Cambridge Nature Festival 2024
25th May – 30th June
A celebration of the nature on our doorstep!
Come and get involved with the fifth annual Hobson's Brook Bioblitz and join timetabled events led by enthusiastic experts including small mammal identification, bat detection, moth trapping, bird spotting, butterfly identification, …
Join one of our ranger team to find out all about the konik ponies and highland cattle at Wicken Fen. Discover the principles behind extensive grazing as a way of …
Read more "Grazing for Landscape Conservation: a guided walk to meet the herds at Wicken Fen"
Join us on Sundays at 11am. These strolls last for around an hour. You'll be guided on a mile or so walk and talk on Wimpole, its beautiful landscape, history …
Join us on the 50th World Environment Day for an engaging panel discussion and keynote speech on solutions to plastic pollution. Wolfson College, in collaboration with Cambridgeshire County Council Waste Management …
Gentle guided walk around the beautiful park to learn about native trees. Led by a knowledgeable Cambridge Past, Present & Future Warden, who will help you to identify tree species …
Read more "Tree Identification Guided Walk at Wandlebury Country Park"
Walk and talk with a Local Nature Reserve Ranger explaining the new project at Bramblefields nature reserve, which has been trialling different substrates for their suitability for invertebrates and wildflowers. …
Read more "A Helping Hand to Invertebrates: Tour of new invertebrate mounds"
Enjoy the estate from a different perspective and discover the best bits of the parkland and countryside by joining our volunteer guides on a Wednesday Walk. Each week takes …
Grab this chance to see our fantastic local bat population as they emerge from hibernation in May and follow their activities until their return to a snug hideout for winter. …
Set in our beautiful landscape, the Festival of Plants celebrates the wonder of plants when the Garden is in full bloom. A fun-filled, fact-finding day out with something …
Read more "Festival of Plants – Cambridge University Botanic Garden"
Join us on Sundays at 11am. These strolls last for around an hour. You'll be guided on a mile or so walk and talk on Wimpole, its beautiful landscape, history …
Join us on our wild food tour of Cambridge.... Start off with wild food inspired gin and tonics. Then we will go on a walk around Cambridge, looking at around …
A free, short guided walk to this historic and rare chalk grassland in Haslingfield: never cultivated, it is rich in at least four orchid species and other wildflowers. Option to …
A gentle guided walk with a Warden to explore the wildlife and history of Wandlebury Country Park. This is also a great opportunity to see and learn about the work …
Join our knowledgeable volunteers for a walk around the reserve lakes and trails, taking in the seasonal highlights and sights and sounds of the wildlife that calls Fen Drayton Lakes …
Enjoy the estate from a different perspective and discover the best bits of the parkland and countryside by joining our volunteer guides on a Wednesday Walk. Each week takes …
A guided walk with a Local Nature Reserve Ranger to learn how to identify different grass species. Location: Wenvoe Meadow CB19HN. Meeting at the Penn Close entrance to the …
In this talk, Professor Ed Tuner, Curator of Insects at the Museum of Zoology in Cambridge, will discuss why insects are important and what can be …
Read more "Conserving the little things that run the world – insects!"
Grab this chance to see our fantastic local bat population as they emerge from hibernation in May and follow their activities until their return to a snug hideout for winter. …
See, close up, moths collected overnight. See birds in the hand and find out more about the birds to be found locally. Last year we had a fantastic catch of …
Fen Edge Trail landscape heritage walk in Cambridge from Castle Hill to the Sedgwick Museum. Cambridge – ‘through the fen edge town that became one of the world’s most famous cities’ …
Are you ready to go wild? Join the Wildlife Trust BCN's Wildlife Adventurers Becca Badger and Becky Ranger, to celebrate #30DaysWild and see a different side of Trumpington Meadows Nature …
Read more "Family Wildlife Camp Out – Wildlife Trust Trumpington Meadows"
Join the Wildlife Trust and Cambridge City Council nature reserve rangers on a guided walk of the grassland restoration trials on Coldham’s, Stourbridge and Midsummer Commons and Barnwell Meadows. A …
Read more "Guided walk – learn about the grassland restoration trials around the city"
Grab this chance to see our fantastic local bat population as they emerge from hibernation in May and follow their activities until their return to a snug hideout for winter. …
Join us on Sundays at 11am. These strolls last for around an hour. You'll be guided on a mile or so walk and talk on Wimpole, its beautiful landscape, history …
Join David Chandler one of our expert volunteers, for a walk around the newest part of the reserve to look at all the wildlife that is starting to colonise. At …