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13th September 2020Our virtual Bat Walk took place on 26th September 2020. We were led by our bat expert, Philip Briggs who told us about the amazing lives of the different types of bats that live in Richmond Park.
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17th November 2019On 17th November, 10 families explored the mysterious Kingdom of the Fungi with fungus expert Janet Bostok.
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21st September 2019Our annual family bat watch took place on the evening of Saturday 21st September. You can read about it, and see some pictures, in this item.
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30th June 2019On June 30th we met two of the Park’s bee keepers and some of their Honeybees. This report contains pictures and more details.
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19th May 2019A group of families met some of the Park's oldest residents in High Wood on Sunday 19th May 2009.
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7th April 2019On Sunday 7th April we learned how a dead stream - once the home of beavers - has been brought back to life. Its restoration is an environmental success story. We were led by Toby Hull from the South East Rivers Trust.
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24th January 2019Now complete - thanks to those who took part in this survey. Please let us know if you took part (wherever you were) and tell us how many stars you were able to see. The results we know of confirm that light pollution is very bad in Richmond Park.
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1st December 2018This year seven families, gathered at the Holly Lodge Centre on a perfect Autumn day
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26th November 2017This is one we will certainly be repeating! After Janet introduced her fascinating fungi collection families explored the Holly Lodge Centre Nature Trail
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23rd September 2017Eight families gathered on a mild Autumn evening to watch some of Richmond Park’s bats emerge after sunset
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25th June 2017There were few butterflies and insects to be seen in the Isabella so our families followed a trail of clues around the Plantation instead
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21st May 2017We were very lucky with the weather and spent the morning in a part of the Park none of us knew well, following a walk based on Susanna Ramsey’s Family Trail no. 6
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2nd April 2017After an introductory presention about Richmond Park’s famous deer population, Susanna Ramsey led our Discoverers families into the Park ‘on safari’
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4th February 2017The good news was that the sky was clear long enough this time for thirty or so hopeful sky-watchers to look at the First Quarter Moon
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12th November 2016November’s Full Moon was a Super Moon – closer to Earth than at any time since January 1948
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23rd October 2016Fungi are Nature’s recyclers and Autumn is the season when they are at their best – eight Discoverers families enjoyed a most interesting event based at the Holly Lodge Centre
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8th May 2016Our base was the Holly Lodge Centre’s Nature Trail. After a brief introduction, the group set off with Hugh Bradshaw.
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20th March 2016Ten families celebrated the first day of Spring, learning about the rich wild life of Richmond Park with Susanna Ramsey and the Nature Collection
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3rd October 2015We had excellent weather for this popular annual event, calm and warm. This meant that there were plenty of bats around in the evening twilight
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10th May 2015The annual celebration of the Visitor Information Centre saluted volunteers but had some sad news too
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26th April 2015The annual celebration of the Visitor Information Centre saluted volunteers but had some sad news too