Wildlife and River Discovery

Saturday 6th June

Merton Abbey Mills in the market area

Family fun in the Wandle Valley Regional Park

11-4pm Come along and find out more about the Wandle Valley Regional Park and entertain the family with some great hands on activities. (Groundwork)

Open Day and Pond dipping at Wandle Valley Wetland

11am-2pm This site is not usually open to the public. No booking required. The Wetland is next to Budge Lane Community Centre, 2 Budge Lane, Hackbridge.
Sutton Nature Conservation Volunteers 020 8770 5821.

At Wandle Park*

10am-5pm Community and Fair Trade market place Eco friendly, organic, fair trade goods and food, mini fun fair for children. Presented by Croydon Enterprise. Community stalls by Friends of Wandle Park and Broad Green Safer Neighbourhood Police.
Contact biodiversity@croydon.gov.uk or Park Services 0208 726 6000, ext 64952.

1.30; 2.30; 3.30pm Stories of the Wandle, Rivers & Wildlife Family story telling sessions with June Peters.
For more information contact biodiversity@croydon.gov.uk or call Park Services 0208 726 6000, ext 64952.

Waddon’s Got Talent*

Hosted by Croydon Enterprise in Wandle Park. We invite local schools, businesses and residents to join the event and showcase their talents. Open to all ages. Short listed acts will perform live in front of a panel of judges on the day. Winners will receive prizes. The event will form part of the Wandle Park Family fun day in the park. If you want to participate, there is a small application fee. Please contact us on 07775 824 804 or email us at hayley.smith@croydonenterprise.com Deadline for applications 17th May.

* Please note there in no dedicated car park for the above events. Please use public transport (No 3 Tramlink, Wandle Park stop) or use the nearby pay & display car park in Factory Lane

Sunday 7th June

In King George’s Park from 11am to 5pm

Search for Wandle River Creatures Take a very close look at what lives in the River Wandle and find out more about them. Thames 21.

Be Floodwise Come find out if you are at risk from flooding and how to be prepared. Free Flood Games and Inspector Downpaw masks available for kids. Environment Agency: www.environment-agency.gov.uk/flood or Floodline 0845 988 1188

Wandle Valley Bats! Find out more about these special and often misunderstood creatures, listen to their calls. Learn how to build a bat box, find out what plants will bring bats to your garden or make your own bat mask! Bat Conservation Trust.

Natural England Find out about the wildlife living close to you; help paint a mural of the river Wandle’s landscape and take part in our fun quiz to win a fantastic prize. Natural England is here to conserve and enhance the natural environment. Find out more at www.naturalengland.org.uk/regions/london

Wildlife crime happens in Wandsworth What is it? What can the public do to stop it? In Wandsworth, contact stuart.paton@met.police.uk. For further information www.met.police.uk/wildlife/index.htm

Wildlife on the Wandle Find out more about nature on the river Wandle through King Georges Park Wandsworth Parks Service.

Looking for Cleaner Air! Find out how you can help to improve air quality, including greener transport and free air quality services. Test your environmental knowledge to win prizes. WBC Environmental Initiatives Team.

Make a pledge and find out how to reduce your CO2 emissions Visit the Green Pledge stand to see what difference Wandsworth residents can make - you may be surprised! WBC Waste Policy & Projects Officer 020 8871 6233

Give us your ideas on the Wandle Valley Regional Park Find out more about what’s going on in the Wandle Valley Regional Park and give us your views on the area with family fun activities and interactive displays. Groundwork www.groundwork.org.uk

Cycle Corner Pick up cycle route maps and other handy cycling freebies, ask questions, get advice. Race your friends on Tooting Bec Cycling Club’s static racing bikes. Get your cycle security marked by the Community Safety Team. WBC Technical Services.

RSPB The RSPB will be sharing ideas on actions people can undertake to save money, save wildlife and save the planet, all at the same time. Start by making your own bird feeder.

London Wildlife Trust Join London Wildlife Trust at a bush craft workshop for families, delivered in a yurt (teepee type tent).

Beside the Wandle at Mapleton Road

10-2:30pm Fish CCTV An underwater camera watches the inhabitants of the Wandle as they go about their business. Also information about free angling events going on through the summer, how to start fishing and where to go. Venue: beside the Wandle at Mapleton Road. The Environment Agency.

