http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/ en lbuckley@attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk Copyright 2010 2010-03-08T10:03:38+00:00 http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/events-autumn-2009/ http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/events-autumn-2009/#When:09:03:38Z March 2010 Events at Attenborough Events, News 2010-03-08T09:03:38+00:00 http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/weather-day-family-event-sunday-21st-march/ http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/weather-day-family-event-sunday-21st-march/#When:13:11:12Z Weather Day Family Event - Sunday 21st March - 11am to 3pm For further details click here. Events, News 2010-03-06T13:11:12+00:00 http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/opticron-demo-day-1st-august-2009/ http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/opticron-demo-day-1st-august-2009/#When:06:55:41Z Your chance to try out a range of binoculars and telescopes under real field conditions with expert advice from OPTICRON on hand - 10:00am - 4:00pm at the Nature Centre. 10% off all OPTICRON purchases made on the day* (*does not include sale items). Events, News 2010-03-06T06:55:41+00:00 http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/attenborough-explorers/ http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/attenborough-explorers/#When:15:30:20Z Woodland bushcraft, orienteering and other wildlife fun. Events, News 2010-03-05T15:30:20+00:00 http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/marvellous-minibeasts-easter-holiday-club-for-children-aged-4-and-over/ http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/marvellous-minibeasts-easter-holiday-club-for-children-aged-4-and-over/#When:15:24:05Z Explore life in the undergrowth at Attenborough and make your own magical minibeast Events, News 2010-03-05T15:24:05+00:00 http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/easter-eggstravaganza-holiday-clubs-for-children-aged-4-and-over/ http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/easter-eggstravaganza-holiday-clubs-for-children-aged-4-and-over/#When:11:04:02Z Join us over the Easter holidays for lots of egg-cellent Easter fun, eggs-ploration, games and egg-citing crafts! Click here for more details. Events, News 2010-03-05T11:04:02+00:00 http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/wildlife-training-workshops-in-2010-at-attenborough-nature-centre/ http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/wildlife-training-workshops-in-2010-at-attenborough-nature-centre/#When:15:20:38Z Wildlife Training Workshops in 2010 at Attenborough Nature Centre. Click here to load details of our new programme of short, courses and our talk and walk programme. Events, News 2010-03-01T15:20:38+00:00 http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/talks-by-pollyanna-pickering-wildlife-artist-1st-and-29nd-may/ http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/talks-by-pollyanna-pickering-wildlife-artist-1st-and-29nd-may/#When:19:23:37Z Talks by Pollyanna Pickering, wildlife artist on 1st and 29th May. For further details click here: Events, News 2010-02-15T19:23:37+00:00 http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/cold-snap-attracts-rare-birds1/ http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/cold-snap-attracts-rare-birds1/#When:11:39:01Z Visitors to Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust’s Attenborough Nature Reserve have enjoyed a treat in recent days following the sighting of an unusually high number of rare bitterns. Whilst staff and volunteers would normally hope to see two or three birds each winter, the arrival of five birds has caused a real stir. It is believed that the birds have been forced to seek new feeding grounds as a result of the prolonged cold spell and that they may have arrived from the continent. The growth of the bittern population over the last decade is regarded as one of the UK’s biggest conservation success stories with the population growing by around 250% following efforts to create new areas of reedbed habitat for the birds. Whilst the reedbeds at Attenborough Nature Reserve are not large enough to support breeding bitterns, they have regularly attracted overwintering birds – but never as many this year. Speaking about the bitterns’ arrival, Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust Conservation Officer Mark Speck said: “Each year we hope to welcome one or two bitterns but when we realized we had at least five individual birds on site we were amazed. This must be one of the largest over-wintering populations in the UK and we hope that one day the Trent Valley will resound with the evocative booming mating call of the bittern.” In recent years the Trent Valley has become increasingly important for over-wintering bitterns with birds regularly visiting sites such as Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s Willington Nature reserve Reserve. In recent days there have also been reports of bitterns at Netherfield Lagoons and Holme Pierrepont. Mr Speck continued: “We believe that the increased number of visiting bitterns is partly due to the severity of the weather. The fact that some areas of the reserve are frozen has also forced the birds into different parts of the reserve making them easier to spot than normal. However, whilst this presents a great opportunity for people to see a bird that they may never have seen before, we would ask people to take extra care not to cause disturbance. During severe weather birds not only need to expend more energy to maintain their body temperature, but food becomes much more difficult for them to obtain, making them particularly vulnerable to disturbance by people.” Read more on the BBC News 2010-01-08T11:39:01+00:00 http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/monthly-nature-walks-jan-to-apr-2009/ http://www.attenboroughnaturecentre.co.uk/news-events/monthly-nature-walks-jan-to-apr-2009/#When:10:35:29Z Come and join us for a guided walk to see some of the seasonal wildlife highlights on the Reserve. Events 2010-01-03T10:35:29+00:00