20th July 2017
A week of marine theme events celebrating the rich natural and cultural heritage of The Wash and North Norfolk coast
7.00pm to 9.30pm at Marriott’s Warehouse, King’s Lynn
Join the partners of Wash Week and the winners of the photography competition to launch Wash Week 2017. With guest speaker and Head of Conservation at Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust giving a talk about her ‘Deep Connection’ to the region. Tammy will provide an emotive and personal view on how it is to wholly feel a sense of place from inside out and how this resulted in the invention of the original Wash Week and photographic competition ethos.
Cost: Free.
Booking Essential. Contact 01553772020 or sam.lew@wnncems.co.uk
10.00am, 11.00am, 12.00am, 1.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm each for an hour session at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire. What watery wildlife lurks in the weedy depths of our pond? Led by our expert, you’ll find out. Sorry, no dogs.
Cost: £3.50 per child. RSPB members 20% off.
Booking Essential. Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk
10.00am to 4.00pm at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
Yo ho ho! Some scurvy pirates have come to Frampton Marsh. Follow their tracks around the nature reserve and answer the questions about wildlife. If you give the right answers, you get to open their chest and claim their treasure! Sorry, no dogs.
Cost: £2.75 per child, RSPB members 20% off.
Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk or just turn up.
2.30pm to 3.45pm meeting at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes
Andrew Cleave and Paul Sterry authors of ‘Collins Complete Guide to British Coastal Wildlife’ will deliver a beautifully illustrated talk about our fascinating coastal wildlife, from creatures and plants we are familiar with to those less well known.
Cost: £6 NWT members, £8 non-members (price includes refreshments)
Booking essential. Contact: 01263 740008
6.00pm doors open 7.30 to 9.30pm performance at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes
The story of the Concord, a beautifully restored wooden boat dating from 1937. Extracts from Concord’s original logbooks provide the framework for a concert of music by guitarist James Boyd. Music will range from the lute fantasias of John Dowland and the haunting writing of Benjamin Britten through to traditional music and sea songs, interwoven with poetry. Why not start your evening with a coastal supper on the terrace and a refreshing drink from our licensed bar? Food and drink available from 6pm.
Cost: £10 NWT members, £12 non – members (food and drink additional cost)
Booking essential. Contact: 01263 740008
10.30am -12.00pm meeting at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes Beach car park
Help us to clean up our shore to benefit coastal wildlife. There are always lots of exciting wildlife and mysterious marine objects to be found on the shore too. In the event of adverse weather please contact the visitor centre in advance to check for cancellations. All equipment provided.
Cost: Free
Contact: 01263 740008 or just turn up.
10.00am to 4.00pm at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
Yo ho ho! Some scurvy pirates have come to Frampton Marsh. Follow their tracks around the nature reserve and answer the questions about wildlife. If you give the right answers, you get to open their chest and claim their treasure! Sorry, no dogs.
Cost: £2.75 per child, RSPB members 20% off.
Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk or just turn up
11.00am to 3.00pm at Skegness Central Beach, near the pier with Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Ever wondered what lives under the waves of the North Sea? We’ll help you uncover some of its secrets without even having to get your toes wet. Come and see us by the pier at Skegness central beach and try out some of our watery activities: a scavenger hunt, shell quiz and marine life creature trays.
Cost: Free
Contact: gibeducation@lincstrust.co.uk or just turn up.
11.00am to 4.00pm meeting at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes
Free crafts and activities all day at the centre exploring the crazy underwater world and the animals that live in the deep blue sea. Including strandline scavenge and coastal creations events at the beach.
Cost: Crafts free. Beach activities £3 per child.
Contact: 01263 740008 or just turn up.
3.30pm to roughly 8.00pm meeting at Sluice Bridge, Witham Bank East, Boston.
This trip lasts roughly 4.5 hours and takes you through the Grand Sluice lock then downstream through historic Boston on the River Haven. We pass the Port, any commercial shipping and the fishing fleet on our way to the estuary and into the Wash. Finally, we nose up the River Welland to see the bold colony of seals as well as an abundance of birdlife before returning home. Whilst on board passengers can buy a hot drink and bacon butty from the galley, or treat yourself to a tipple from the bar.
