The problem with bird watching is that you cannot always see them. Last Saturday The Wild Watch taught us to use our ears instead, with a range of different sound-based activities for children.  

A violin played us  the tunes of owls, wood pigeons, doves...

The Labyrinth had come to Knaresborough the day we went to visit. The pathway down towards Mother Shipton's magic waters was populated by a shy Gruffalo type creature, a knight and the Goblin King by the bog of eternal stench. Needless to say,, kids loved it.

There is a...

 All the fun of the fair without huge crowds! We could not have wished for better luck when we visited Lightwater Valley during half term.

A stroll around grassy parkland shaded in part by cedar trees took us to pirate land, angry birds, an old fashioned fairground, mi...

There is definitely something other-worldly about a visit to Stump Cross Caverns.  Driving up onto the moorland, we entered what seemed like a different dimension: misty and cool after the clear of the valley.  

Beneath the ground, the children could not help...