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8 June 2007
Come to Peterborough’s BBC Springwatch Festival on Sunday 10 June!
This family-friendly day will focus on all aspects of wildlife, conservation and the environment
Come along and enjoy an action packed day at Central Park – with live music, great food and a whole host of hands-on activities and challenges to try.
Children’s TV personality, Mark Speight, will be at the Festival in the afternoon letting his creative juices run riot. Throughout the day, there will be plenty to keep children of all ages amused; they can try out the new Boogie Beebies Dance and Song (as seen on CBeebies), take part in the CBBC Tracker’s Workshop and join the CBeebies Spotter’s Club. From close up encounters with wildlife to making bird cakes, there is something for everyone!
In the BBC area, visitors will have the opportunity to sign up to ‘Do One Thing’ as part of the BBC’s year-long ‘Breathing Places Year of Action’ campaign. There will be a film crew on site too – so you might even get on the TV!
Date: Sunday 10 June
Time: 10am – 16pm
Location: Central Park, Peterborough
Schedule of events
10:00 - 10:10 Official Opening by Councillor Mrs Marion Todd, the Worshipful Mayor of Peterborough
10:15 - 11:00 Live Music from Muddy Promotions
11:30 - 12:00 Gardener's Question Time (Live Broadcast on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire)
12:00 - 12:15 ‘Bill Oddities’ lookalike competition
12:30 - 16:00 Live Music from Muddy Promotions
It won’t be hard to ‘Do One Thing’, as there are so many exciting activities to choose from!
You could:
- Have a crafty and creative afternoon with TV’s Mark Speight
- Do the Boogie Beebies Dance and Song (as seen on CBeebies)
- Take part in the CBBC Tracker’s Workshop with The Wildlife Trust
- Join the CBeebies Spotter’s Club
- Try being a wildlife presenter using the BBC’s ‘Green Screen’
- Sign up to ‘Do One Thing’
- Meet The Wildlife Trust’s grazing sheep
- Try your luck in The Wildlife Trust’s Prize Draw
- Find out about Small Garden Solutions and plant your own wildflower seeds
- Learn more about The Great Fen Project
- Join Natural England’s Springwatch Garden Party
- Help to create a wildlife friendly garden
- Make ‘Beetle Bling’ with Natural England
- Take part in a ‘Fairy Crown’ workshop with The Fairyland Trust
- See who wins the ‘Bill Oddities’ lookalike competition
- Enjoy Gardener’s Question Time and Sue Dougan’s radio show
- Hunt for mini-beasts and build a bug hotel
- Try your hand at building a Marsh Harrier nest
- Learn how to make a ‘bird cake’
- Encounter some of The Raptor Foundation’s beautiful birds
- Enjoy live music, courtesy of Muddy Promotions
- Listen to Polly Howat – The Travelling Storyteller
- See Froglife’s ‘Pond Puppet Theatre’
- Find out how composting works
- Join the recycling challenge
- Plant your own sunflower and see how tall it grows
- Meet ‘Petal’ from Peterborough in Bloom
- Learn more about Eco Arts Projects
- Enjoy craft activities using recyclable materials
- Meet ‘Mr Washing Machine’ and ‘Cavity Wall Man’
- Ride Railworld’s ‘Energy Bike’ – see how much energy you can produce!
- Arrive by bike and claim your O&H Group ‘Cyclist’s Pack’
- Experience the ‘Tranquility Tent’
- Become a ‘Friend of Central Park’
Come along and enjoy the fun!
For more information about the festival, please contact Ruth Peasgood, Springwatch festival organiser on (01733) 865040.