 Easter Wild Days open for booking
This upcoming Easter school holiday, we will continue offering the popular Wild Days Holiday Club to your young ones at Dinton Pastures Country Park.
Designed for all aged eight to 13 years, the half-day holiday club sessions will be run from 3 to 6 April (Monday to Thursday) and 11 to 14 April (Tuesday to Friday).
There will be two activities in each session. We have recently added fencing to the wide range of land and water activities that participants can choose to take part in. Other activities include indoor climbing, archery, raft building, kayaking and stand-up paddle boarding and more.
Each session costs £30 per person. Book early as places are filling fast.
 Junior Sailing Weeks are back
Young people will soon be able to set sail again at Dinton Pastures, with the Junior Sailing Weeks returning for the Easter holiday.
We will be running the full Royal Yachting Association (RYA) Youth Sailing Scheme for ages eight to 13 years during the weeks of 3 and 11 April.
There are a total of four stages under the RYA scheme. If your child doesn't have any experience in sailing but is interested in having a try, you can sign them up to the stage one programme, which introduces the basic principles of dinghy sailing.
Experienced participants can progress through the RYA syllabus to more advanced modules by joining the stage two to four programmes.
Each stage of the Junior Sailing Week programme has four sessions and costs £290 per week.
To find out more or book a place, visit Dinton Activity Centre website.
 Archery for Easter weekend only
Dinton Activity Centre will offer archery taster sessions during the coming Easter long weekend.
You don’t need to have any previous experience to join a session. The bows we use are suitable for junior or adult beginners. Our professional team will teach you how to shoot a bow and arrow, and provide you with tips and technique through competition and games.
You can book the activity as part of a party with your family and friends. Children aged six or above can also take part when accompanied by a paying adult.
To learn more or book a session, visit Dinton Activity Centre website.
 Owls are back
Barn owls are on the rise in Wokingham Borough after decades of decline, thanks to a long-running conservation scheme which we support.
In the 20 years since the Wokingham Borough Barn Owl Project was launched, the number of local breeding pairs is thought to have increased about four times to at least 20 – with 280 chicks fledged over the same period, an average of 14 a year.
That’s a great sign for the environment as barn owls are a “key indicator” species, meaning their health reflects similar patterns in other animals, plants and fungi. It shows the borough is playing its part in an ongoing increase in barn owls nationally.
The project, run in partnership with the Barn Owl Conservation Network, Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership (BVCP) and others, has successfully aimed to grow the local population by setting up nest boxes and keeping an eye on numbers.
The boxes are surveyed annually and the data is shared with national charities to help them see the bigger picture.
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