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Explore the Outdoors

Explore the UK’s world of wild plants and fungi with our free walks, activities, and discussion guides to connect with nature.

This autumn and winter,  if you’re looking for outdoor activities for you and your family, try hunting for Waxcap Fungi in grassland areas, lichens in forests or cities, and explore the rainforest for ferns.

Waxcap Watch
A Parrot Waxcap.

Waxcap Watch

This autumn, help us find Britain’s most colourful and important fungi – waxcaps.

Let’s learn about…Lichens

Let's learn about…Lichens

Learn more about what lichens are, what makes them special, and where they grow in these activities perfect for children aged 7-11. We’ll take you on a real lichen adventure!

Moss Identification for Beginners

Moss Identification for Beginners

Learn how to Identify moss from Lizzie Wilberforce and download a mobile friendly identification guide.

Am I in a Rainforest?
Outline Illustrations of oak, ash and hazel tree leaves that can be coloured in.

Am I in a Rainforest?

A downloadable guide filled with activities for all the family to find out whether you are in a British Temperate Rainforest

Discover Forest Ferns
Illustration of a fern leave.

Discover Forest Ferns

A downloadable guide filled with activities for all the family to find out how to identify them and learn about their very, very, very long history

How healthy is your meadow?
llustrations and photos of Bird’s foot trefoil, Meadow Buttercup, Ox-eyed Daisy, Meadow Fetchling.

How healthy is your meadow?

An activity sheet to use when you are going to a meadow or in a meadow to know how healthy it is, by spotting the diversity of the flowers in the meadow.

Waxcap Watch Resources

How to Find and Identify Waxcap Fungi

How to Find and Identify Waxcap Fungi

Learn more about waxcaps with experts from our Dynamic Dunescapes site in Kenfig, Wales.

Waxcap Training Course
Pink waxcap fungi growing in short green lawn

Waxcap Training Course

Take your waxcap knowledge to the next level with our training course, suitable for keen fungi finders and land owners.

Video: How to use the Waxcap Watch app

Video: How to use the Waxcap Watch app

Watch as Plantlife fungi expert Sarah Shuttleworth records her first waxcap find on the Waxcap Watch app.

Wildflower Walks

Ben Nevis – Wildflower Walk
A part of the map for the wildflower walk in Ben Nevis, Scotland.

Ben Nevis – Wildflower Walk

A downloadable pdf with map and guide of a 10 mile return walk up Scotland’s highest mountain

Joan’s Hill Farm Nature Reserve – Wildflower Walk
A part of the map for the wildflower walk in Joan’s Hill Farm.

Joan’s Hill Farm Nature Reserve – Wildflower Walk

A downloadable pdf with map and guide of a 3 mile walk in Joan’s Hill Farm Nature Reserve, Herefordshire

Deep Dale Nature Reserve – Wildflower Walk
A part of the map for the wildflower walk in Peak District.

Deep Dale Nature Reserve – Wildflower Walk

A downloadable pdf with map and guide of a circular 4 mile walk in Peak District National park , starting from White Lodge Carpark