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Parks February half term activities

February Activities

Calling all budding bug and bird enthusiasts! Come and join us this half term to make bird feeders and bug hotels in Newark and Sherwood.

Saturday 15 February until Sunday 23 February

Enjoy Sconce and Devon Park and Vicar Water Country Park where you and your little ones can search for critters and marvel at creation with our scavenger hunts in both of our award winning parks! Pick up a scavenger hunt from inside Rumbles café at both sites.

Feed the birds!

Join our park rangers and environment officers to make natural bird feeders. Take one away and watch the birds flock to feed from it. You can use our bird checklist to keep a track of who visits!

  • Tuesday 18 February, Vicar Water Country Park – anytime between 10.30am – 2pm
  • Tuesday 20 February, National Civil War Centre – anytime between 10.30am – 2pm

Book a night at a bug hotel!

Our gardens are crying out for more biodiversity so let’s encourage ‘staycations’ this year by providing safe lodgings for our bugs to nest in. Help us create hotels by bringing along your own large drinks carton or milk bottle. They should be empty, clean and dry!

  • Tuesday 18 February, National Civil War Centre – anytime between 10.30am – 2pm
  • Thursday 20 February, Vicar Water Country Park – anytime between 10.30am – 2pm

Can’t make it? Download our instructions on how to make a natural bird feeder and bug hotel below!

If you are feeling inspired by our craft activities you might want to up the stakes (and space)! Here are some other homemade examples of other bug hotels that are fairly easy to achieve: a bug's paradise (PDF File, 1,490kb)!