Become a Wildlife Ranger this Summer at UK Wetland Centres
Families can join Dusty’s Wildlife Rangers by taking part in exciting new Ranger Camps, picking up their very own free log book and becoming fearless wildlife rangers at seven WWT Wetland Centres this summer holiday.
A full day of discovery and adventure awaits families with a wide variety of wildlife ranger activities including (activities vary between centres):
- NEW Ranger camps – join our wild wetland camps and learn ranger skills, with everything from fire building, foraging, tracking wild animals, map reading, willow weaving and den building.
- Pond exploring – what fascinating creatures can you catch in your net, identify and log?
- Canoe safaris – paddle through beautiful waterways and come face to face with kingfishers, water voles, dragonflies and other wetland wonders
- Mini raft building – make your own raft from wetland materials and see how long it will float
- Bug hunts – discover amazing mini-beasts hidden in our wetlands
- Bird challenges – learn how to ID birds and make feeders
- …and lots, lots more
Children can record their findings and experiences in their log books, like a real life ranger, as a take-home reminder of their wild day out. Special wildlife ranger stickers will also be available to collect.
Scott Petrek, one of WWT’s real life wildlife rangers said:
“I love being a wildlife ranger for WWT and helping to care for and protect our amazing wetland wildlife. We thought families would welcome the chance to experience what it’s like to be a ranger through special camps and fun-packed, mini adventures, which include activities that I do as part of my day to day job. Hopefully, we’ll also inspire some of our younger visitors to become the wildlife rangers of the future, helping to create a world where healthy wetland nature thrives and enriches lives.”
Activities vary between centres, click here for details of all the Dusty’s Wildlife Rangers activities taking place at each of our Wetland Centres and do something wild this summer holiday.
As well as Dusty’s Wildlife Rangers (at seven of our wetland centres) during the summer holidays, our amazing giant LEGO® brick animal trail is back at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre, Gloucestershire, with some exciting new additions, and WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre in Lancashire is hosting fantastic Giant Bionic Bugs (at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Lancashire). For a full range of summer holiday activities at your nearest WWT Wetland Centre click here.
We have nine WWT Wetland Centres across the UK at Arundel (Hampshire), Caerlaverock (nr Dumfries, Scotland), Castle Espie (County Down, Northern Ireland), Llanelli (Carmarthenshire, Wales), London (at Barnes), Martin Mere (Lancashire), Slimbridge (Gloucestershire), Washington (Tyne & Wear) and Welney (Norfolk).
