Nature adventure for families as Heysham Nature Reserve opens its doors

By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Jun 2017, 15:02 BST
Updated 8th Jun 2017, 15:39 BST
Lancashire Wildlife Trust chairman Steve Garland cuts the ribbon to open the event.Lancashire Wildlife Trust chairman Steve Garland cuts the ribbon to open the event.
Lancashire Wildlife Trust chairman Steve Garland cuts the ribbon to open the event.
More than 100 children and parents took part in adventure trails around Heysham Nature Reserve in bright sunshine.

The Lancashire Wildlife Trust event was an opportunity to show off the new offices and classroom at the reserve, provided by EDF Energy.

Children made bugs and kites and went off on nature trails around the many pathways in the reserve.

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A spokesman said: “It was a great turnout and there were lots of smiling faces as the sun shone throughout the day, rather unexpectedly.”

Eadie Edwards, four, and Kian Butterworth, one, making bugs.Eadie Edwards, four, and Kian Butterworth, one, making bugs.
Eadie Edwards, four, and Kian Butterworth, one, making bugs.

The reserve has provided a base for the trust’s north Lancashire team for a number of years now with three staff based here.