8 & 9 june 2024
Henfield Year of Biodiversity
Tanyard Field activities
Tanyard Field activities
Saturday: 9-4 Guided tours of the Tanyard.
As part of Henfield’s Year of Biodiversity 2024, the Parish Council and many local groups interested in nature are working together to record and celebrate our natural environment. Local ecologists, with professional and experienced amateurs will accompany small groups of interested people round the Tanyard to see, learn about and record the wildlife they see.
There will be several guided tours during the day, starting at 9am, probably taking no more than 30 minutes each. The first tour will be a small mammal tour with Michael Blencowe (Sussex Naturalist and Lost Woods team. If you wish to take part in this tour, you will need to pre-book to be sure of a place. Bookings can be made from 13th May to 31st May, and the booking email for this will be:
info@sustainablehenfield2030.org
People can book in for the other tours at the SH2030 information desk on the day. Numbers on each tour will be limited so that we do not disturb the nature reserve too much. NO DOGS will be allowed into the Tanyard. We will be encouraging visitors to log their nature sightings on our Henfield Nature Challenge in the Seek app or iNaturalist.
Sunday, 10-12 noon: Children’s Activity - Making Seed Bombs
Henfield Scouts and SH2030 are working together to run a short children’s activity between 10-12. We hope this will be suitable for 5-10 year olds. The aim will be to make some seed bombs or wildflower pots that families can take away. Ideally some of the Seed Bombs will be kept and bought along on the Walk for Malcolm on Sunday July 14th, where everyone on the special walk will get free entry to Sussex Prairie Gardens. We have permission from Sussex Prairie Gardens for these seed bombs to be thrown by the children into the newly developing prairie wildlife meadow. Details on this on the day. Adults can walk on the mown paths in the Tanyard in small groups.
Saturday and Sunday 10-4: Information Stall and Pesticide Amnesty
SH2030 will run an information stall and pesticide /herbicide amnesty service at the Tanyard. So look out your slug pellets and roundup and other chemicals you have in your sheds that we no longer feel are OK to use in our gardens and bring them to the Tanyard. Please bring your old pesticides or herbicides safely, ideally in their original containers, to be safely disposed of by our waste prevention team to the Tanyard.
As part of Henfield’s Year of Biodiversity 2024, the Parish Council and many local groups interested in nature are working together to record and celebrate our natural environment. Local ecologists, with professional and experienced amateurs will accompany small groups of interested people round the Tanyard to see, learn about and record the wildlife they see.
There will be several guided tours during the day, starting at 9am, probably taking no more than 30 minutes each. The first tour will be a small mammal tour with Michael Blencowe (Sussex Naturalist and Lost Woods team. If you wish to take part in this tour, you will need to pre-book to be sure of a place. Bookings can be made from 13th May to 31st May, and the booking email for this will be:
info@sustainablehenfield2030.org
People can book in for the other tours at the SH2030 information desk on the day. Numbers on each tour will be limited so that we do not disturb the nature reserve too much. NO DOGS will be allowed into the Tanyard. We will be encouraging visitors to log their nature sightings on our Henfield Nature Challenge in the Seek app or iNaturalist.
Sunday, 10-12 noon: Children’s Activity - Making Seed Bombs
Henfield Scouts and SH2030 are working together to run a short children’s activity between 10-12. We hope this will be suitable for 5-10 year olds. The aim will be to make some seed bombs or wildflower pots that families can take away. Ideally some of the Seed Bombs will be kept and bought along on the Walk for Malcolm on Sunday July 14th, where everyone on the special walk will get free entry to Sussex Prairie Gardens. We have permission from Sussex Prairie Gardens for these seed bombs to be thrown by the children into the newly developing prairie wildlife meadow. Details on this on the day. Adults can walk on the mown paths in the Tanyard in small groups.
Saturday and Sunday 10-4: Information Stall and Pesticide Amnesty
SH2030 will run an information stall and pesticide /herbicide amnesty service at the Tanyard. So look out your slug pellets and roundup and other chemicals you have in your sheds that we no longer feel are OK to use in our gardens and bring them to the Tanyard. Please bring your old pesticides or herbicides safely, ideally in their original containers, to be safely disposed of by our waste prevention team to the Tanyard.