Ollie is back…with his family! The brand new ‘Let’s Discover’ booklet for children about the history of Richmond Park has launched! Discoverers held a trail in Pembroke Lodge Gardens on 27th October, which was attended by over 50 children. They discovered all about the history of the park from prehistory to the present day. Booklet available for purchase at the …
Following our two exploring trips at dusk, Discoverers are more confident with seeing one or two in the park.
Happy News!
A new initiative to help swifts in London was successful and one healthy fledgling took off at the end of July!
Following our morning identifying and counting butterflies in Pembroke Lodge, Charlotte and Zoe sent in their beautiful and accurate drawings. Discoverers contributions to the site always welcome!
Discoverers met at Pembroke Lodge Gardens on Sunday 7th August to learn about the life of butterflies and to practise identifying them. It was a really fun morning enjoyed by all!
Olly the Little Owl is back! He and his family have lots to tell you about the history of the park in our brand new booklet. Launch with a trail and activities will take place over the weekend of 10th-11th August. Keep the date!
Let’s Discover Trees booklet was created by the Friends of Richmond Park in 2021. Olly the little owl invites children to discover the trees of Richmond Park through activities which develop good observational and recording skills.
On Friday 8th July and Friday 29th July, Discoverers went out at dusk to look for little owls.
To see what we got up to at Ham Fair click the above link. Discoverers were excited to attend Ham Fair last Saturday. Under a green gazebo the volunteers had arranged lots of activities for young people to explore! The most popular was badge making and not only was this super fun but the badges were environmentally friendly also!
The Platinum Jubilee Teddy Bears’ Picnic held in the Isabella Plantation on May 31st was a huge success! Almost 120 children and their families attended, accompanied by their teddies. Click the link above to read more.
