City Nature Challenge Family Festival at Woodland Trust Smithills Estate

Join us for the annual global 'bioblitz' nature hunt, to assist in recording and protecting wildlife in urban areas. All you need is a smartphone and the iNaturalist mobile app. This festival is an open-day event so you can arrive whenever you like and spend your afternoon exploring Smithills Estate. We will have volunteers on site who can advise on the best areas to explore and how to use the iNaturalist app. There will also be short guided sessions with our specialist ecologists, including pond dipping and woodland ID. These sessions are ticketed and should be booked to secure your space.

Event information:

Meeting point: Woodland Trust Walker Fold Car Park, Walker Fold Road, Bolton BL6 6PR
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Activity location: Walker Fold Car Park and the Walker Fold Woods area

Duration: 4 hours

Photo credits: WTML

Roberta Gleaves

Richard Cooke

Further information:

• This event will be cancelled if there is severe weather. Please check your emails and our social pages on the day before the walk if you are concerned.

• This festival is designed for all ages with family activities.
• Walker Fold can have poor phone signal, please plan your route ahead of time.

If you have any questions, access requirements, or would like to join us for the walk but have any hesitations which we may be able to support you with, please get in touch: northernec@woodlandtrust.org.uk

About City Nature Challenge

City Nature Challenge is an annual four-day global 'bioblitz' nature hunt, to assist in recording and protecting wildlife in urban areas. Every year, cities all over the world take part in friendly and fun competitions to see who can gather the most observations of nature and find the most species. In City Nature Challenge 2023, over 1.8 million observations were made of over 57,000 species with over 66,000 people taking part across the world - an astonishing collective effort that we can eclipse in 2024 with your support. For 2024, individuals, families, and community groups in over 400 cities globally are invited to look for nature in their gardens, parks, public spaces or homes and join this worldwide effort to record as much wildlife as possible between 26 - 29 April 2024. All you need is a smartphone and the iNaturalist mobile app.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/monitor-and-encourage-nature/city-nature-challenge.html

Since limited spaces are available for our events, if you can no longer make it, we appreciate you letting us know.

How to cancel your ticket?

1: Log in to your Eventbrite account

2: Go to the top right corner and select 'Tickets'

3: Click on the event you wish to cancel

4: Click 'Cancel Order'

5: Then 'Yes, cancel this order'

You should then receive a cancellation confirmation to your email.

Alternatively, email: northernec@woodlandtrust.org.uk to cancel.