Events and Activities

Volunteer Session

For this day we’ll be opening up some of the woodland down in Watercress Fields to improve sightlines and clear a little of the undergrowth that is taking over.

If you would like to attend you should wear long trousers and long sleeves. Gloves are provided but you may prefer to bring your own. You should also bring a drink as well as lunch if you are staying the whole day.

9.30am to 3pm

Meet at the volunteer compound.

Activity level: moderate to heavy.

Volunteer Session

For this session we will create wildlife scrapes in several locations in the park. Scrapes are shallow ponds, less than 1m in depth, that hold rain or flood water for periods during the year. These pools support a variety of species, including insects (such as dragonflies, hoverflies and water beetles), amphibians (frogs, toads and newts), birds and mammals.

We’ll dig out shallow depressions with gentle sloping sides (crucial for providing a range of marginal conditions as the water rises and falls). The excavated soil will then be used to build mounds nearby as additional habitat for creatures such as butterflies and lizards, who can bask on their sunny sides, or nesting solitary bees.

If you would like to attend you should wear long trousers and long sleeves. Gloves are provided but you may prefer to bring your own. You should also bring a drink as well as lunch if you are staying the whole day.

9.30am to 3pm

Meet at the volunteer compound.

Activity level: moderate to heavy.

Free Event

Our wonderful Wassail celebration returns in January withs lots of entertainment, activities and festive fun.

More details, coming soon...