Nature activities

Award-winning astrophotographer Josh Dury gives his top tips on taking the perfect night sky photo.

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A sensory garden is all about plants that stimulate your five basic senses – sight, smell, sound, touch and taste.

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Help butterflies in this hot weather by hanging a feeder in your garden or on your windowsill.

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Give feathered friends a safe place to roost and nest.

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To celebrate National Tree Week, get out and about and become a seed planter.

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Protect your amphibian friends from the cold this winter.

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Preserve your precious artefacts using plaster of Paris.

Spot a glorious sunset or atmospheric thunderstorm? Take amazing pictures of the elements with this simple guide to weather photography. 

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Put creepy-crawlies' instincts to the test.

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Take part in one of the UK's biggest citizen science projects.

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Track the health of the nation's urban trees.

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Collect some frogspawn from a local pond and watch as the tadpoles emerge and turn into young frogs.

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Food is scarce over winter, so give your local birds a helping hand with this easy-to-make seed teacup.

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These "super cool" decorations are perfect for hanging outdoors.

Learn the skills of a Stone Age hunter-gatherer.

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It may still be cold outside, but wrap up warm and get involved.

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Make the most of the longer evenings this autumn and winter,

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Celebrate National Tree Week with this simple project.

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Get out in nature and help champion UK trees.

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Search out your slimy neighbours in the name of science.

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Discover which minibeasts are lurking near you.

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Watch worms at work.

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Challenge your family or friends to grow the tallest sunflowers.

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Rock on this summer - and use these tips for our summer Scavenger Hunt.

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Adopt and care for a local stretch of coastline.

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Why not veg out this summer? Growing your own fresh food is delicious and good for your health, too.

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Protect your local coastline from tiny pellets of plastic.

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Use science to dominate every conker game this autumn.

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Attract feathered visitors with this easy feeding station.

Look after your local birds by making them a calorie-packed snack.

Bring summer inside by creating a fragrant mini-garden on your windowsill.

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Get to know your local bug life with a handy homemade device, called a pooter.

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Preserve your favourite blooms for years to come with this simple technique.

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Make your windowsill or garden a happy place for insects with a bug hotel.

Make a cosy home for butterflies and help protect the insects.

Build an ancient clock that tells the time using the Sun.

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Embark on an adventure and build your own compass.

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Make flowers change colour and discover how water moves up through a plant.

Create your own miniature rainforest world that recycles its own water.

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Unpredictable weather can mean more cloudy nights than usual, but when the skies clear, grab this map and a torch, and get outside to see the stars.

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No need to be a storm chaser, experiment with static electricity to generate your own lightning bolt.

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Make your own disc-shaped journal to keep track of what you see next year.

Give your friends and family the gift of flowers with these DIY plantable cards.

In this fun activity, you can turn a tiny acorn into a mighty oak.

Give all sorts of creatures somewhere cosy to shelter this winter.

Get mucky with this exciting new project, which in turn will produce food for vital insects.

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Be kind to nature this month and help wildlife, both at home and abroad.

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Join the Big Butterfly Count and help save your local flying insects.

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