Discover events in Dumfries & Galloway – South West Scotland

Put a Spring in Your Step at Mersehead (guided walk)

RSPB Mersehead Southwick, Scotland, United Kingdom

BOOKING ESSENTIAL Spring is in the air, and the ground, and water! It is all around and if not yet awake, just beginning to show signs. Walk with our guide and get to see, hear and smell nature as it springs into life. With bird songs, wildflowers and early pollinating insects alongside winter visitors like […]

£3.25 – £6.75

Event Series Svalbard to The Solway Story Trail

Svalbard to The Solway Story Trail

RSPB Mersehead Southwick, Scotland, United Kingdom

Family event (aimed at 5-11 year olds but grown-ups may be required to take part too). Takes place daily from 10am to 4pm, when visitor centre is open and staffed. Booking not required, just drop in any time. Meet Bart (the Barnacle Goose) and read his story along this short trail, about how his family […]

£3.00

Svalbard to The Solway Story Trail at Mersehead

RSPB Mersehead Southwick, Scotland, United Kingdom

Booking not required, just drop in to take part when visitor centre is open. Family event (aimed at 5-11 year olds but grown-ups may be required to take part too). Takes place daily from 10am to 4pm, when visitor centre is open and staffed. Meet Bart (the Barnacle Goose) and read his story along this […]

£3.00

Forest School

RSPB Mersehead Southwick, Scotland, United Kingdom

Join us for another one of our popular Forest School events. Limited places are available for primary aged school children. Each workshop costs £5 per child. Parents and guardians are welcome to stay but not necessary. Suitable clothing and footwear for outside play are essential. Please email mersehead@rspb.org.uk to reserve a space or for further […]

Forest School Booking Essential

RSPB Mersehead Southwick, Scotland, United Kingdom

Join us for another one of our popular Forest School events. Limited places are available for primary aged school children. Each workshop costs £5 per child. Parents and guardians are welcome to stay but not necessary. Suitable clothing and footwear for outside play are essential. Please email mersehead@rspb.org.uk to reserve a space or for further […]

£5.00

Badger Banquet at Mersehead

RSPB Mersehead Southwick, Scotland, United Kingdom

BOOKING ESSENTIAL. There are charges for this event, so please check the ticket office at: https://events.rspb.org.uk/events/57664 Feast your eyes on badgers, as they snuffle around for a snack in our garden. These creatures are living on the reserve and often leave tracks and signs along our trails but close views can be a challenge. Watch […]

£5.75 – £12.75

Svalbard to the Solway Story Trail at Mersehead

RSPB Mersehead Southwick, Scotland, United Kingdom

Part of the #WildGooseFestival2023. Meet Bart (the Barnacle Goose) and read his story along this self-led, short activity trail about how his family try to survive life as wild geese. Collect an activity booklet and pencil at our visitor centre and then head to places along the marked trail. Warning, some activities will require grown-up […]

£3

Great British Beach Clean

RSPB Mersehead Southwick, Scotland, United Kingdom

RSPB Mersehead are joining forces with D & G Eco Warriors as part of the Great British Clean to Beach Clean our shore and need your help! We will be meeting at the Sulwath Centre at 10am at RSPB Mersehead Nature Reserve. Litter pickers and bags provided. RSPB Mersehead Nature Reserve Southwick, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire. DG2 […]

Summer Family Fun Day at Mersehead

RSPB Mersehead Southwick, Scotland, United Kingdom

A day of FAMILY FUN here at Mersehead, with various activities for children (and a few adults too). This is a fun day for all the family, discovering and getting outdoors. Get busy in the 'Badgers Corner' on the swings or slide, scurry through tunnels in the badger sett or be creative in the sandpit […]

Community Forest Bathing & Well-being Walk at Mersehead

RSPB Mersehead Southwick, Scotland, United Kingdom

Come along to our Walk on Saturday 3rd June, meeting outside the visitor centre at 1:30pm. Learn medicinal facts about things that grow as we walk around the reserve. The route will follow our 4km coastal trail which will involve walking through the woods and onto the beach. We will practice forest bathing a process […]

£4 – £5