Families visiting RSPB Minsmere nature reserve during the October half term can join us in making bird feeders to take home, and have fun discovering what birds like to eat.

The activity days run from 10 am to 3 pm from Monday 24 to Friday 28 October 2011. As well as making bird feeders, there will be other crafts and wildlife activities on offer, including a detective game in the woods.

RSPB Minsmere Volunteer Development Officer, Louise Gregory, said, “During autumn and winter, birds like a bit of extra help in finding food. RSPB Feed the Birds Day is on 29 October, when we ask people to help out birds with clean and well-stocked feeders. It’s brilliant to watch garden birds eating from feeders the kids made themselves, like it’s your very own wildlife garden party.”

All activities are free, and materials are provided, but normal reserve entry fees apply: free for RSPB and Wildlife Explorer members; all other children £1.50, adults £5, families £10, and £3 for concessions.

RSPB Minsmere is open daily, dawn to dusk. The visitor centre opens from 9 am to 5 pm. Entry to the visitor centre is free. There is a charge for non-members to use the nature trails and birdwatching hides.

The Minsmere Discover Nature Project, a major improvement to visitor facilities, events and interpretation, begins in September 2012. All new facilities will be open by spring 2012. For further details please check www.rspb.org.uk/minsmere.
  

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