Crane Events

New Event - Nature in Art - Community Workshop Day

Monday 25th October from 10am - 4pm (during half term)
& Saturday 13th November from 10am - 4pm.

The Great Crane Project and Somerset Art Works invite you to a Nature in Art - Community Workshop Day, on the West Sedgemoor RSPB Reserve, just outside Curry Rivel.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of The Great Crane Project and to discover the wonders of cranes.  Explore their wetland habitats by trailer ride and short walk and then spend the afternoon creating your own crane-inspired artwork under the guidance of a professional local artist. 

• If you are aged between 10 and 25 or over 50, free places are available.  
• Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. 
• Booking is essential and limited.

To reserve your place and avoid disappointment please contact the Somerset Art Works office as soon
as you can on 01458 253 800 or email: [email protected]

Credit: RSPB images

Other events -

Visitors to Slimbridge can see our adult cranes – all graduates of previous years’ Crane Schools at our Back from the Brink area at Slimbridge. Here you can learn about WWT’s role in the reintroduction of cranes and hear up to date news on how our young wild crane chicks are progressing at the new backstage Crane School. Visitors can also attend regular screenings of a film about the Great Crane Project ‘Crane Country’ in the cinema at Slimbridge. For details on exact timings of talks and cinema viewings, contact www.wwt.org.uk/slimbridge or telephone 01453 891900.

The Pensthorpe Cranery gives visitors the perfect vantage point to watch cranes displaying to each other and calling.   Out on the reserve a wild male crane who was first seen on the reserve in June 2006 is seen regularly as he drops in to see our other Eurasian Cranes.  This is always a spectacle as he sets all the other cranes off bugling when they see him and that’s what lets you know he is around.
For further details visit the Pensthorpe website.