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Saturday 7 June
Dawn Chorus
A pre-breakfast visit to Gisburn Forest in time to catch the woodland dawn chorus. Expert RSPB guides will be on hand to identify and give information on the birds we will hear, like robins, song thrushes, redstarts and perhaps even a cuckoo!
6am • Gisburn Forest • 2hrs
Walking Grade: E6 • Cost: £3
Extended Moorland Safari
Join the RSPB and United Utilities to look for special moorland birds such as ring ouzels, curlews, peregrines and merlins. Learn about moorland management techniques that benefit both wildlife and water quality. With luck a ‘skydancer’ – the rare and enigmatic hen harrier – may be the highlight of the day!
9.30am • Langden, Trough of Bowland • 5hrs
Walking Grade: G7 • Cost: £5
Fully booked
Lucky Duck Workshop – Walk & Draw for 7 and under
Please do come and join us – you’ll be a lucky bird; you’ll listen to some poetry I bet you’ve never heard. Then be prepared for a short waddle and walk to feed the ducks and inspire all to return and draw their own ducks to take away. All materials provided.
10am • Garstang Discovery Centre • 1½ hrs
Walking Grade: A1 • Cost: Free
Walk in Wenningdale
A fairly easy walk covering part of the Bentham Heritage Trail, walking through farmland to the bridge over the River Wenning at Greystonegill, with a return to Bentham via Staggarth, Shaky Bridge and the banks of the River Wenning.
10am • Bleasdale • 3hrs
Walking Grade: F5 Cost: Free
Red and White Roses Walk
A ‘Red and White Rose’ walk around the Lancashire/Yorkshire boundaries. A more strenuous walk climbing steadily from the River Wenning at Shaky Bridge to the Great Stone on Burnmoor, then dropping down via Lowgill to Low Bentham. The return to High Bentham is along the banks of the River Wenning.
10am • Bleasdale • 6hrs
Walking Grade: G6 Cost: Free
Simple Weaving and Dyeing
Make your own simple weaving loom with local materials. Use plants to dye wool from Middle Wood sheep and produce your own piece of decorative weaving. Suitable for beginners. Lunch provided.
Please book direct by e-mail at studycentre@middlewood.org.uk, or ring 015242 21880, or write to Course bookings, Middle Wood, Roeburndale West, Lancaster. LA2 9LL
10am • Middle Wood, nr Wray • 7hrs
Cost: £35
Make a Kite!
Join in the fun at Looking Well’s Open Day with this kite-making workshop. Suitable for all the family.
Just drop in at Looking Well Studios anytime between 10.30 and 1.15pm, to make a small or large kit, then go and fly your kit in the beautiful Bowland countryside!
10.30am • Looking Well Studios, Bentham • 3hrs
Cost: £1.50 - £2
Lucky Duck Workshop – Walk & Draw Cartoons for over 8’s
Think silly and fun. Write your own story and illustrate it! A workshop using the nearby ducks and surroundings as inspiration (Please bring additional photos to work from if you wish). .
1pm • Garstang Discovery Centre • 3hrs
Walking Grade: A1 • Cost: Free
Mountain Rescue Demonstration
An opportunity to watch Bowland Pennine Mountain Rescue Team in action. See how a search dog can find a casualty using scent and how the team evacuate a casualty to safety. You can view the action from the comfort of Smelt Mill, Mountain Rescue Headquarters set a stunning location in the Trough of Bowland.
1pm • Smelt Mill, Trough of Bowland • 1hr
Cost: Free
Farming the Environment
New Laund farm is part of the Duchy of Lancaster Estate in the Hodder Valley. The Farm lies on the limestone reef knolls, which give it a very characteristic and dramatic landscape. You will be taken around the farm on a tractor and trailer and shown how modern farming methods are being combined with good environmental custodianship to look after this unique and special part of the Forest of Bowland. The view from the top of the knolls is not to be missed! Complimentary refreshments will be served.
2pm • New Laund Farm, Whitewell • 2hrs
Walking Grade: E4 • Cost: Free
Fully booked
Wildflower & Sculpture Walk
A guided walk through Brungerley Park and Cross Hill Nature Reserve looking at the wildflowers and the sculptures on the newly extended Ribble Valley Sculpture Trail.
2pm • Clitheroe • 2hrs
Walking Grade: E1 • Cost: Free
Bleasdale Beeches
Discover how traditional boundaries have been managed within the parish of Bleasdale.
2pm • Bleasdale • 2hrs
Walking Grade: E4 • Cost: £3
Craftastic Family Raku Weekend
Family raku event across two Saturdays. Each family group would make a selection of pots on 7 th June. They would return on the 14 th to glaze the pots and then fire them in a raku kiln. They will witness the dramatic and exciting technique of raku and have their handmade unique pots to take home.
Please book direct with Lizi on 07711 256277
2pm • Craftastic Workshop, Simonstone • 2hrs
Cost: £60 for 2 days for a family of 4
Clapham Heritage Walk
Enjoy an informative 3 ½ mile walk around Clapham and its surroundings in the company of a member of Clapham History Group.
Contact: Sue Manson or Janice Every at Pioneer Projects 015242 62672
2pm • Clapham • 2hrs
Walking Grade: E5 • Cost: £2
Short-eared Owl Safari
Bowland is a stronghold for Lancashire’s short-eared owl population and Whitendale’s purple moorland makes the perfect backdrop for an evening walk to encounter this wonderful bird of prey with guides from the RSPB.
7.30pm • Whitendale Farm, Dunsop Bridge • 2hrs
Walking Grade: E7 • Cost: £3
Fully booked
Night Bat & Moth Activity/Walk B
Discover more about the nightlife of the Forest of Bowland with North Lancashire Bat Group, North Lancashire Naturalists and Lancashire Countryside Services.
8.30pm • Wray• 2-2½hrs
Walking Grade: C2 • Cost: £3
Moth activity only suitable for wheelchairs
