Wildlife Watch
The local wildlife club for young people who care about their environment and want to get involved.
Are you mad about bugs and slugs, frogs and logs, voles and moles, slow worms and glow worms, fleas and trees, trails and snails, sharks and larks?
- Wildlife Watch members get magazines, posters and loads of ideas to get out and discover our local wildlife.
- There are smart stickers and badges to collect.
- Where there is a local group nearby, you can join the fun and meet others who are mad about wildlife.
- Take part in night walks, overnight camps, pond dipping, minibeast safaris.
- Learn about recycling, compost, sea life, tracks and signs, wild food.
- Make animal homes, junk art, natural sculptures, clay models
- Play games, pretend to be a bat, paddle in a stream
- You are allowed to get muddy!
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Alex Goes for Gold
Blashford Wildlife Watch group member Alex Sampson recently achieved the coveted Wildlife Watch ‘Gold Award', presented by Chris Packham, as Vice-President of the Wildlife Trusts. There are eight wildlife-themed challenges in the award scheme and, as Chris was keen to point out, completing them all demands serious effort and long-term commitment.
For his ‘Xpert' badge, Alex spent far longer than the required 12 months studying his chosen topic of deer and creating a detailed scrapbook; likewise, digging a pond in his garden and monitoring it closely through the seasons to qualify for the ‘Wildlife Action' award was no weekend project!
Always keen to share his knowledge and enthusiasm (earning him his ‘Teamwork' badge), Alex guided younger group members on a deer-watching walk last October and will co-run a Watch session on deer and other mammals at Blashford this autumn.
His other work included a poem about a kestrel, a cuttlefish glove puppet, a magazine article on the problems of beach litter, a talk about climate change given to his school assembly and, appropriately enough given the presentation venue, a close-up study of wildlife at Bolderwood.
Several other Hampshire and IOW members of the Wildlife Watch are well on their way to achieving Gold Award and, although Alex has set the bar high, we hope his success will inspire them to complete the challenge.
Watch groups from Ringwood to Havant, Basingstoke to Southampton, meet at least once a month and are suitable for children aged 6 to 14; under 8s must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
The next magazine, poster and local diary of Wildlife Watch group activities for this autumn is due in early September. Look out for loads of good ideas of things to do and places to go.
The next magazine, poster and local diary of Wildlife Watch group activities for this autumn is due in early September. Look out for loads of good ideas of things to do and places to go.
Find our what Watch events are happening near you.
Find more events and activities for the family to do.
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Have a look at the Wildlife Watch website.
