Welcome to Wakelyns Nature
The full day Wakelyns Bird Walks are designed for absolute beginners to more experienced bird watchers with a focus on woodland & garden birds. Even those that struggle to confidently separate Blue Tits from Great Tits will take a lot from this course. We’ll spend the day walking around and exploring Wakelyns’ unique agroforestry areas, discussing identification techniques which highlight bird behaviour, shape, plumage, songs and calls, the key to enhancing learning experiences.
Each day will start at 9.30 am (5.30 am for our ‘Dawn Chorus Walk’), to get the best of the birds, with a lunch break – with a delicious lunch from Henrietta Inman at the Wakelyns Bakery included.
£50 per person, or £25 for people on low incomes – Morning coffee and Wakelyns Bakery Lunch included.
The course will involve a series of complementary activities to ensure you become familiar with the identification and behaviour of birds which are seen. These will include:
- Watching birds from a distance in the various habitats
- Viewing birds around Wakelyns
- Learning the art of Field-craft
- Learning key visual clues to help you identify species by sight
- Learning key songs and calls to help you identify species by sound
We also run one hour ‘taster walks’ during some of our community/open days.
Upcoming Walks (2025):
- April 19th
- May 4th (International Dawn Chorus Day)
- June – Date TBC
- July – Date TBC
- August – Date TBC
- Agroforestry Open Day, taster bird walks – Date TBC
- Apple Day, taster bird walks – Date TBC
