2.50 per child |
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| Friday, June 04 |
| | Life on the Verge Wildflower Training |
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Rutland Water Anglian Water Birdwatching Centre |
| 10am - approx 2pm |
| FULLY BOOKED
Learn wild flower identification to help identify the most important roadside verges for limestone grassland plants in south-west Lincolnshire and Rutland.
Includes a short talk indoors with a field trip outdoors.
Bring a packed lunch.
Book with Project Officer Mark Schofield: 07825 970930 or mschofield@lincstrust.co.uk
www.lifeontheverge.org.uk
Free |
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| Saturday, June 05 |
| | Life on the Verge Wildflower Training |
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Ancaster Village Hall and Ancaster Valley SSSI |
| 10am - approx 2pm |
| Learn wild flower identification to help identify the most important roadside verges for limestone grassland plants in south-west Lincolnshire and Rutland.
Includes a short talk indoors with a field trip outdoors.
Bring a packed lunch.
Book with Project Officer Mark Schofield: 07825 970930 or mschofield@lincstrust.co.uk
www.lifeontheverge.org.uk
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| Saturday, June 05 |
| | Animal Home Workshop |
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve |
| 11am - 4pm |
| Choose from a range of animal homes to make and take back for your garden: bird and bat boxes, invertebrate ‘hotels’.
Drop in event, no need to book.
£3 - £8 depending what is made. |
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| Saturday, June 05 |
| | Guided walk |
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Moor Farm nature reserve |
| 1.00pm |
| Meet in the car park at Moor Farm.
With the Market Rasen Area Group. |
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| Saturday, June 05 |
| | Coach trip |
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Bressingham Gardens,Norfolk & Melford Hall,Suffolk |
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| Coach trip with Sleaford Area Group to Bressingham Gardens, Norfolk and Melford Hall, Suffolk.
Coach fare and entrance fee to the gardens and hall.
Meet Eastgate Car Park, Sleaford. 8.00am. Take a picnic.
To book contact Anthea Ashmore on 01529 413890. |
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| Saturday, June 05 |
| | Visit Chambers Farm Wood |
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Chambers Farm Wood |
| 10.30am |
| Meet at the Centre (Grid ref.TF158743) off the B1210 Wragby to Bardney Road.
Bring a picnic.
With the Grimsby and Cleethorpes area group. |
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| Sunday, June 06 |
| | Open Garden at Rippingale |
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27 High Street, Rippingale, Bourne |
| 11am – 4.30pm |
| A lovely family garden set in a village location.
The approx ¼ acre garden includes perennial flower beds, an Alpine bed, small vegetable patch, two ponds (one for fish and one for wildlife), a wildlife area with bug houses and a hedgehog box, and various bird boxes around the garden.
There is also a G Scale Garden Railway which is always popular with visitors both adults and children.
Refreshments will be available.
£2 adults, children under 16 free |
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| Sunday, June 06 |
| | Field trip to Barnack Hills and Holes NNR |
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Barnack Hills and Holes NNR, Cambridgeshire |
| 8.00am |
| Meet in Barton Market Place.
With the Barton area group. |
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| Monday, June 07 |
| | Evening walks |
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Far Ings Nature Reserve |
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| Beginning 6.30pm at Far Ings Visitor Centre.
Subsequent walks agreed by people attending the first evening, on 21 June, 5 July and 19 July.
With the Barton area group. |
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| Thursday, June 10 |
| | Exploring the dune and foreshore habitat |
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Cleethorpes |
| 7.00pm |
| Meet Boating Lake Car Park, Cleethorpes.
With the Grimsby and Cleethorpes Area Group. |
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| Friday, June 11 – Sunday, June 13 |
| | Nature Photography Weekend |
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve |
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| FULLY BOOKED
A weekend dedicated to improving your photography technique.
Workshops will include portraits of wildflowers, photographing marine specimens and a look at native wildlife.
Weekend residential course, £140 including full board accommodation
Book 01754 898057 |
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| Friday, June 11 |
| | Visit the Aura Soma(essential oil company) factory |
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Tetford |
| 6.00pm |
| On South Road, Tetford, LN9 6QB.
With the Louth area group. |
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| Saturday, June 12 |
| | Life on the Verge Wildflower Training |
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Ancaster Village Hall and Ancaster Valley SSSI |
| 10am - approx 2pm |
| Learn wild flower identification to help identify the most important roadside verges for limestone grassland plants in south-west Lincolnshire and Rutland.
Includes a short talk indoors with a field trip outdoors.
Bring a packed lunch.
Book with Project Officer Mark Schofield: 07825 970930 or mschofield@lincstrust.co.uk
www.lifeontheverge.org.uk
Free |
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| Sunday, June 13 |
| | Visit Barnack Hills & Holes |
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Barnack Hills and Holes |
| 10.00am |
| Meet in car park at the reserve (grid ref TF 077048).
With the Boston area group. |
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| Tuesday, June 15 |
| | Evening stroll |
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Willow Tree Fen Nature Reserve |
| 7.00pm |
| Meet by farm buildings, about 1 mile north (along the track) of the entrance (GR: TF 181 213) on the Baston to Pode Hole Road.
