Sunday 14th July 2019 starting at 10am

Walk for Parkinsons offers a 2 mile walk or a 12mile walk to rase funds for Parkinsons UK. The walks start and end at Lake Vyrnwy Hotel and Spa and regustration costs £15 for adults and £7.50 for under 16s. Please register on the web site

Saturday 20^th July 1pm - 3pm

Shearing on the farm Adults £10 £5 Children £5 (with discounts for RSPB members)

Watch our expert sheep shearer as he gets to grips with removing our sheep's woolly coats.  Learn about shearing and processing the wool from our Welsh mountain sheep and how farming and wildlife can go hand in hand with each other. You can even join in by wrapping some wool....it's great for your skin! If you've been on our lambing events, this is the next step in the process and you'll love it just as much!

Booking is essential with RSPB Lake Vyrnwy Shop on 01691 870278.

Telephone: 01691 870278

Sunday 21st July 2019, 12 noon – 10 p.m. 

A day of Country Music at the historic Workhouse, set in beautiful Mid-Wales countryside. Featuring some top performers including The Most Ugly Child, Hannah Johnson and the Broken Hearts, Little Folk, Cinder Hill, Blue Genes, Lars Pluto and the Reavers, Tom Wright, Megan Lee, Josh Beddis…   Food and drink, free parking, gardens to relax in, Workhouse History Centre to visit.  Access from the A490, half a mile east of Llanfyllin.  Event in aid of the Llanfyllin Dolydd Building Preservation Trust. 

Day tickets £10, under-tens free, available at the gate.

Address: Y Dolydd, The Workhouse, Llanfyllin SY22 5LD

24^th July 2019 11am - 2pm

Child  £5 (WEX £4)

Remember to bring your wellies for day of muddy madness! As mud detectives, we will be finding out who’s been leaving tracks in the soil, cooking up a storm in the mud kitchen and discovering dirt dwellers!

Booking essential witRSPB Lake Vyrnwy on 01691 870278

Telephone: 01691 870278

31^st July2019  –  11am – 2pm

Children  £5  (WEX £4)

Create a bee haven by making a bee water station or a bee house, before buzzing along the bumblebee bingo trail! Bee sure to keep an eye out for the queen!

Booking essential with RSPB Lake Vyrnwy on 01691 870278

Telephone: 01691 870278

1^st August 2019 – 11am

£10 Adult £5 Children with discounts for RSPB Members

Interested in nature and wildlife? Learning Welsh? Then join our warden for a woodland guided walk with a pit stop at the hide, all through the medium of Welsh.....well almost. He'll take it at a pace you're happy with....maybe you just want to learn the bird names in Welsh or perhaps you'd like to practice your Welsh language skills and chat a bit more about nature and wildlife with our warden.....either way, he'll be more than happy to tweak it to whichever level your comfy with. Our own Welsh learning warden will be assisting too to help fine tune his own skills.

Booking essential with RSPB Lake Vyrnwy on 01691 870278

Telephone: 01691 870278

3^rd/4^th/31^st August 2019 – 10.30am – 4pm

Get some hands-on advice about binoculars and telescopes from our friendly, impartial team. Have the chance to try them outdoors. Free event.

Telephone: 01691 870278

3^rd August 2019 - 11am – 1pm

£15pp or £12 RSPB members

Come and immerse yourselves in a nature-based wellness experience at RSPB Lake Vyrnwy. Forest bathing, or being in the presence of trees, is a Japanese practice known as 'shinrin-yoku' that can boost the immune system, decrease stress and lower blood pressure. The two-hour session will be run by an experienced practitioner, who will guide you to relax and connect with the natural world via mindfulness, grounding and the use of the senses.

Booking essential with RSPB Lake Vyrnwy on 01691 870278

Telephone: 01691 870278

7^th August 2019 - 11am – 2pm

£5/child (£4 WEX)

Plant a sunflower seed or make a wildflower bomb to take home and watch it grow! We’ll be going on a wonderful wildflower walk, what will we see? We’ll also be making a plant-tastic sun hat!

Booking essential at RSPB Lake Vyrnwy.

Telephone: 01691 870278

10^th & 24^th August 2019 - 11am to 12.30pm at the Community Centre

£7 per person or £5 RSPB Members

Ever fancied yourself as a Pirate? Musketeer or Jedi? or perhaps a Ninja? Using plastic training swords, an experienced fencing coach will guide you on how to: to move, attack and defend yourself. Then you will have the opportunity to put these skills into practise and battle!

Fencing is an excellent workout for the body and mind, it can also be a stress reliever, as the mind is focused on the sword fighting game and the body is producing feel-good endorphins as you become fully immersed in the moment of the challenge.

Booking essential with RSPB Lake Vyrnwy.

Contact: 01691 870278

14^th August 2019 - 11am - 2pm

£5 per child (£4 WEX)

We’ll be setting up a butterfly and bug feeding station with their favourite tasty treat! Next let’s shake a tree- what will we see? We’ll also be making fluttering butterfly and wiggly caterpillar puppets!

Booking essential with RSPB Lake Vyrnwy.

Telephone: 01691 870278

21^st August 2019 - 11am – 2pm

£5 per child (£4 WEX)

Learn all about the giants of the forest… Join us for planting trees, identifying leaves, leaf printing and making pinecone bird feeders!

Booking essential at RSPB Lake Vyrnwy

Telephone: 01691 870278

24^th August 2019 – 8.30pm

Adults £10, Children £5 with discounts for RSPB members

Join us for an evening walk to look at Vyrnwy’s bats in their various habitats, and also to visit a moth trap and identify some moths. Find out why these amazing creatures make Lake Vyrnwy their home and what you can do to help. Anti-midge stuff recommended. Children are more than welcome but it will be a late finish!

Booking essential at RSPB Lake Vyrnwy.

Telephone: 01691 870278

28^th August 2019 - 11am – 2pm

£5 per child (£4 WEX)

Learn all about our nocturnal friends: meet marvellous moths, make owl-vision glasses, discover what owls eat and test your knowledge with the big bat quiz!

Booking essential with RSPB Lake Vyrnwy.

Telephone: 01691 870278

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Other events in the area can be found on the Llanwddyn Events web site. Press "view more" for further details.