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Sat 3  Aren't Birds Brilliant RSPB Walk
Morning stroll around Dinton Pastures, meet main car park at 9am. £1

Sun 4 Dawn Chorus (International Dawn Chorus Day)
Get up with the lark and come and hear the dawn chorus with the Wokingham and Bracknell RSPB. Meet Dinton Pastures main car park at 5am. £1.
Breakfast available at café afterwards from 7am onwards. Please pre book on (0118) 932 1071.

Mon 5 Wokingham May Fayre
Family-friendly activities, Wokingham Town Centre, 10am-5pm. Free

Wed 7 100km Cycle Ride
A gentle 100km (62 mile) cycling event starting from Dinton Pasture organised by Reading Cycling Touring Club. Riders are provided with a routesheet and either ride alone or in small informal groups. Meet at Dinton Pastures Country Park at 10am. Contact Pat Lomas on 01344 420031 or see www.readingctc.co.uk for more details.
           
Sat 10 Junior Rangers Wildlife Watch Group - pond dipping at Dinton Pastures, 10am-12noon. £1

Sat 12 & Sun 13 Walk the Blackwater Path Weekend
Rowhill to Swallowfield, start 10am each day. £5 one day / £8 both.
Organised by Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership (01252) 331353

Sun 11 Rotawalk Rotary Club Sponsored Walk            Dinton Pastures

Meet: Main car park, Dinton Pastures Country Park
Time: See website below for details
£4 per person and £6 per family in advance or £6 per person and £8 per family on the day
For more information and an application form visit www.rotawalk.com, telephone David Cotton (0118) 988 6993 or email rotawalk2008@yahoo.com
           
Sun 13 Friends of Lavell's Lake Bird Walk
Morning stroll around Lavell's, meet Sandford Lane car park at 9am. £1

Sat 17 Nature & Wildlife Photography Course
Loddon Rm, Dinton Pastures, 9.30am-3.30pm. £26/£13conc. Contact Bracknell and Wokingham College 0845 3303343 for more details

May Half Term

Make a Bug Necklace or Mask
Mon 26 – Fri 30 May
California Dreaming Café will be selling craft kits to keep the kids busy during the half term. Choose from a Bug Mask kit or a Bug Necklace kit! Children must be supervised.
11am to 3pm. £2 per child. For details please contact California Dreaming Café, California Country Park on (0118) 973 5519

Falconry Workshops
Tues 27 Dinton Pastures
Wed 28 California Country Park
Activities will include learning about each bird, handling and flying some of our birds, owl pellet dissection and bird and leather craft. Children under eight must be accompanied. Children eight and over can be unaccompanied, but adults are welcome to stay.
10am to 12 noon and 1.30pm to 3.30pm, £5 per child
Contact: Please book in advance by emailing countryside@wokingham.gov.uk or calling 0118 934 2016

Nature Whodunit
Thurs 29 May
Come and use your detective skills and wildlife knowledge to work out clues from a crime scene. By a process of elimination and a tip off, see if you can narrow down the list of suspects. Children under eight must be accompanied. Children eight and over can be unaccompanied, but adults are welcome to stay.
Meet: Car park in front of café, California Country Park at 2pm to 3.30pm. £3 per child
Please book in advance by emailing countryside@wokingham.gov.uk or calling (0118) 934 2016

Minibeast Hunt
Fri 30 May
Come and discover some of the amazing insects, creepy crawlies, bugs and minibeasties living in California Country Park. Have a go at sweep netting and use our magnifiers to have a really good look at what you find. Children under eight must be accompanied. Children eight and over can be unaccompanied, but adults are welcome to stay.
Meet: Car park in front of café, California Country Park at 2pm to 3.30pm. £3 per child
Please book in advance by emailing countryside@wokingham.gov.uk or calling (0118) 934 2016

Wokingham Borough Council Countryside Service (0118) 934 2016 countryside@wokingham.gov.uk