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Nature tots and Forest School Nature Tots
Bring your little ones to our relaxed and friendly pre-school clubs.
Little cuttlefish
This little cuttlefish really lives up to its name - it only reaches about 6cm long!
Little tern
Found around our coasts during the breeding season, the little tern is a diminutive seabird. Despite its size, it performs remarkable aerial courtship displays.
Little grebe
The little grebe is a fantastic diver, but to help it swim underwater, its feet are placed towards the back of its body, making it rather clumsy on land. It only really comes ashore to breed.
Little egret
The elegant little egret was once a rare visitor to our shores, but can now regularly be spotted around the coastline of England and Wales. Look out for its beautiful neck plumes that herald the…
Little owl
Introduced into the UK in the 19th century, the diminutive little owl can now be seen along hedgerows, on farmland and in parkland across England and Wales. It often perches on a pole or rock,…
Local group events
Local group events
Forest School
We deliver Forest School sessions for children throughout Essex at our Nature Discovery Centres and many other sites.
Little Tern Project
Little terns are the UK’s smallest tern and one of our rarest breeding seabirds. Weighing the same as a tennis ball, they migrate here from Africa to breed – some undertaking a journey of 5,000km.
Little Haven Nature Reserve
A rich mosaic of woodland, meadows and flower-rich acid grassland that forms an important wildlife corridor in an urban area
Little ringed plover
The little ringed plover first nested in the UK in 1938, but has since moved in happily! It has taken advantage of an increase in man-made flooded gravel pits, reservoirs and quarries that provide…