On Sunday March 1st at 2pm Young Nature Watch will be joining Bournemouth Oceanarium as they host a public beach clean where everyone is welcome. They will supply the litter pickers, waste bags, disposal bins, recording sheets and clipboards so simply bring yourself, a sturdy pair of shoes, adequate clothing, sun cream (depending on forecast) and any friends or family to help.

The beach clean will run from 2pm-3pm, however you do not have to stay for the full length of time. Whether you help for 2 minutes or 2 hours, it all helps reduce plastic from entering our oceans!
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Please send an email to YNW if you are interested in coming along. Hopefully the rain will have stopped by then!

Our Young Nature Watch Activity for February is an Owl Pellet dissection workshop, on Saturday February 7th in Hinton hall from 10am - 12pm.

This event will involve delving your hands into what owls eat using tweezers to pick apart their undigested pellets. Its often mucky but great fun!

Come along and see what you can find.

Friday January 23rd at 6.30pm our Young Nature Watch activity will be a stargazing evening at Dinton Park, led by Steve Tonkin FRAS, Dark Sky Advisor, Cranborne Chase National Landscape International Dark Sky Reserve.

This will be the third year in a row that we have tried to run this event. Sadly, we have had to cancel the last two because of storms and cloud cover and so it's fingers crossed for third time lucky! If you would like to come, please contact us by email. We will send you details of where to meet, what to bring and also let you know if we need to cancel, so please provide a contact telephone number as it may be a last minute phone call that saves you a wasted journey.

Our first November event is an otter survey by the river Wylye, on Sunday the 16th of November between 10am and 12pm. The survey will involve walking for about 1 mile while checking the riverside for otter footprints and spraint (poo), we are very unlikely to see the actual otters. If you would like to join, please get in touch and we will let you know of the meeting point and other details - close to the event date. Unfortunately, this event may need to be cancelled in adverse weather or if there is flooding.

Our October event, the dormouse box check (which was meant to have been on the 19th) has had to be re-scheduled due to poor weather. The new date is Saturday the 13th of December (potentially to be moved to Sunday the 14th of December depending on the weather) at 9.30 am. This event was fully booked but there may be spaces if all the original registered attendees cannot make the new date. Please ask if you would like to join but note it is not suitable for very small children.

Please make a note in your diaries that this activity will now take place alongside Tis the Season fair in the Hinton Hall on 29th November from 10am - 1pm. We shall publish more information nearer the time.

Our next Young Nature Watch event is on Sunday 7th September from 2-4pm in the Hinton Hall with some art activities, differentiated for our YNW age range.

There are plenty of ideas for art at this time of year as we first photograph trees and plants close to the Hinton Hall and collect some samples. With options of fine detail studies - let's get the magnifying glass out - collage and differing print techniques, we can study the natural forms and create some cards in the Hall to take home.
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Email us so that we know the names and ages of those who would like to take part.