Today we went on a wildlife adventure at Magor Marsh to blow away some cobwebs, do a bit of bird spotting & make use of the winter wildlife crafts which were on offer. Magor Marsh is run by the Wildlife trust and a great place to visit to explore the marshlands, woodlands & spot lots of wildlife in their natural habitats.
The marsh is free to walk around but has event in which the children are invited to, for a small incredibly reasonable fee, to take part in activities and experience a hands on taste of wildlife.
Today was an open day with a charge of £1.50 per child which included several different craft activities, nature trails, pond dipping, toasting marshmallows around the forest campfire and a meet and greet with a hedgehog!
Here’s how we got on…
we started with our activity sheets..
and our first stop was to build our own birds nest..
we spotted swans
we walked across logs
we adventured over boardwalks through the marshes in search of the bird hide..
we found fungi in the woodlands
we toasted marshmallows around the campfire in the forest
we explored the marshes
Noah defeated log piles..
and we headed back to the activity centre..
at the activity centre we did some nature crafts…
We made bird feeders..
we explored the nature table..
we liked the swan egg!!
we even met a hedgehog..
our favourite part was making a really beautiful but simple wicker heart..
we had a great afternoon at Magor Marsh and although we visit regularly to explore the outdoors it was the first time we have attended an event…£1.50 was a bargain and we’ll definitely be going again.
Hi there,
My name is Julian I work for Gwent Wildlife Trust and a colleague of mine past your lovely review of a trip to our Magor Marsh reserve which you posted on FB on March 24th (with some great photos too) I just wondered if you would be ok with us sharing this review. The pictures are great did you take these?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Julian Vallance – Communications Officer GWT
That would be absolutely fine, it was a great day, we love Magor Marsh. All photos on our blog are taken by myself.
Feel free to share.
Happy Summer!
Thank you very much and glad you enjoy Magor Marsh! Would it be possible for you to email/dropbox photos to me at jvallance@gwentwildlife.org? Of course we would credit you as photographer, there are some lovely shots here and some lovely words that would be great to share. Also if you take any more outdoor/wildlife photos in and around Gwent and fancy sharing we would always love to see them!
Many thanks, Jules
Hi there, thanks for your last reply, would it be possible for you to email/dropbox photos to me at jvallance@gwentwildlife.org? Of course we would credit you as photographer (if you can send your full name that would be great)! Thanks, Julian