23/07/2025
SUMMER HOLIDAYS HAVE BEGUN | With summer stretching out in front of us, here are our top 10 wildlife and nature ideas to get young ones out and immersed in the outdoors.
🦋 Get involved in the Big Butterfly Count. From now until the 10th August, sit outside for 15 mins and record butterfly and moth sightings. Add your count to the website to see sightings in your area.
🎨 Get creative with natural art – think leaves, twigs, stones and be inspired by land artists like Andy Goldsworthy
🎶 Listen to birdsong – the Merlin app is brilliant to get you started
🌼 Plant a wildflower garden to encourage pollinators to visit your garden. Even a window box filled with bee and butterfly attracting flowers will bring wildlife to your garden.
🧘♀️Try outdoor yoga. Fresh air, wet grass and bird song will bring a new experience to yoga and children love to give it a go.
❤️ Head outside for a picnic and leave no trace behind
🫐 Go foraging. Our hedgerows are filling up with delicious blackberries, perfect for working up an appetite collecting them before heading home to make a crumble everyone can help with.
🌱 Be inspired to look at the weeds that grow in your garden. We loved the campaign who identified weeds in the local area and labelled them with chalk. You will be amazed what has worked its way through concrete!
💫 Stargaze. The longer you look, the more magic you can see. For an informative introduction, we recommend the Planetarium at nearby .
⛺️ Go camping. Set up the tent in the garden, or come to us for a more relaxing glamping experience to unwind in the midst of nature in one of our Shepherds Huts.
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