We were back at Wollaton Hall and Deer Park today, this time meeting up with lots of other HE folks for Wildlife Watch Group rather than just the family. We had the adventure of going by bus, as the car was in for a service, so that took nearly an hour, as we had to change buses in town.
We were talking about adaptation and after a game outside matching up different adaptations with different animals, we went inside to draw animals and to think about why they are the way they are, in other words how they have adapted to their habitat. M drew a zebra and a cheetah and K drew the baby leopard, although neither was particularly inclined to consider the question of adaptation. Ho hum!
After a half hour break for lunch, we met back up and went for a walk down to the lake. We were going to do the same again but for the living residents, but due to the drizzle decided to go for a walk around the lake instead.
Both girls enjoyed playing with friends varying in ages from about 4 to 12 and adults. K also went off by herself for a while to be 'a grown up explorer' in the bushes and undergrowth.
No trip to Wollaton is complete without a trip to the climbing tree, so after the group broke up, quite a number headed there and the tree was considerably more crowded than on Sunday!
By mid-afternoon there were 3 adults and 4 children left and we retired to the café to recharge. Before leaving we had a look at a room behind one of the shops, that we hadn't realised was there, which has native wildlife displays. We will be returning with our British bird book to make sure we were right about what some of them were!
We had such a good time that we had to dash for the bus to get home in time for K's ballet lesson!
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