Cost: Adult £20, OAP £18.50 and under 16’s £12.00.
Booking essential. Contact 07595 045387 or email info@bostonbelle.co.uk
6.30pm doors open and readings from 7.30pm finish at 9.00pm at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes
A relaxing evening of poetry and prose readings inspired by our stunning coastline, it’s landscape wildlife and culture. Poetry readings from Matthew Howard, Jonathan Ward and Joanna Guthrie.
Cost: £8 members, £10 non- members (Price includes one glass of Pimms & canapes. Pizza, additional food & drink available at an extra cost)
Booking advised. Contact: 01263 740008
10.00am to 4.00pm at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
Yo ho ho! Some scurvy pirates have come to Frampton Marsh. Follow their tracks around the nature reserve and answer the questions about wildlife. If you give the right answers, you get to open their chest and claim their treasure! Sorry, no dogs.
Cost: £2.75 per child, RSPB members 20% off.
Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk or just turn up.
10.00am to 5.00pm at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes
Throughout the festival there will be a stunning photograph exhibition in the education centre. Paul Sterry and Andrew Cleaves images bring to life the amazing creatures that live in our seas. Come and be transported to a world beneath the waves and along the ever-changing coastline.
Cost: Free.
Contact: 01263 740008 or just turn up.
First show 11.00am to 12.30pm and second show 2.30pm to 4.00pm at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes
The Norfolk Girl is a chapter from the children’s book The Mystery of Mystery Mist by local author Karen Crane. In this interactive puppet performance families will have the chance to bring the story alive and recreate a stormy evening at sea in their own fishing boat.
Cost: £4 children, adults free
Booking advised. Contact: 01263 740008
1.30pm to 4.00pm at Hunstanton, St Edmund’s Point (meet in car park by ticket machine)
Guided geological walk along the sea shore from the meeting point at Lighthouse Car Park, north to beach access point and then south around St Edmund’s Point to the Promenade. Visit website for full details: http://www.northfolk.org.uk. Wear/bring warm clothing and stout footwear. Hard hat not essential but is advised if collecting fossils on another occasion. There won’t be time enough to collect seriously on this walk. Children over 8 are welcome.
Cost: Tickets £6 (£3 child 8-18) paid to leader on the day.
Booking Essential. Contact: 01263 513992 / 07887 389804 www.northfolk.org.uk
10.00am to 12.30pm at Boston Barrier Hub
Pop down and listen to the Environment Agency present how the Boston Barrier is being built to help protect the region from tidal flooding
Cost: Free.
Booking essential. Contact: 01522 785986
10.00am to 4.00pm at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
Yo ho ho! Some scurvy pirates have come to Frampton Marsh. Follow their tracks around the nature reserve and answer the questions about wildlife. If you give the right answers, you get to open their chest and claim their treasure! Sorry, no dogs
Cost: £2.75 per child, RSPB members 20% off
Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk or just turn up.
10.00am to noon at Black Sluice Café, Boston
Ever wanted to know more about tidal flooding how it is forecast and used in flood warnings? Pop down to this free talk given by the Environment Agency to learn how it all works.
Cost: Free.
Booking Essential. 01522 785986
10.00am to 4.00pm at Blakeney Quay with the National Trust
Join us for some coastal fun. You can have a go at catching a crab. There will be wildlife ID sheets for you to take away and bug pots for you to borrow to try your hand at some bug hunting. We have also got binoculars you can use to spot the Blakeney wildlife.
Contact: 01485 211215 or just turn up.
10.00am to 11.00am and 2.00pm to 3.00pm at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
Will you sink or swim? Make a mini-raft from natural materials, then see if your design float. Sorry, no dogs.
Cost: £3.50 per child. RSPB members 20% off
Booking Essential. Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk
10.00am to 4.00pm at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
Yo ho ho! Some scurvy pirates have come to Frampton Marsh. Follow their tracks around the nature reserve and answer the questions about wildlife. If you give the right answers, you get to open their chest and claim their treasure! Sorry, no dogs.
Cost: £2.75 per child, RSPB members 20% off.
Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk or just turn up.