With the Bourne Area Group. |
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| Wednesday, June 16 |
| | Life on the Verge Wildflower Training |
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Rutland Water Anglian Water Birdwatching Centre |
| 10am - approx 2pm |
| Learn wild flower identification to help identify the most important roadside verges for limestone grassland plants in south-west Lincolnshire and Rutland.
Includes a short talk indoors with a field trip outdoors.
Bring a packed lunch.
Book with Project Officer Mark Schofield: 07825 970930 or mschofield@lincstrust.co.uk
www.lifeontheverge.org.uk
Free |
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| Wednesday, June 16 |
| | Return to Strawberry Farm, Morton for a walk |
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Strawberry Farm, Morton |
| 7.30pm |
| With kind permission and led by Richard Williamson. Meet at farm, SK812927 for 7.30pm start.
With the Gainsborough area group. |
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| Thursday, June 17 |
| | Visit Tunman Wood |
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Tunman Wood |
| 7.00pm |
| Visit this new nature reserve with the Lincoln Area Group and Dave Bromwich.
Meet at the wardens office, Whisby Nature Park. |
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| Saturday, June 19 |
| | Orchid Identification |
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Far Ings Nature Reserve |
| 10.30am – 3pm |
| This is the best time to see these beautiful plants. Join our expert to find out more.
Suitable for beginners and those with an established interest.
Indoor talk and outdoor walk.
Bring packed lunch. Refreshments provided.
Book 01652 637055
£2.50 |
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| Saturday, June 19 |
| | Mini BioBlitz |
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Chambers Farm Wood |
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| As part of Insect Week with Alan Lazenby and the Horncastle and Woodhall Spa Wildlife Watch Group. 10.00am – 12noon.
A Horncastle & Woodhall Spa area group event. |
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| Sunday, June 20 |
| | Breeding Birds of Gibraltar Point Guided Walk |
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Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve |
| 8.30am – 11.00am |
| Join our local bird expert for a guided walk around the reserve, looking out birds that use the nature reserve as their breeding grounds.
Book 01754 898057
Adults £2, Children £1 |
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| Sunday, June 20 |
| | Life on the Verge Wildflower Training |
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Grimsthorpe Estate Conference Centre & SSSI areas |
| 10am - approx 2pm |
| Learn wild flower identification to help identify the most important roadside verges for limestone grassland plants in south-west Lincolnshire and Rutland.
Includes a short talk indoors with a field trip outdoors.
Bring a packed lunch.
Book with Project Officer Mark Schofield: 07825 970930 or mschofield@lincstrust.co.uk
www.lifeontheverge.org.uk
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| Sunday, June 20 |
| | Garden Open Day |
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The Manor House, North Witham |
| 2pm - 5pm |
| What better way to spend a leisurely Sunday afternoon and be inspired at the same time?
Stroll round the two acre garden, which has been managed organically since 1964 and now especially with an emphasis on encouraging wildlife in to the garden.
View unusual fruit trees in the orchard; see the development of wildflower meadows; pause for a cream tea in the Herb garden; buy plants and Trust goods; perhaps be lucky enough to win a raffle prize!
The beautiful ancient church in the village will also be open to visitors.
Entrance: Adults £2, children £1. |
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| Wednesday, June 23 – Thursday, June 24 |
| | Lincolnshire Show |
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Lincolnshire Showground |
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| Discover the marine life of Lincolnshire’s Living Seas.
Visit our marquee in the Countryside Area. |
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| Saturday, June 26 |
| | Visit to Old Church Farm |
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Old Church Farm, Great Steeping |
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| Meet 1.30pm at East End car park, Alford or 2pm on site (TF435642).
With the Alford and Mablethorpe Area Group. |
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| Sunday, June 27 |
| | Whisby Wanderings |
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Whisby Nature Park |
| 10.30am |
| Guided walk with the wardens.
Meet in front of the Natural World Visitor Centre.
£1.50 |
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| Sunday, June 27 |
| | Snipe Dales Open Day |
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Snipe Dales Nature Reserve |
| 11am – 4.30pm |
| Discover the wildlife of Snipe Dales on this special open day with the Spilsby Area Group.
Guided walks, sales stands and activities.
Free |
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| Sunday, June 27 |
| | Messingham Sand Quarry Open Day |
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Messingham Sand Quarry |
| 10am to 4pm |
| Many orchids along with birds, insects and other wildlife.
Activities include pond dipping, walks (guided or free to roam).
The Trust stall and East of England Optics specialists from Lincoln will be on site with a range of binoculars and telescopes to try out.
The reserve will be signposted off the B1400 Messingham to Kirton road.
Free |
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| Sunday, June 27 |
| | Visit Ancaster Valley and Moor Closes nature reser |
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Ancaster Valley and Moor Closes nature reserves |
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| Meet at Ancaster Church at 2pm. Please wear strong, sensible footwear. We will have a break (back at the car) between areas so it may be a good idea bring a drink and snack if you wish to do all of the visit.
With the Grantham area group.
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