Stream Studies
A great day of stream and river themed learning and play for home educating families at the Nature Discovery Centre with Stream Studies.
Become geographers and take stream measurements including width, depth and flow – then transform into biologists using nets to sample the water and discover the invertebrates that live there.
Use your results to work out how healthy the river is.
REMEMBER YOUR LONG WELLIES because you’ll need to wade in the river!
Throughout their reserve, you will also take part in a range of other self-led activities from across the curriculum, sticking to the theme of water and wildlife.
This event is suitable for children aged 4-11 years with an accompanying adult.
There will be a range of activities with links across the curriculum, and a lovely chance to meet other local home educating families in their beautiful outdoor setting.
There will be a led stream sampling and measuring session to sign up for when you arrive (led session slots will be allocated on a first come first served basis, if you especially require an early slot please arrive on time!).
They run regular home educators’ days so keep an eye on the website for more dates.
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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