Date :
June 26, 2022 9:00 am
End Date :
June 26, 2022 4:00 pm
Price :
FREE (donations welcome)
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A day of recording all the flora and fauna we can find!
Come and learn something new, improve your ID skills, have a day outdoors and discover wildlife in Redesdale. A great opportunity to try many different things!
Activities include introductory sessions on birds, butterflies, fungi, lichens, reptiles, plants and bug hunting. See the timetable below for more details:
Time | Activity 1 | Activity 2 |
0900-0945 | Checking mammal traps/monitoring small mammals | |
0945-1030 | Bird walk | Reptile surveying |
1030-1145 | Plant walk | Fungi and lichen walk |
1145-1215 | Introduction to moth recording/look at and release moths from the trap | |
1215-1315 | Drop in sessions: | LUNCH |
– Review of camera trap footage | ||
– Recording wildlife: How to enter records to ERIC/where to find ID help/volunteer groups and surveys | ||
– Nest monitoring/bird surveys | ||
– Opportunities with Native North Tyne project and an overview of Tyne Rivers Trust activities | ||
– All about squirrels – including how to monitor them and how red squirrels are doing | ||
1315-1400 | Aquatic invertebrates | Discovering and recording wildlife in the countryside |
1400-1445 | Butterfly surveying for beginners | Trees |
1445-1530 | Bug hunting! | |
1530-1615 | Tracks and signs |
Please bring a packed lunch, suitable outdoor clothing and footwear. This is a working farm: Well behaved dogs are welcome, but MUST be on a lead at all times.
Booking is essential. Please sign in on arrival. This event is suitable for ages 7+. All persons under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
This is a Revitalising Redesdale Landscape Partnership event and is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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Revitalising Redesdale Partners are delivering a range of projects to “inspire and enable us all to care for Redesdale."
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