A celebration of local wildlife as part of the Great Big Green Week with displays and hands on activities to inspire and amaze!
Pre-book for the Marvellous Moths and the Bird Box Workshop (see below), with FREE Meadow Mini beast hunts 11am and 2pm, and Nature Inspired Pop-up Crafts under the Marketplace across the day.
Wildlife charity interactive displays and stallholders, ready to meet you, include:
RSPB
Hampshire Bat Group
HART Wildlife Rescue
Woodland Trust
Bird Aware Solent
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Amphibian and Reptiles Group (HIWARG)
Southampton Beekeepers will be bringing a demonstration hive and will offer candle rolling and honey for sale
Marvellous Moths
Moth Reveal- experts will be identifying what has been caught in the trap overnight
From micro’s to Hawkmoths there are 2,500 different species of moth in the UK. Most of them are nocturnal so we don’t get to see them, but they have an amazing array of patterns and colours as camouflage against predators. In previous years we have found over 50 different species in one night!
Suitable for 6+ years
In The Hide, on High Field
⌚10am to 11am 💷Cost £5
Bird Box Workshop
Make a Bluetit bird box for next year’s breeding season. Help your local garden birds thrive and watching the parents going in and out tending to their young from your kitchen window is real a joy.
This workshop will take place in the Marketplace next to the Woodland Café . It will involve putting together a pre-made kit using a screwdriver - no sawing required!
Children must be accompanied by an adult, but we would suggest 6+ years
⌚11.30am and 1.30pm 💷Cost £10