The event will be a combined Bioblitz and major public event, part of the BBC’s Summer of Wildlife Campaign. Details of the Bioblitz are on the GM wildlife website and can be found at the bottom of this post.


Details of the public event:

The theme for this year’s event is ‘Festival of Nature’ and aims to promote the protection and survival of the UK’s wildlife by offering opportunities for the public to engage in learning activities about the wildlife around them and to encourage them to record the wildlife they see.

Naomi Wilkinson from CBBC’s WILD will be attending the event and taking part in lots of the activities. Sam Walker from BBC Radio Manchester will be the compere for the event.

We are hosting 14 nature organisations, local and national, as well as a host of artists and animal handlers who will be offering things like; face painting, making animal accessories, a creepy crawly show, drumming workshops, stilt walkers, street theatre- Farmer Giles and the Bee Keepers, tree climbing, falconry display, circus skills and an aerial bird display acted out by trapeze artists!

The event will take place at the Farm Centre, Heaton Park and there will be an ‘off-shoot’ event at the Lake.


Bioblitz details:

Friday evening 6th Sep: 6 to 10pm small mammal trapping, bat walk and moth trapping, further details here

Saturday 7th Sep: 7 to 9am – checking mammal traps and bird recording, further details here. Other recording – 9.30 am to 4pm.