With the summer holidays in full swing, the team at Fairburn Ings have been recovering nicely from last weekend’s Big Wild Sleepout.
I had a cosy night’s sleep in my one man tent, waking up to voices in deep discussion of whether you could in fact fit a human in such a small space.
The activity trail was a hit, with visitors mapping out lots of sounds heard throughout the reserve. Even a bear was heard, although I’m not too sure who let that one in...
The daytime walks were also a big hit; this young man was looking at leaves that had been nibbled at by a Hawkmoth caterpillar.
Abbie's squirrel tail managed to capture the heart of one little boy around the campfire quiz...who knew pandas and squirrels got on so well?
For those brave enough to emerge in the early hours, there was a wonderful wildlife sighting over the fields. This female Roe deer was captured leaping through the grass near pickup.
The weekend was rounded off nicely with games in the field on Sunday morning; we also had some very spirited matches of rounder’s and football. It was nice to see jumpers for goalposts!
Thanks again to everyone who took part in Big Wild Sleepout, I hope you all had a great time, I know I certainly did!