Discoverers News
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26th July 2021Join Discoverers summer expedition around Pen Ponds on Sunday August 8th. See what’s out there - under our feet, in front of our nose and above our head. -
19th June 2021Report of the event which ran on July 4th 2021, led by two of the Park’s bee keepers with some of their Honeybees. -
27th March 2021Discoverers have run a Competition to design an anti-litter Poster. Here are the results. -
15th February 2021Discoverers are running a Poster Competition for an anti-litter Poster. Deadline 8th March. This describes how to enter. -
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. -
17th November 2019On 17th November, 10 families explored the mysterious Kingdom of the Fungi with fungus expert Janet Bostok. -
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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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. -
20th December 2018WHY BUILD A DEN? It is fun to do. WHY NOT? You are disturbing a habitat. LOOK under, on, in and around logs and branches lying on the ground. What plants, fungi and insects can you find using them as a home? -
20th December 2018The Isabella Plantation has undergone substantial improvement thanks to a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. There has been much clearing of invasive Rhododendron to give native species a chance to grow.