Go Wild on Grabbist with us!

Date posted: 15/06/12

Tags: Discover Moorland , Reaching Out, Promoting Exmoor's Ponies, Moorkeepers,

Go Wild on Grabbist
10am - 4pm, Saturday 16 June 2012, Dunster, Somerset.

Join us for a FREE fun-packed day for all ages! Discover the amazing Grabbist Ridge, between Dunster and Minehead, which has breath-taking views across Exmoor and the coast.

Our base camp is Dunster National Park Centre - where we have free welcome activities and guided eco walks to Grabbist departing throughout the day.

• Activities including minibeast hunts and Ranger-led walks throughout the day
• Be a 'wildlife detective' with the Nettlecombe Wildlife Watch Club
• Meet a real Exmoor Pony with expert Linzi Green from the Moorland Mousie Trust
• Listen to the Storyteller, David Oliver
• Speak with prehistory re-enactors about the ancient Iron Age site

Light refreshments available. The Dunster Lunch Box will be selling ice cream butterflies especially for the event, and there is a wide range of other outlets in the town.

Rangers from the Crown Estate, the National Trust, and Exmoor National Park Authority will be on hand. Exmoor Conservation Volunteers are kindly helping run the event alongside all the organisations involved. Grabbist Ridge is part of a moorland area where we hope to sponsor a Moorkeeper as part of the Heart of Exmoor scheme. The moorland and coastal heath around here is special for its moorland farming, Exmoor Ponies (on North Hill nearby) and wildlife such as Buzzard, Dartford Warbler, bats, Badger, foxgloves, whortleberry, Glow-worm beetles and the very rare Heath Fritillary butterfly.

Date: 16th June 2012
Time: 10am - 4pm
Booking: No need. It's FREE.
Dogs allowed: Yes
Public transport: No
Grade: stroll

Contact: 01643 821835 or 07875 565823.
Location: Dunster National Park Centre is marked with a big 'i' on the Event Locations Map.

STOP PRESS: photos on our blog : )