10.30am to 1.00pm at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes
Walk along the new footpath opened by Sir David Attenborough and discover the huge variety of wildlife along the way. The walk takes in reedbeds, grazing marsh, freshwater dykes and scrapes. NWT staff will describe the work involved in maintaining this fantastic habitat for wildlife.
Cost: £3.50 NWT members, £5 non-members.
Booking Essential. Contact: 01263 740008
7.00pm to 8.00pm at Marriott’s Warehouse, South Quay, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 5DT
A talk by local historian Dr Paul Richards about the historic importance of the Wash and its ports, and what the future holds.
Cost: Free.
Contact: 07582037301 or just turn up.
10.00am, 11.00am, 12.00am, 1.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm each for an hour session at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
What watery wildlife lurks in the weedy depths of our pond? Led by our expert, you’ll find out. Sorry, no dogs.
Cost: £3.50 per child. RSPB members 20% off
Booking Essential. Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk
10.00am to 4.00pm at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
Yo ho ho! Some scurvy pirates have come to Frampton Marsh. Follow their tracks around the nature reserve and answer the questions about wildlife. If you give the right answers, you get to open their chest and claim their treasure! Sorry, no dogs.
Cost: £2.75 per child, RSPB members 20% off
Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk or just turn up.
10.30am to 12.30pm at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes
The reserve is alive with wildlife in the summer, with birds singing, butterflies fluttering, fish swimming and colourful flowers on display. Join us searching for summer wildlife on the reserve. Cost: £4 children (accompanying adult free)
Booking Essential. Contact: 01263 740008
10.30am to 4.00pm at Brancaster Beach with the National Trust
Join us for some coastal fun. You can borrow a bucket and spade and make your very own wild art or fly a kite. We will have wildlife ID sheets for you to take away and see what you can spot and binoculars you can use whilst you are at the beach.
Contact: 01485 211215 or just turn up.
2.00pm to 3.30pm meeting at Lady Anne Drive, Holkham Estate.
Discover more about the wildlife off-shore from the clues that are found on Holkham Beach on an expert guided tour by Holkham Conservationist.
Cost: Free.
Contact: 01328 800730 or just turn up.
4.30pm to 5.45pm at Trues Yard Fisherfolk Museum, King’s Lynn
Screening of a fascinating 30-minute documentary made in 2016, featuring local community voices and their views about use and conservation of our shared seas. The film was made as part of the Common Ground community engagement project run by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) in partnership with the Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority. The film will be followed by a short presentation with a questions-and-answers session about the project and its outcomes led by the MCS.
Cost: Free
Booking Advised: 01553 770479 or just turn up.
7.00pm to 9.00pm at Long Sutton Market House, Lincolnshire PE12 9DD
An evening with Dinah Smith and Tammy Smalley illustrating the changes through time of the coastline of The Wash, how it relates to changes in culture and nature and what the future may hold. An illustrative talk with light refreshments.
Cost: Free.
Booking Advised: Contact Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust 01507 526667 or just turn up.
8.00am to 10.00am at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes
Experience the reserve at this peaceful time of day with a guided walk onto the marsh followed by a continental breakfast on the terrace, which has spectacular views across the reserve.
Cost: £10 NWT members, £12 non-members (price includes breakfast).
Booking Essential. Contact: 01263 740008
10.00am to 4.00pm at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
Yo ho ho! Some scurvy pirates have come to Frampton Marsh. Follow their tracks around the nature reserve and answer the questions about wildlife. If you give the right answers, you get to open their chest and claim their treasure! Sorry, no dogs.
Cost: £2.75 per child, RSPB members 20% off
Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk or just turn up.
11.00am to 4.00pm at Brancaster Beach with the National Trust
Join us for some coastal fun. You can borrow a bucket and spade and make your very own wild art or fly a kite. We will have wildlife ID sheets for you to take away and see what you can spot and binoculars you can use whilst you are at the beach.
Contact: 01485 211215 or just turn up.
11.00am to noon and 2.00pm to 3.00pm at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
Let your mini monsters meet ours! Led by our intrepid guide you’ll discover the miniature world of beetles, bees and bugs galore. Sorry, no dogs.
