Come and Go Wild in the Woods as we take you through a fun filled day of wildlife activities from dawn til’ dusk during the half-term holidays on Wednesday June 2nd at Firestone Copse near Wootton.

The day kicks off with a dawn chorus for the early birds and ends with bat detecting for the night owls.

There will be lots of other great activities in between including:

- pondlife discovery sessions
- woodland crafts
- wild flower and butterfly walks
- tree climbing
- wildlife photography competition
- willow creature making to name a few!

We’ll also need your help with Island’s very first BioBlitz where you can get involved with recording all the species that we see on the day!

Watch the events page for further updates...

It's official, small birds have struggled to beat the snowy winter.

Last year, long-tailed tits made it into the top 10 for the first time, suggesting they were getting used to feeding on seeds and peanuts in hanging feeders and on bird tables.

However, smaller bodied birds are particularly susceptible to the cold, having to eat almost continuously to stay alive. As predicted, birds like the long-tailed tit, coal tit and goldcrest were the worst affected, with average numbers of all three species dropping significantly since the 2009 survey.

See full survey results here

The extracted results for the Island can be found here