Minehead Autumn Nature Watch Day: WOODLAND WONDERS & FANTASTIC FUNGI
Event details
About the event
Come along to Horner Farm (Community Barn) to join in with activities (for all ages) . We can be found in and around the barn alongside the Farm’s Saturday Food Market.
Activities and stalls will include:
- Foraging Forest Walk with Alison Beaven from Forest Catkins (leaves at 12 noon – approx. 1 hour)
- Exmoor Pine Marten re-introduction scheme information and activities with Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Lucie Bennett
- How to use the iNaturalist App to record local wildlife with the West Somerset Wildways project and with ENPA staff (for all ages)
- Mushrooms under the microscope with Somerset Wildlife Trust’s Mandy Wallington
- ‘Nature Raps’ on local wildlife by Somerset-based musician Martin Shiells
Sign up in advance (spaces limited) on our expert guided walk from 11.15am to 12.45pm on The Lichens and Fungi of Horner Wood . Visit separate SWT events pages to register:
https://www.somersetwildlife.org/events/2024-10-26-lichens-and-fungi-horner-wood-guided-walk
There is public transport (bus) from Minehead to nearby. Check your local bus timetables!
This day has been organised and funded by Minehead and Coast Development Trust (funded by National Lottery Community Fund and People's Postcode Lottery), Somerset’s Wilder Coast (Somerset Wildlife Trust – funded by HPC Community Fund and Lottery Climate Action Fund), Exmoor National Park Authority and National Trust (Holnicote Estate).
Booking
Price
FREE!!NO NEED TO BOOK (except for Guided Walk at 11.15am - use separate link) JUST COME ALONG ANYTIME!
Forest Family Forage starts at 12noon (no need to book)