Activities for Schools and Groups
We are passionate about getting children outdoors, exploring and learning about wild places.
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Wildlife Watch Groups
Wildlife Watch Groups offer primary-aged children and their families opportunities to join in with wildlife activities and have fun outdoors.
Setting up a basic community group
How to set up a community group in Wiltshire & Swindon.
Swindon Wildlife Group - Bird Ringing
Simon Tucker and team demonstrate the art of bird ringing. A good variety of birds should be seen in close up.
Swindon Wildlife Group: Cotswolds Water Park Birdwatch
Birdwatching in the Cotswold Water Park
Types of community groups
Types of community groups which can be created in Wiltshire & Swindon.
Cotton spinner
Although they might not look it, sea cucumbers like this one belong to the Echinoderm group and are therefore closely related to starfish and sea urchins
Common cuttlefish
Cuttlefish are related to squids and octopuses – a group of molluscs known as cephalopods. You may have seen the chalky internal shell, called a cuttlebone washed up on beaches around the UK.…
Let's talk about rhubarb
Mark from the Swindon Wellbeing Programme explains in his words how the group and their allotment has helped him.
Wild Work Day at Westcott Forest Garden
Volunteers from from OCU Group and Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks had a productive day at Westcott Forest Garden.
A Wild Work Day at Great Wood
Our Great Wood restoration project gets a boost, thanks to volunteers from OCU Group and Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks.
Youth Provision and Work Experience groups
The YEW Team provides enriching learning opportunities for young people aged 11 – 18.