Last Sunday we headed up to the area of silver birch trees by Goosander Hide with our Young Naturalists to have a go at making besom brooms. The group felled a small tree each, then removed all the side branches and top, cut the pole to size and bundled the twigs together before binding them to the pole.
It was a lovely activity to do in the sunshine and they really enjoyed it. I hope a lot of sweeping went on this week!
Before heading back to the Centre we popped into Goosander Hide and were delighted to get really good views of a kingfisher. Thank you to Alan Burnett who was in the hide at the same time and very kindly shared his photos with us:
Kingfisher by Alan Burnett
Kingfisher by Alan Burnett
After lunch we cooked toffee apples over the campfire, which did take a bit of getting going, and they tasted scrummy!
Cooking toffee apples over the slightly smoky campfire
Our Young Naturalists group is kindly supported by the Cameron Bespolka Trust.
Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve 