The nature reserve was delighted to have been asked to take part in Chris Packham’s 24hr BioBlitz, from the 21st to 22nd July. This was an intense period of ecological surveying to record all of the living species on the reserve! We were incredibly lucky to have a visit from Chris Packham himself, who spent […]
Chris Packham whilst exploring the reserve during the 24hr BioBlitz - © Terry McKenna
Two young members showing Chris their pond dipping findings - © Terry McKenna
The site warden, Phil Parker, talking to Chris Packham - © Terry McKenna
Two young members showing Chris Packham their findings - © Terry McKenna
Sarah Lambert talking to Chris Packham about her findings - © Terry McKenna
Behind the scenes of moth trapping - © Sarah Lambert
Chris Packham’s BioBlitz 2018
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2017: Event Listing!
We are very excited to announce our 2017 Open Week agenda! It is going to be the largest and most diverse Open Week we have ever held. Open Days 2017 Open days are Tuesday 30th May, Thursday 1st June and Saturday 3rd June (all midday – 6.00pm). Open Day Events Fossil Hunting : Pond Dipping : […]
POpen Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Siberian Eagle Owl - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
IOpen Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
MOpen Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Snake handling! - © Simon Parker
Indoor activities - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Pond Dipping - © Philip Parker
2016 Open Week: Open Days
This year’s King’s Dyke Nature Reserve Open Week was once again a great success with huge numbers of new and familiar faces attending! Not even the typically unpredictable British weather could not dampen the excitement and passion of those attending or from our many dedicated volunteers. A special thanks to Philip Parker Associates and Forterra for helping the Nature Reserve to […]
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Bird Ringing
Great Crested Newt Survey
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Walk with the Warden
Educational Tours
Open Week 2016 Events – Coming Soon!
Come along for our Annual Open Week, free to all the public! Tuesday 31st May, Thursday 2nd June and Saturday 4th June. All days Midday to 6pm. Events include : Fossil hunting : Pond dipping : Nature trail : Bird watching : Snake handling : Dissecting owl pellets : Bird fat ball making : […]
Bronze Age Pots - © Chris Radburn
Discoveries - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Tour - © Philip Parker
King's Dyke Members - © Philip Parker
Fascinating Talks - © Philip Parker
King's Dyke Members - © Philip Parker
Discoveries - © Philip Parker
Bronze Age Pots - © Chris Radburn
Bronze Age Discoveries
On Wednesday 20th January 2016, 35 members of Kings Dyke Nature Reserve had the pleasure of visiting the Must Farm Bronze Timber Platform (1000 – 800BC). This is a joint Historic England/ Forterra project which is being undertaken by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU). Sitting on the edge of Kings Dyke’s working quarry (known asMust Farm), the platform was first discovered in […]
Setting up for the event - © Sam Parker
Workbench - © Sam Parker
Hardwood and softwood box sets - © Sam Parker
Introductory talk - © Philip Parker
Volunteers in action - © Philip Parker
Volunteers in action - © Philip Parker
Volunteers in action - © Philip Parker
Painting the boxes - © Philip Parker
Volunteers in action - © Philip Parker
Volunteers in action - © Philip Parker
Volunteers in action - © Philip Parker
Painted boxes - © Philip Parker
Finished boxes - © Philip Parker
Team photo - © Philip Parker
Bat Box Building Event
As part of the World Bat Day, Kings Dyke Nature Reserve hosted its own bat box building event, which was one of hundreds of similar events across the world. The world target for the day was to build 5,000 new bat boxes to provide valuable roosting places for bats, which are in severe decline at the moment. The […]
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Old and New Brickworks Vehicles - © Sam Parker
1939 Works Lorry - © Sam Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker
Live Music - © Sam Parker
Queue for the Food! - © Sam Parker
Family Fun Day
This weekend we had a superb Family Fun Day for the rebranding of Hanson Building Products to Forterra. Alongside the nature reserve’s marquee, we had live music, kids play zone, bungee run, new and old brickworks vehicles on display, brickworks tours and free food, all provided by Forterra. The weather was fantastic and we had many people […]
Marquee exhibitions - © Philip Parker
Bug hunt - © Philip Parker
West Winch Primary school visit - © Philip Parker
Fossil preparation with Fossils Galore - © Philip Parker
Wildlife walk - © Philip Parker
Brickworks tour - © Philip Parker
Open Week and School Visits 2015
Open Week and School Visits 2015 Here are the summarised attendance figures for the 3 weeks of activities at Kings Dyke. Open events – 530 people School events – 350 people Attendance at events away from reserve plus talks – 300 + people All in all, a successful 3 weeks. Thanks everyone for helping but particularly […]
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