2 November, 2025 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm – Enjoy a relaxing afternoon learning how to paint a puffin in watercolour. Artist, Sarah-Marie Clee, will guide you to create a successful watercolour painting. £20 per person. All the equipment will be provided. If you are interested, please email: cleesarah66@gmail.com

6 November, 2025 @ 7:00pm – The talk will cover the geology to explain why the quarry exists, look at its legacy of lakes and their biodiversity, including what we have found living around the edges and in the water. Simon will cover how we are going to monitor the lakes to ensure we increase their biodiversity. This talk is £3 […]

8 November, 2025 @ 10:30am – This month’s walk will be led by Neal Parkin and will focus on Winter Migrants at Paxton Pits. On the walk, we will be looking at the birds that travel, sometimes thousands of miles, to winter at our nature reserve. The walk will begin at our new start time of 10:30am at the Visitor Centre […]

6 December, 2025 @ 10:30am – This month’s walk will be led by Alan Garner and will focus on wetland birds at Paxton Pits. On the walk, we will be looking at the birds that use the many lakes on our nature reserve. The walk will begin at 10:30am at the Visitor Centre and will last approximately 2 hours. Come along […]

7 December, 2025 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm – We are pleased to welcome the Mondays singing group from Hail Weston. They will be leading us all in singing some traditional Christmas carols, as well as sharing a few of their favourite Christmas songs. Come and join us to get into the Christmas spirit! Refreshments will be available, including complimentary mince pies. This is […]