Cost: £3.50 per child. RSPB members 20% off. Booking essential.
Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk
11.00am to 3.00pm at Gibraltar Point with Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Ever wondered what lives under the waves of the North Sea? Come join us at our family drop-in day to encounter the wonderful creatures that call it home as you take part in sea dipping, a self-guided trail and make your own sea creatures to take home. Sign in at the Old Coastguard Station. Waterproof shoes must be worn for sea dipping.
Cost: £3 per child.
Contact: gibeducation@lincstrust.co.uk or just turn up.
11.00am to 3.00pm at Gibraltar Point with Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) will be at the Wildlife Trust reserve at Gibraltar point to talk to anyone with questions, concerns or just an interest in the marine environment and fisheries. We will also host an arts and craft activity for children to learn about what goes on in our marine environment.
Cost: Free.
Contact: gibeducation@lincstrust.co.uk or just turn up.
1.00pm to 2.00pm at Trues Yard Fisherfolk Museum
Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (IFCA) talk on our contribution to managing
fisheries to ensure healthy seas, sustainable fishing and a viable industry. Managing fishing activity requires a balanced approach to ensure the tapestry of our inshore communities are preserved whilst maintaining a robust and resilient marine environment which can be enjoyed by all.
Cost: Free.
Booking Advised: Contact: 01553 770479 or just turn up.
2.00pm to 4.00pm meeting at Shep Whites Car Park, Holbeach St. Matthew (PE12 8EQ)
Join local Lincolnshire marsh man Graham Wall and take in the scenery with a guided tour of The Wash seawall and green marsh. Must be reasonably fit and wear wellies or walking boots.
Cost: Free. Booking essential.
Contact: 07768 981387
4.30pm to 5.45pm at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes Visitor Centre
Screening of a fascinating 30-minute documentary made in 2016, featuring local community voices and their views about use and conservation of our shared seas. The film was made as part of the Common Ground community engagement project run by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) in partnership with the Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority. The film will be followed by a short presentation with a questions-and-answers session about the project and its outcomes led by the MCS.
Cost: Free.
Booking Advised. Contact: 01263 740008 or just turn up.
10.00am to 12.30pm at Witham 4th Internal Drainage Board, 47 Norfolk Street, Boston PE21 6PP
Presentation on how partnership working has supported the local IDB to lead a sea defence improvement scheme.
Cost: Free.
Booking Essential. Contact: 01205 310099
10.00am, 11.00am, 12.00am, 1.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm each for an hour session at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
What watery wildlife lurks in the weedy depths of our pond? Led by our expert, you’ll find out. Sorry, no dogs.
Cost: £3.50 per child. RSPB members 20% off
Booking Essential. Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk
10.00am to 4.00pm at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
Yo ho ho! Some scurvy pirates have come to Frampton Marsh. Follow their tracks around the nature reserve and answer the questions about wildlife. If you give the right answers, you get to open their chest and claim their treasure! Sorry, no dogs.
Cost: £2.75 per child, RSPB members 20% off
Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk or just turn up.
10.30am to 12.30pm meeting at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes
We will be looking out for wildlife, collecting natural materials and creating masterpieces inspired by nature on our reserve.
Cost: £4 children (accompanying adult free).
Booking Essential. Contact: 01263 740008
12.30pm to 2.00pm at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Holme Dunes
Why not come and join in with a strandline scavenge to find natural materials before using them to decorate your own coastal creations. We’ll be there to tell you if you are using a razor shell for fins or angle wing clams as fingers.
Cost: £3 NWT members, £3.50 non-members. Non-member car park fee applies.
Booking Essential. Contact: 01603 625540
2.00pm to 4.00pm meeting at Shep Whites Car Park, Holbeach St. Matthew (PE12 8EQ)
Join local Lincolnshire marsh man Graham Wall and take in the scenery with a guided tour of The Wash seawall and green marsh. Must be reasonably fit and wear wellies or walking boots.
