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On the nature reserve there is a range of different habitats, each providing for different plants and animals.
Go and discover the things a habitat must provide in order for plants and animals to survive, learn who lives where and make a bird feeder to help improve your garden habitat for birds.
Sign up for a stream sampling session when you arrive, led by their activities and engagement lead.
PLEASE BRING YOUR WELLIES so you can wade in the stream during the workshop (water levels permitting).
Most activities will be outdoors – please go dressed for the weather.
Theywill provide a quiet reading and play space in the hide-in-the-sky too.
The day is suitable for children aged 4 to 11 years with an accompanying adult (it’s fine to bring younger siblings along so long as you can still support your older child with the activities).
Take advantage of their onsite café for a drink and a bite to eat while you’re here
NATURE DISCOVERY CENTRE
THE NATURE DISCOVERY CENTRE OFFERS A GREAT DAY OUT FOR ALL THE FAMILY
We all need nature – for clean water, food and fresh air – but nature needs us too.
Their mission is to bring about nature’s recovery by inspiring and empowering local people and partners to help bring nature back.
The Nature Discovery Centre is surrounded by a mosaic of different habitats with fantastic wildlife to see all year around, packed full of interactive wildlife and natural history displays.
There is a network of footpaths ranging from small family-friendly walks to longer paths for the more adventurous.
Surrounded by a mosaic of different habitats, there is fantastic wildlife to see all year round.
During the autumn and winter, large groups of wintering wildfowl congregate on the lake, whilst the reedbeds and surrounding woodland and hedgerows host birds like fieldfare and redwing.
In spring and summer, purpose-built rafts attract breeding common terns.
House martins, swallows and swifts are a common sight over the lake and surroundings.
In summer there are glorious displays of purple loosestrife, yellow-flag iris, reeds and sedges on the floating island, the lake shore and in the reedbeds.
All year around look out for the willow and alder around the edge of the lake, and hawthorn, blackthorn, spindle and bullace in the hedgerows.
variety of moths and butterflies can be seen, including garden tiger, butterbur, waved black, holly blue, and gatekeeper.
There are dragonflies and damselflies including beautiful and banded demoiselles, emperor and four-spotted chaser.
A range of beetles such as bloody-nosed beetle and rhinoceros beetle have been recorded on site.
Discover autumn colours, fabulous fungi and wintering wildfowl.
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