Friday 11th September schedule:
10:00 – 13:00
Meeting at the Haydon Que Club, Kilmersdon Road
Walk Leaders – Jess
We’ll begin with a gentle wander into the batch, pausing at the stone circle for a short summer solstice meditation. This is a chance to slow down, tune into our senses, and really arrive in the landscape. If you’d like, walk leader Jess can also draw a nature-inspired oracle card for you. From here, we’ll enjoy a varied route over the batch and through wooded areas, before descending into the peaceful Waterside Valley and continuing on towards Radstock. We’ll stop at Swallow Café, where there’s the option to treat yourself to a coffee and cake.
A Nature Walk on Haydon Batch – Wildlife Index Programme
14:00 – 16:30
Haydon Batch, meeting at the Que Club entrance off Kilmersdon Road
Walk Leaders – Poppy
A walk and talk by an ecologist, Poppy, to learn more about the West of England Combined Authority Wildlife Index programme and the wildlife the ecologist has recorded over the summer.
Bat Walk – Night Flyers of the Somer Valley
19:00 – 21:00
Taking place in Midsomer Norton Town Park, Meeting outside the Town Park Entrance on Gullock Tyning
Walk Leaders – Steve England
Starting with a brief talk about bat ecology and conservation we will head into Waterside Valley for a gentle stroll around the meadows and along the river looking and listening out for different bat species. We will use bat detectors to pick up the bats echolocations and work out what species we have recorded.