Magor Marsh Wildlife Adventure

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.