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30 Days Wild Challenge
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Now in its 5th year, the WILDLIFE TRUST'S 30 Days Wild campaign challenges you to complete 30 simple, fun and exciting Random Acts of Wildness every day in June...
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Take up the 30 Days Wild challenge and complete a Random Act of Wildness every day in June
Start your day the wild way on Tuesday 1 June with butterflies, bagels, worms, waffles, toads and toast for the UK’s biggest nature challenge – 30 Days Wild! The Wildlife Trusts invite the nation to join the Big Wild Breakfast, a new, outdoor, celebration to kickstart the UK’s most popular nature extravaganza – 30 Days Wild.
The 30 Days Wild annual challenge from The Wildlife Trusts has had more than a million participants to date – a record 650,000 people took part in 2020 alone. Every year, people sign up to do a ‘random act of wildness’ every day for 30 days in June. Popular activities include listening to birdsong, taking wildlife photographs and planting seeds. 30 Days Wild is proven to boost your health, happiness and sense of connection to nature. across the UK – is asking everyone to kick-start their own challenge with a Big Wild Breakfast outdoors on 1 June and then keep life wild for the whole month.
The Wildlife Trusts invite everyone to see how much wildlife they can spot in just 30 minutes – it’s a breakfast bio-blitz!
REGISTER TO TAKE PART IN 30 DAYS WILD & GET A FREE:
• Big Wild Breakfast nature ‘bingo’ placemat to download • Bundle of educational & fun resources • Top technical tips from wildlife webcam experts • Details on how to record your breakfast bio-blitz nature spots • Wildlife guides, how-to guides, a fun quiz event & much more
If you sign up for 30 Days Wild they send you free activities to try. There’s a pack of wild ideas with options for schools, care homes and businesses to take part too. Thousands of people share top tips and inspiration via the 30 Days Wild Facebook and Twitter communities; you can share your daily Random Acts of Wildness photos and wild places using the hashtag #30DaysWild on social media.
• wildlifetrusts.org/30dayswild
You could go on a nature hike...
RANDOM ACTS OF WILDNESS IDEAS
• Exercise outdoors • Follow a bee • Make an insect hotel • Plant some wildflower seeds • Sketch something from nature • Attempt a plastic free day • Go on a bug hunt • Listen to some birdsong • Get up early and watch the sunrise • Stay up late and stargaze • Go on a nature hike • Identify a wildflower • Walk barefoot • Do some wildlife photography • Watch a wildlife camera (wildlifetrusts.org/webcams) • Go pond dipping • Go on a mini litter pick • Hug a tree • Do a bark rub picture • Go to the beach • Splash in a puddle • Lie on the grass and look out for shapes in the clouds • Do a birdwatch & count how many different birds you see • Read a wildlife-inspired story, blog or poem • Have a picnic!
TOP WILDLIFE TIPS FROM MONTY DON
"Preserving our wildlife starts at home. Gardens are not just the easiest way to watch a huge and fascinating range of wildlife but also desperately important in providing habitats for species that are otherwise under threat.
Making our gardens wildlifefriendly is easy and fun - and makes a huge difference. The three most important things everyone can do are:
• Stop using any insecticides, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, slug pellets or sprays. Instead of - fruitlessly - trying to kill so-called ‘pests’ encourage predators such as blackbirds, frogs and hedgehogs into your garden and they will do the work for you.
• Create plenty of cover. This includes long grass for insects and small mammals; climbers, shrubs, hedges and trees for nesting birds and piles of leaves, logs and bug ‘hotels’ for insects.
• Add some water to your garden. It does not have to be big or grand to make a huge difference. Just a small pond with marginal planting to provide cover, a shallow ‘beach’ for easy access and some stones and perhaps an old log in the water to perch on. Dragonflies, frogs, bats and birds will love it - and so will you."
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