Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts

Friday, 7 October 2016

Wild Garden Box

We would love the park to be bursting with wildlife so were delighted to learn that the Wild Garden Company are sending us their Autumn box - one of four seasonal boxes which are sent throughout the year to subscribers and packed with wildlife-attracting goodies!



So, what's in the box?!



Help For The Little Ones


Help For The Little Ones

Specially drilled wooden tubes to provide shelter for bees and other insects.
Also included is some ladybird attractant.






Help For Our Prickly Little Park Visitor... 

Hedgehogs usually hibernate from November - March and they must have enough fat reserves to survive this period.
The autumn box contains plenty of hedgehog food and treats to build them up for this critical time of year.


Keeping Our Feathered Friends Full




Keeping Our Feathered Friends Full

Autumn is a time of plenty for birds. However as we move closer to winter and reserves become low they will soon appear closer to home.
Over the next few months, you may notice feeders appearing in the Wildlife Learning Zone.  By keeping these stocked with seed and treats, passing birds will know where to find their next meal.

Thank you Wild Garden Company!


(If you would like to encourage wildlife into your garden, you can subscribe to The Wild Garden Box.  You can even get your first box for just £14.99 with FREE delivery when you enter the coupon code WGB50 at the checkout.)

Saturday, 23 April 2016

Magnificent Magpost!

We are grateful to East Lothian Council for installing the MagPost in the Play Area.

You may recall that we were awarded civic pride funding for the Magpost with the aim of fostering a greater respect and understanding of the flora and fauna of the park.

We ordered the MagPost from Caledonia Play,  a Scottish company whose play equipment is made using slow grown, treated timbers from sustainable managed sources. 

The MagPost incorporates a scientific quality 5x magnifying glass on a hardwood post. This, along with it's accessibility makes it an ideal means for exploring the natural world and encouraging experimentation to stimulate a child's knowledge of science through play.


We would love to see how you use the MagPost - tweet us a photo (@cuthillpark)

Friday, 18 February 2011

Have a WILD adventure in three easy steps

VisitWoods logo   nature detectives logo

child bursting through paper
 

1. find a wood near you to explore
2. choose from 20 activities to do while you're there
3. share your photos and stories to inspire others
 
Explore
oak treenature detectives wildlife club arrowfind a wood using VisitWoods
 
Free activity booklets
woodland log booknature detectives wildlife club arrowwoodland log booklet
winter play bookletnature detectives wildlife club arrowwinter play booklet
 
Munch
picnic basketnature detectives wildlife club arrowwinter picnic ideas and recipes 
   
Hunt for wildlife
tracks hunt sheetnature detectives wildlife club arrowanimal tracks spotter sheet
birds id sheetnature detectives wildlife club arrowbird tick sheet
colour bingonature detectives wildlife club arrowcolour bingo
hunt for early signs of springnature detectives wildlife club arrowearly spring spots
amphibian spotsnature detectives wildlife club arrowfrogs, toads and newts 
'minibeasts on the ground'nature detectives wildlife club arrowminibeast iDial
flowers id sheetnature detectives wildlife club arrowspring flowers tick sheet 
texture trailnature detectives wildlife club arrowtextures scavenger hunt
twigs and buds id sheetnature detectives wildlife club arrowtwig ID sheet
 
Play
treasure hunt bagnature detectives wildlife club arrowbag for collecting treasure
blindfold exploringnature detectives wildlife club arrowblindfold tree exploring
winter ice artnature detectives wildlife club arrowice mobiles
sense of adventurenature detectives wildlife club arrowsense of adventure
stick weavingnature detectives wildlife club arrowstick weaving
treasure hunt scrapbooknature detectives wildlife club arrowtreasure hunt
tree facesnature detectives wildlife club arrowtree faces
twig towersnature detectives wildlife club arrowtwig towers
welly wandernature detectives wildlife club arrowwelly wander
 
Share
Had a wicked day out?
Share your stories and photos on the VisitWoods website and inspire other kids to have adventures in the woods too :O)
instructions for adding content to the VisitWoods websitenature detectives wildlife club arrowhow to share your stories and photos
Please remember to get your mum or dad's permission before posting content to the VisitWoods website.
 
Like these ideas?
Get an action-packed nature challenge every single week in the Woodland Trust's nature detectives CLUB 
A brilliant way for kids to get up close to nature!