Wild & Green's round up of some great countryside and wildlife events in the UK in 2012:
January
*Winter Walks, National Trust
http://beta.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/activities/walking/
*Festival of Winter Walks, Ramblers
http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/events/Festivals/winterwalks
*RSPB’s Big Garden Bird Watch
www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/
April
*Dumfries & Galloway Wildlife Festival
www.wildlifefestival.org.uk
* Earth Day
www.earthday.org
May
*International Dawn Chorus Day
http://www.idcd.info/
*Mull & Iona Wildlife Week
www.wildisles.co.uk
*Scottish Birdfair, Hopetoun House, West Lothian
www.scottishbirdfair.org.uk
* RX Wildlife Sussex
http://rxwildlife.org.uk/rx-wildlife-festival-2011/
* Springwatch on BBC TV
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/uk/
June
*Wildlife Festival Barnstaple, Devon
www.devonwildlifetrust.org/wildlife-festival/
* Green Tourism Week
www.greentourismweek.co.uk/
* Springwatch on BBC TV
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/uk/
*Wild About Gairloch
http://www.wildaboutgairloch.com/
July
* Bristol Festival of Nature
www.bnhc.org.uk
*Shetland Nature Festival
www.shetlandnaturefestival.co.uk
*Big Butterfly Count
www.bigbutterflycount.org/
August
*British Bird Fair, Rutland
www.birdfair.org.uk/
*National Forest Wood Fair, Leicestershire
www.nationalforest.org
Autumn
*Walk With Us, National Trust Walking Festival
http://beta.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/activities/walking/walking-festival/
*Perthshire Autumn Festival – Sep to Dec
www.pitlochryautumnfestival.co.uk/
* British Tree Week
www.britishtreeweek.co.uk/
* Wild Connections, Perthshire
www.wildconnections.org.uk/
*Wild Seasons, Dumfries & Galloway
www.wildseasons.co.uk
*Winter Walks, National Trust (Dec/Jan)
http://beta.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/activities/walking/
*Festival of Winter Walks, Ramblers (Dec/Jan)
http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/events/Festivals/winterwalks
All Year Round Events:
*Forestry Commission – runs wildlife watching, flower spotting and many other events at forests all over the country. Find details of events near you by visiting: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/whatson
*National Parks – the Association of National Parks Authority in the UK lists details of events happening in the 15 parks in the UK all year round, including walks, talks and community/farmers’ markets
http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/visiting/events.htm
* RSPB - runs a varied programme of wildlife watching events all over the country:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/events/watching_wildlife.aspx
*UK Rivers Network – runs events all over the country, giving people the chance to get involved with UK waterways, discover wildlife, and volunteer for conservation days/ projects
http://www.ukrivers.net/wiki/doku.php?id=forthcoming_river_events_in_the_uk_and_ireland
* Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucs - runs a varied programme of events throughout the year which include wildflower walks, British native trees walk, it’s also recognised as one of the best places to catch the autumn colours
http://www.forestry.gov.uk/westonbirt
*Wildlife Trusts – the subgroups of the Wildlife Trusts run events all over the country, more info at:


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