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NATURE QUEST July 19th 2015

On 19th July, we held our Nature Quest event, at which our young visitors enjoyed all sorts of nature-related activities, including pond-dipping and bug-hunting in the long grass. Please see the full list of activities below. Once again, a really big 'thank you' to all those who came to participate, and also to our band of helpers, without whom the event could not have been run. We also have an incredible 'happy reunion' story to tell: regular park visitor, Keith, had volunteered to help with the unenviable and energy-sapping task of clearing away after the event, and he got an even better reward for dragging the very heavy gazebo back to its storage home than he possibly could have expected. There, as large as life, was the canoe that had been stolen from his garden more than a year earlier! The canoe had been found by the Park Ranger, Mark, drifting freely in the lake, and despite attempts to find its owner, it had remained unclaimed but in safe keeping ever since. Keith is delighted to have been reunited - and Mark is delighted to have reclaimed the storage space!

List of Activities

The activities enjoyed by our many participants included:

• Pond dipping
• Bug Hunting
• Willow weaving
• Candle making / Bees and Bee Keeping
• Fishing Game
• Origami
• Craft Activity
• Bird watch game
• Plant a seedling
• Become a 'Nature Detective'!!!!

Gallery 2015

Pond Dipping	The catch!	More catch!
Bug Hunting	Identifying the bugs	Picnic time!!
Planting seedlings	Planting seedlings, learning about plants' needs	Our newest Bee-keeper!!
Origami	Craft-work	Candle making
Nature detective	More nature detectives!!!