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Wild things to do in
December!
If you’re looking for something inspiring to do
this December, why not take part in one of the
Trust’s wild courses, walks, talks or family events
– there are plenty to choose from! For more
information or to book events visit www.surrey
wildlifetrust.org/events
Red kite - photo courtesy of Jon Hawkins
Then in the late 1980s and early 1990s some 93 birds
of Swedish, Spanish and Welsh origin were released
in north Scotland and Buckinghamshire. The first
successful breeding was recorded at both sites and
two years later kites reared in the wild themselves
reared young for the first time. Now successful
breeding populations have become established in
both locations.
Thanks to these successes the red kite has gone from
being a red-listed bird, with the highest level of
conservation concern, to a green-listed bird, with
the lowest level of concern.
The eventual aim is to ensure that red kite breeding
population expands to colonise all suitable habitat
throughout the UK. The large, graceful bird of prey
can now be seen soaring over woods, heathlands
and other open areas in most counties in the UK
including Surrey. Sightings of the once extinct bird
now stretch the length of Surrey from Leatherhead
to Farnham.
Pick a Pine
Date: Sunday 1st December,
Time: 10am to 11.30am , 12 noon to 1.30pm
2pm to 3.30pm
Chop down your own Christmas tree and
become an Eco warrior
Location: Poors Allotment, Bracknell Road,
Camberley, Surrey, GU15 4BE
Booking essential: members - adult £10/child
£5/family £20 (2 adults & 3 children) non-
members adult £15/child £7.50/family £25 (2
adults & 3 children)
Wild Tots at Nower Wood
Date: Thursday 5th December
Time: 10am to 12 noon
Join us for Forest School inspired adventures,
stories and discoveries within an ancient
woodland setting.
Location: Nower Wood Educational Nature
Reserve, Mill Way, Leatherhead, KT22 8QA
Booking essential: members £6.50, non-
members £7.50
Christmas Wreath Making - Saturday
morning or afternoon
Date: Saturday 7th December
Time: 10am to 12pm or 1:30pm to 3:30pm
Get into the festive spirit by making a spectacular
door wreath using natural materials.
Location: Nower Wood Educational Nature
Reserve, Mill Way, Leatherhead, KT22 8QA
Booking essential: members £30, non-members
£42
Pine & Dine 2019
Date: Tuesday 10th December,
Time: arrival at 10am for a 10.30am start
An amazing Christmas outing opportunity for
Surrey businesses, chopping invasive Scots pine
to help important heathland species to thrive,
making Christmas wreaths and take home a
FREE Christmas tree handpicked and cut by you.
Location: Brentmoor Heath & Folly Bog
Booking essential: £40 per person for
corporate groups under 10, £35 per person for
corporate groups of 10+ & SWT Gold Partners
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