12pm-2pm Help clean up the Wandle Mini-cleanup with Southside volunteers and others. Venue: Mapleton Road bridge area. Wandle Trust. For information on regular clean-ups contact www.wandletrust.org

Deen City Farm

Open 10am-4.30pm

11am-3pm Watch the sheepshearing
3pm-4pm Have a pony ride at £1 per ride
11am-4pm Check out Trout in the Classroom What is it and how can you grow your own fish at school? Wandle Trust. 39 Windsor Avenue, SW19. Car Parking available

In Morden Hall Park National Trust

11am-4pm River Restoration for Water Voles Come and see the habitat works carried out to restore the River Wandle for water voles; includes activities on how to identify water voles and other river creatures from their tracks and signs. London Wildlife Trust and Partners. www.wildlondon.org.uk

11am-3pm Seed Planting for Children Find out how you can grow your own fruit and vegetables and about our Community Garden Allotment project. Sustainable Merton gillianuk@btinternet.com or 07956170141

River cleanup and bank cleanup/planting - Near Merton High Street and Sainsburys

11am-3pm Help out on a full-scale cleanup with the Wandle Trust in the Sainsburys/Merton High Street area. Help on a bank cleanup and planting with Groundwork.
For details of exactly when and where contact www.wandletrust.org

Wandle Park Community Picnic

12 noon-6pm Join us for a community picnic in Wandle Park. Colliers Wood Community Chorus will sing. Nature walk around the park, environmental games, activities for children and a cricket match between the ladies and gentlemen of Colliers Wood! Wandle Park near the children’s playground. Colliers Wood Residents Association and ‘Making Colliers Wood Happy’ www.makingcollierswoodhappy.org.uk

Pond Dipping and other water activities

11am-3pm Come and discover some of the freshwater animals that like to live in the River Wandle. Water Saving Trail - find all the clues, and answer the water saving questions correctly to win yourself a ‘wild’ prize. Make a water wheel - make your own working water wheel to take home.
Sutton Ecology Centre 020 87705820.

Guided walks around Wilderness Island

(Open from 10.30-1pm)

11am and 12 noon Meet at the end of Strawberry Lane, Carshalton. Led by members of the Sutton Group of the London Wildlife Trust. 020 8770 4297.

Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 June 2010
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	Wildlife and River Discovery Saturday 6th June Merton Abbey Mills in the market area Family fun in the Wandle Valley Regional Park 11-4pm Come along and find out more about the Wandle Valley Regional Park and entertain the family with some great hands on activities. (Groundwork) Open Day and Pond dipping at Wandle Valley Wetland 11am-2pm This site is not usually open to the public. No booking required. The Wetland is next to Budge Lane Community Centre, 2 Budge Lane, Hackbridge. Sutton Nature Conservation Volunteers 020 8770 5821. At Wandle Park* 10am-5pm Community and Fair Trade market place Eco friendly, organic, fair trade goods and food, mini fun fair for children. Presented by Croydon Enterprise. Community stalls by Friends of Wandle Park and Broad Green Safer Neighbourhood Police. Contact biodiversity@croydon.gov.uk or Park Services 0208 726 6000, ext 64952. 1.30; 2.30; 3.30pm Stories of the Wandle, Rivers & Wildlife Family story telling sessions with June Peters. For more information contact biodiversity@croydon.gov.uk or call Park Services 0208 726 6000, ext 64952. Waddon’s Got Talent* Hosted by Croydon Enterprise in Wandle Park. We invite local schools, businesses and residents to join the event and showcase their talents. Open to all ages. Short listed acts will perform live in front of a panel of judges on the day. Winners will receive prizes. The event will form part of the Wandle Park Family fun day in the park. If you want to participate, there is a small application fee. Please contact us on 07775 824 804 or email us at hayley.smith@croydonenterprise.com Deadline for applications 17th May. * Please note there in no dedicated car park for the above events. Please use public transport (No 3 Tramlink, Wandle Park stop) or use the nearby pay & display car park in Factory Lane Sunday 7th June In King George’s Park from 11am to 5pm Search for Wandle River Creatures Take a very close look at what lives in the River Wandle and find out more about them. Thames 21. Be Floodwise Come find out if you are at risk from flooding and how to be prepared. Free Flood Games and Inspector Downpaw masks available for kids. Environment Agency: www.environment-agency.gov.uk/flood or Floodline 0845 988 1188 Wandle Valley Bats! Find out more about these special and often misunderstood creatures, listen to their calls. Learn how to build a bat box, find out what plants will bring bats to your garden or make your own bat mask! Bat Conservation Trust. Natural England Find out about the wildlife living close to you; help paint a mural of the river Wandle’s landscape and take part in our fun quiz to win a fantastic prize. Natural England is here to conserve and enhance the natural environment. Find out more at www.naturalengland.org.uk/regions/london Wildlife crime happens in Wandsworth What is it? What can the public do to stop it? In Wandsworth, contact stuart.paton@met.police.uk. For further information www.met.police.uk/wildlife/index.htm Wildlife on the Wandle Find out more about nature on the river Wandle through King Georges Park Wandsworth Parks Service. Looking for Cleaner Air! Find out how you can help to improve air quality, including greener transport and free air quality services. Test your environmental knowledge to win prizes. WBC Environmental Initiatives Team. Make a pledge and find out how to reduce your CO2 emissions Visit the Green Pledge stand to see what difference Wandsworth residents can make - you may be surprised! WBC Waste Policy & Projects Officer 020 8871 6233 Give us your ideas on the Wandle Valley Regional Park Find out more about what’s going on in the Wandle Valley Regional Park and give us your views on the area with family fun activities and interactive displays. Groundwork www.groundwork.org.uk Cycle Corner Pick up cycle route maps and other handy cycling freebies, ask questions, get advice. Race your friends on Tooting Bec Cycling Club’s static racing bikes. Get your cycle security marked by the Community Safety Team. WBC Technical Services. RSPB The RSPB will be sharing ideas on actions people can undertake to save money, save wildlife and save the planet, all at the same time. Start by making your own bird feeder. London Wildlife Trust Join London Wildlife Trust at a bush craft workshop for families, delivered in a yurt (teepee type tent). Beside the Wandle at Mapleton Road 10-2:30pm Fish CCTV An underwater camera watches the inhabitants of the Wandle as they go about their business. Also information about free angling events going on through the summer, how to start fishing and where to go. Venue: beside the Wandle at Mapleton Road. The Environment Agency. 12pm-2pm Help clean up the Wandle Mini-cleanup with Southside volunteers and others. Venue: Mapleton Road bridge area. Wandle Trust. For information on regular clean-ups contact www.wandletrust.org Deen City Farm Open 10am-4.30pm 11am-3pm Watch the sheepshearing 3pm-4pm Have a pony ride at £1 per ride 11am-4pm Check out Trout in the Classroom What is it and how can you grow your own fish at school? Wandle Trust. 39 Windsor Avenue, SW19. Car Parking available In Morden Hall Park National Trust 11am-4pm River Restoration for Water Voles Come and see the habitat works carried out to restore the River Wandle for water voles; includes activities on how to identify water voles and other river creatures from their tracks and signs. London Wildlife Trust and Partners. www.wildlondon.org.uk 11am-3pm Seed Planting for Children Find out how you can grow your own fruit and vegetables and about our Community Garden Allotment project. Sustainable Merton gillianuk@btinternet.com or 07956170141 River cleanup and bank cleanup/planting - Near Merton High Street and Sainsburys 11am-3pm Help out on a full-scale cleanup with the Wandle Trust in the Sainsburys/Merton High Street area. Help on a bank cleanup and planting with Groundwork. For details of exactly when and where contact www.wandletrust.org Wandle Park Community Picnic 12 noon-6pm Join us for a community picnic in Wandle Park. Colliers Wood Community Chorus will sing. Nature walk around the park, environmental games, activities for children and a cricket match between the ladies and gentlemen of Colliers Wood! Wandle Park near the children’s playground. Colliers Wood Residents Association and ‘Making Colliers Wood Happy’ www.makingcollierswoodhappy.org.uk Pond Dipping and other water activities 11am-3pm Come and discover some of the freshwater animals that like to live in the River Wandle. Water Saving Trail - find all the clues, and answer the water saving questions correctly to win yourself a ‘wild’ prize. Make a water wheel - make your own working water wheel to take home. Sutton Ecology Centre 020 87705820. Guided walks around Wilderness Island (Open from 10.30-1pm) 11am and 12 noon Meet at the end of Strawberry Lane, Carshalton. Led by members of the Sutton Group of the London Wildlife Trust. 020 8770 4297.