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Charity lottery supporting ‘staycation’ event of the summer

Players of People’s Postcode Lottery will be helping members of the public to have a wild old time this August. Following the enormous success of last year’s Our Wildlife event, Northumberland Wildlife Trust will be hosting Our Wildlife 2016 on Saturday 20 August at Blagdon Estate in Newcastle, with support from players of the charity lottery - so save the date!

The event has been made possible by kind permission of Lord and Lady Ridley and promises to be the ‘staycation’ event of the summer! It will be bigger and better than last year’s and will once again, bring the general public closer to the region’s wildlife.

From bird mist netting and release and wildlife spotting to bush crafts and photography workshops with Northumberland wildlife photographer and film maker Will Nichols, there will be something for everyone - wildlife enthusiast or not, with many more activities still to be announced. Bob Downer, chief executive of Blagdon Estates says: “Blagdon Estate is happy to offer Northumberland Wildlife Trust the opportunity to hold its event this year at Blagdon.

“We have always enjoyed close links with the Trust and are proud of the wildlife that thrives here on the estate. We take great care with our land stewardship to ensure that this continues.

Bob concludes: “Blagdon has been in the same family ownership since 1700 and is not normally open to the public apart from the set days per year when we host charity events such as the Our Wildlife 2016 event.”

To whet your appetite and see what you missed last year, head to http://www.nwt.org.uk/events/ourwildlife2016 and watch the film of last year’s event shot for us by award-winning Whitley Bay film maker Cain Scrimgeour. Tickets will be on sale from Monday 1 February at www.nwt.org.uk/whats-on

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Sue Bishop .