We are holding a Festival of Nature at Talkin Tarn on Saturday 18 June and on Sunday 19 June. Entry is free.
Celebrating nature around the themes of water, woodland, and meadow, the festival will bring together families, wildlife recorders, budding naturalists, farmers, environmental organisations, and communities. There will be stands and drop-in activities throughout the day as well as scheduled events as detailed below:
07:00 Moth traps and moth ID, meet at the education cabin.
09:00 Camera traps, meet at the education cabin.
10:00 Looking at lichens, meet at the welcome tent.
11:00 Pond dipping / Sensory walk, meet at the Eden Rivers Trust gazebo.
12:30 Family woodland activity session (1hr), meet at the OASES gazebo.
13:00 Pond dipping / Sensory walk, meet at the Eden Rivers Trust gazebo.
13:45 Family woodland activity session (1hr), meet at the OASES gazebo.
14:00 Wildflower walk, meet at the welcome tent.
14:30 Pond dipping / Sensory walk, meet at the Eden Rivers Trust gazebo.
15:00 Dragonfly walk, meet at the welcome tent / Family woodland activity session (1hr), meet at the OASES gazebo.
16:00 Festival closes.
Free shuttle bus from Brampton, picking up at William Howard School car park, where there is free parking available, and the cottage hospital before dropping off at Talkin Tarn car park, and returning via the same route.
Sunday: first bus leaves William Howard School at 9:10, return to Brampton leaves at 10:00. Buses hourly until 15:10 with the return to Brampton leaving the tarn car park at 16:00.
Free bus on Sunday from Carlisle, leaving from Tullie House Museum at 11:30. The return bus will leave Talkin Tarn car park at 15:30.
The organisations with stands at the festival and delivering activities include:
Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre
Eden Rivers Trust
University of Cumbria
4Eden
Cumbria Wildlife Trust
Green PLACE
Carlisle City Council
RSPB
Sustainable Brampton
Carlisle Youth Zone
North Pennines AONB Partnership
The Festival of Nature has been organised with Carlisle City Council, Eden Rivers Trust, and Cumbria Biodiversity Data Centre. It is delivered as part of the Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme, which is led by the North Pennines AONB Partnership and funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
