The Friends of Paxton Pits Nature Reserve organises activities and events to help raise awareness of the Reserve. These include monthly guided walks, talks on a wide range of wildlife topics and surveys of the reserve. Events are free and open to all unless otherwise stated.
Please phone if you have any special needs, in particular, regarding the use of wheelchairs and pushchairs. (Visitors’ Centre: 01480 406795)
Visitors are advised to wear suitable clothing for outdoor events with strong boots or shoes, and hats in the summer sun.
Events in March 2020
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Cancelled: Nature journaling at Paxton Pits
Cancelled: Nature journaling at Paxton Pits
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2 March, 2020Cultivate your curiosity and deepen your connection with the natural world at this guided event at Paxton Pits Nature Reserve with nature journal-keeper Sharon Williamson.
Learn how to start and keep a nature journal on this outdoor workshop, with tips on drawing, writing and recording information from Sharon Williamson. A great opportunity to cultivate your curiosity and deepen your connection with the natural world, and broaden your observational skills at this beautiful reserve.
£12.50 per person (£10 for Wildlife Trust members) plus booking fee
Contact: Debbie McKenzie, 01480 473 161, debbie.mckenzie@wildlifebcn.org
Wildlife Trust Environmental Education CentrePaxton Pits nature reserveLittle Paxton, -
FPPNR Work Party - Bird survey routes
FPPNR Work Party - Bird survey routes
8 March, 2020Clearing and waymarking breeding bird survey routes.The work programme continues with many of our old favourites but with an emphasis on improving habitat on the Reserve for our warblers, including our famous but declining nightingales. Recent research highlighted at a nightingale conference earlier this year has given fresh insight into habitat requirements and it is now clear we need to work on a significantly larger area for successful habitat improvement. We will also continue to work on maintaining viewpoints and access routes for the various bird surveys we
complete and maintaining the bird ringing net runs.- No previous experience is needed.
- We’ll show you how to do the work.
- Range of tasks to suit all abilities, energies and ages.
- Meet new friends who also enjoy wildlife and the open air.
- Find out how management benefits wildlife.
- Tools, safety equipment and refreshments are provided.
Creating a barrier where the ground is too poor for a live hedge.All work parties start at 9.30 a.m. at the Visitor Centre and go through to somewhere around 1.00 p.m.Work parties with a (Q) notation are accessed through the quarry so you need to be at the Visitor Centre by 0930 to pick up transport. There is no other access to the quarry.Bad weather alert system. We operate an email alert system where a note will be sent one or two days before the work party if there is a probability of cancellation.If you have any questions concerning this Programme, please contact Mike Thomas (01480 387749), or Trevor Coughlan (trevcoughlan@hotmail.co.uk).Paxton Pits Visitor CentreHigh StreetLittle PaxtonSt Neots, PE19 6ETUnited Kingdom -
FPPNR Work Party - Bird survey routes
FPPNR Work Party - Bird survey routes
12 March, 2020Clearing and waymarking breeding bird survey routes.The work programme continues with many of our old favourites but with an emphasis on improving habitat on the Reserve for our warblers, including our famous but declining nightingales. Recent research highlighted at a nightingale conference earlier this year has given fresh insight into habitat requirements and it is now clear we need to work on a significantly larger area for successful habitat improvement. We will also continue to work on maintaining viewpoints and access routes for the various bird surveys we
complete and maintaining the bird ringing net runs.- No previous experience is needed.
- We’ll show you how to do the work.
- Range of tasks to suit all abilities, energies and ages.
- Meet new friends who also enjoy wildlife and the open air.
- Find out how management benefits wildlife.
- Tools, safety equipment and refreshments are provided.
Creating a barrier where the ground is too poor for a live hedge.All work parties start at 9.30 a.m. at the Visitor Centre and go through to somewhere around 1.00 p.m.Work parties with a (Q) notation are accessed through the quarry so you need to be at the Visitor Centre by 0930 to pick up transport. There is no other access to the quarry.Bad weather alert system. We operate an email alert system where a note will be sent one or two days before the work party if there is a probability of cancellation.If you have any questions concerning this Programme, please contact Mike Thomas (01480 387749), or Trevor Coughlan (trevcoughlan@hotmail.co.uk).Paxton Pits Visitor CentreHigh StreetLittle PaxtonSt Neots, PE19 6ETUnited Kingdom -
Cancelled: Nature journaling at Paxton Pits
Cancelled: Nature journaling at Paxton Pits
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30 March, 2020Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants have taken the difficult decision to cancel all events until 13 June.
Cultivate your curiosity and deepen your connection with the natural world at this guided event at Paxton Pits Nature Reserve with nature journal-keeper Sharon Williamson.
Learn how to start and keep a nature journal on this outdoor workshop, with tips on drawing, writing and recording information from Sharon Williamson. A great opportunity to cultivate your curiosity and deepen your connection with the natural world, and broaden your observational skills at this beautiful reserve.
£12.50 per person (£10 for Wildlife Trust members) plus booking fee
Contact: Debbie McKenzie, 01480 473 161, debbie.mckenzie@wildlifebcn.org
Wildlife Trust Environmental Education CentrePaxton Pits nature reserveLittle Paxton,