A midwinter nature challenge
12 Days Wild is our festive nature challenge, encouraging you to do one wild thing a day from the 25th December to the 5th January each year. In those quiet days between Christmas and New Year, winter wildlife is just waiting to be explored! Your wild acts could be little things to help nature - like recycling your Christmas tree or feeding the birds – or ways to connect to the natural world, like taking in the calm of stargazing.
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A small flock of Juvenile Common / Eurasian cranes (Grus grus), released by the Great Crane Project onto the Somerset Levels and Moors, running to take off from frozen, snow covered pastureland on a foggy winter morning. Somerset, UK, December 2010. - Nick Upton/2020VISION/naturepl.com
Where to see wildlife in the winter
What will you find?
teasel by Amy Lewis
Have an eco-Christmas
Tips for a greener festive season
Andrew Parkinson/2020VISION
Fundraise for nature
Help save wildlife
Zsuzsanna Bird
Go on a winter walk
Your next adventure awaits
Danny Green/2020VISION
Spot winter wildlife
5 festive things to see
Milky Way Wingletang St Agnes - Ed Marshall
Go stargazing
Eyes to the skies
Try wild winter crafts
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©Amy Lewis
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