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Trails, bales and snails Ideas to get kids outside, and having fun in, the natural world. In 2025 undertaking the 365 day nature play challenge.

Daily posts with ideas to get kids interacting with the natural world. More detailed blogs can be found at trailsbalesandsnails.co.uk

24/05/2026

How have we not found these before? Definitely a nature challenge. Fun!
23/05/2026

How have we not found these before? Definitely a nature challenge. Fun!

23/05/2026

May is the best time of year for bunny grass when you have to cut it for them (because they ate all ours years ago). Its still soft, very long and you can cut loads in a few minutes. Happy bunnies. (Yes, I do know I'm a bit crazy 😅).

I've had a go at capturing the best free stuff for kids to do in the natural world in summer...Will have missed loads bu...
22/05/2026

I've had a go at capturing the best free stuff for kids to do in the natural world in summer...Will have missed loads but it's a start...

21/05/2026

Looking for the best stone...

One pile of feathers on the garden path. One little cat smirking. No body, though we checked everywhere. She's thwart...
20/05/2026

One pile of feathers on the garden path. One little cat smirking. No body, though we checked everywhere. She's thwarting our nature detectives skills....

19/05/2026

They grow up so fast. Still wants mum to feed it though.

The joys of dog walking in the rain. Finding tree cover and secret places...
19/05/2026

The joys of dog walking in the rain. Finding tree cover and secret places...

17/05/2026

We kept the cats in and, thankfully, it worked out how to fly away... busy days for blue tit parents i think. Primrose is sad and disappointed. Blue t**s 1, year old kittens 0!

A tree is down near us. All cut up and dispatched now leaving a bare tree trunk so we thought we'd count the rings. Sur...
16/05/2026

A tree is down near us. All cut up and dispatched now leaving a bare tree trunk so we thought we'd count the rings. Surprisingly tricky. We got to 42 and they disappeared in the marks from the saw...

A beautiful evening for cloud spotting...
15/05/2026

A beautiful evening for cloud spotting...

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