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  • Siberian Eagle Owl - © Philip Parker

  • Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker

  • Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker

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  • Snake handling! - © Simon Parker

  • Indoor activities - © Philip Parker

  • Open Week 2016 - © Philip Parker

  • Pond Dipping - © Philip Parker

2016 Open Week: Open Days

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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 […]

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  • 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!

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  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 : […]

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  • 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

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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 […]

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  • 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

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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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