Cost: Free Booking essential
Contact: 07768 981387
3.00pm to 4.30pm meeting at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Holme Dunes
We will be plunging for prawns and dunking for dabs, as we go sea dipping at NWT Holme Dunes. Once we come ashore, you will be amazed by the secrets of the sea. No need for swimming costumes, we will be the ones getting wet. Please arrive 15 mins early to sign up. Please wear suitable waterproof footwear
Cost: £3 NWT members, £3.50 non-members. Non-member car park fee applies.
Booking Essential.
Contact: 01603 625540
4.30pm to 5.45pm at Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Gibraltar Point Visitor Centre
Screening of a fascinating 30-minute documentary made in 2016, featuring local community voices and their views about use and conservation of our shared seas. The film was made as part of the Common Ground community engagement project run by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) in
partnership with the Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority. The film will be followed by a short presentation with a questions-and-answers session about the project and its outcomes led by the MCS.
Cost: Free.
Booking Advised. gibeducation@lincstrust.co.uk or just turn up.
10.00am to 5.00pm at North Creake Abbey Barn, Burnham Road, North Creake, NR21 9LF
Maritime heritage displays including a wooden crab boat, short films, family activities and a special film ‘Lucy Lavers return to Dunkirk – 75 years’ shown at noon and at 3.00pm. Local lifeboat Lucy Lavers was restored and returned to Dunkirk in 2015 by Charity Rescue Wooden Boats.
Cost: £7.50 per ticket to see film ‘Lucy Lavers return to Dunkirk’ other activities are free.
Booking essential for the film. Contact Wells Tourist Information Centre 01328 710885 or www. rescuewoodenboats.com
10.00am to 4.00pm at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
Yo ho ho! Some scurvy pirates have come to Frampton Marsh. Follow their tracks around the nature reserve and answer the questions about wildlife. If you give the right answers, you get to open their chest and claim their treasure! Sorry, no dogs.
Cost: £2.75 per child, RSPB members 20% off.
Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk or just turn up
10.30am to 3.30pm at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes
Award winning local photographer Paul Richards leads this workshop designed to pass on his experience in his search to take better pictures of nature on the doorstep. The workshop will start with a short- illustrated presentation running through the A-Z of nature photography. The rest of the day will involve putting the principles into practice by going out and about to findand photograph local wildlife. Be prepared to get down and dirty facing your subject matter at eye level. Zoom or telephoto lenses with close-up facility will be useful.
Cost: Cost: £22 NWT members, £26 non-members.
Booking essential. Contact: 01263 740008
2.30pm to 17.30pm meeting at National Trust Sheringham Park
The chalk reefs at Sheringham are one of the UK’s marine biodiversity hot-spots. Rob Spray and Dawn Watson have pioneered diving on the reef and will lead a classroom session focusing on the crustaceans, molluscs and fish that can be found around the Norfolk coast. We will then head down to the shore at low tide for some ‘rock pooling’. This workshop is part of a partnership programme between Norfolk Wildlife Trust and the National Trust.
Cost: £17
Booking Essential at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/sheringham-park
10.00am to 10.45am at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
What night-time fliers flutter around Frampton. Join us as we open the moth traps to see the nocturnal nature caught within.
Cost: Free, donations welcome
Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk or just turn up.
2.00pm to 4.00pm at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
Come for a gentle saunter and see some seasonal wildlife. What will we spot? We never know! Join us to find out. Sorry, no dogs. Bring binoculars if you have a pair.
Cost: £4 per adult, £2 per child. RSPB members 20% off
Booking Essential. Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk
10.00am to 4.00pm at RSPB Frampton Marsh, Lincolnshire
Yo ho ho! Some scurvy pirates have come to Frampton Marsh. Follow their tracks around the nature reserve and answer the questions about wildlife. If you give the right answers, you get to open their chest and claim their treasure! Sorry, no dogs.
Cost: £2.75 per child, RSPB members 20% off
Contact: 01205 724678 or email lincolnshirewashreserves@rspb.org.uk or just turn up.
10.30am to 12.30pm at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes
If you are new to birdwatching and want to learn more about birds, no matter what your age, join us for a walk onto the reserve with the chance to see marsh harriers, avocets, little egrets and many more. Binoculars can be provided.
Cost: £3.50 NWT members, £5 non-members.
Booking Essential. Contact: 01263 740008
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