Events

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Activity/visitor centres (https://www.wildlifebcn.live/explore/activity-centres)

Volunteer (https://www.wildlifebcn.live/get-involved/volunteer)

Daubenton's bat

Nene Wetlands Wild Fridays - Stars of the Night

Friday 21 August 2026 10:30am-11:30am OR 1:30pm-2:30pm

Nene Wetlands Visitor Centre, Rushden, Northamptonshire

Learn how to help bats thrive in your area and build a bat box!

A child in the foreground wearing a floppy cream sunhat using a potato peeler to scrape away the bark of the elder twig on a summers day, whilst sat in the shade. Out of focus behind there is another family with picnic rug and pushchair. A bundle of sticks lays on the ground to one side of the child.

Discover and Explore - New Birdfeeder Garden Family Fun at Paxton Pits!

Friday 21 August 2026 Multiple times available, please confirm when purchasing tickets.

Paxton Pits Education Centre, Cambridgeshire

Family activities designed to help young people and families discover more about and take action for the natural world!

Three children in the garden planting

Nene Wetlands Family Eco Gardening Club- 22nd August

Saturday 22 August 2026 10:30am-12pm

Nene Wetlands Visitor Centre, Rushden, Northamptonshire

Join us for our monthly Family Eco-Gardening Club at the Rushden Lakes community garden to get stuck into a range of gardening activities!

2 girls holding science equipment

Wild Science in the Nene Wetlands (25th August)

Tuesday 25 August 2026 10:30am-12:30pm

Nene Wetlands Visitor Centre, Rushden, Northamptonshire

Join us for wild science and have a go at some experiments whist learning all about the natural world!

Daubentons Bat

Family Bat Walk at Summer Leys

Wednesday 26 August 2026 7:45-9:45pm

Summer Leys,

Wellingborough

Join us for a family bat walk around Summer Leys to discover which species are living on the reserve!