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WILD SPRING

EVENTS

EVENT SPOTLIGHT

Make your sightings count

Cities in the UK, including London, Bristol and Plymouth,
will be taking part in a global citizen science survey for
the first time this year. The City Nature Challenge is an
international efort for people to find and document
plants and wildlife in cities across the globe. It’s a
bioblitz-style competition in which cities compete
against each other to see which can record the most
observations of nature, which can find the most species,
and which can engage the greatest number of people. City Nature Challenge
O 27–30 April, cities around the UK, free, see website for more participants are
information: citynaturechallenge.org encouraged to record as
many species as possible.

GRANDFATHER OF WILDLIFE ART
Deadly sting World-renowned artist Robert Gillmor MBE is presenting a major

Come eye-to-eye with exhibition of his work in north Norfolk to coincide with the
venomous creatures release of his latest book, Pressing On. Afectionately known as
such as snakes, spiders, ‘the grandfather of wildlife art’, Gillmor has produced 33 Collins
scorpions (below), snails, New Naturalist covers, 46 stamp designs and is a founder of the
centipedes and platypuses Society of Wildlife Artists. This exhibition will focus on his print-
at London’s Natural making from the past 12 years, but will also include some of his
History Museum. The back catalogue artworks. Praise for
Venom: Killer and Cure O 28 April – 11 May,The Pinkfoot Gallery, Cley, nightingales
exhibition explores the free, bit.ly/2os2j21
efects of venom and the tions and
the role it plays in the nature reserves are taking part in
natural world. the second Nightingale Festival,to
O Until 13 May, Natural celebrate this migratory bird and
History Museum, London, its famous song. Attend a safari
adults £9, children £5: at Knepp Estate in Sussex, join
bit.ly/2yjdtZG acclaimed folk singer Sam Lee
for Singing with Nightingales or
go on a guided walk at Highnam
mor; ‘Hurry Hare’will be Woods in Gloucestershire,one
of the last remaining westerly
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outposts for the chats.
O April and May, various locations,
on display at The
Pinkfoot Gallery.
nightingalefestival

WHEN THE SUN SETS
ON HEALING GROUNDS
BLUEBELLS AND BIRDSONG
Discover bird
On this two-hour guided
After dark National Trust’s
Admire one of the best bluebell
Photographng flowers: StephenW n ght nga e: B spectacles in Cheshire on this Gibside in Tyne and Wear life along walk with Jo Doake, take the
opportunity to discover the
the Menai
RSPB Burton Mere wetlands
becomes a playground for
thousands of bats as they
Strait in this
wildlife of the Astley Ainslie
walk. Plus listen out for blue,
Hospital site in Edinburgh
emerge to feed. Armed
coal and long-tailed tits,
North Wales Wildlife
before it's closed for
with detectors, join
and wrens, dunnocks
Trust event, followed
redevelopment.
and nuthatches.
by a hot breakfast.
experts for a walk.
29 April,
25 and 29 April,
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