The Tamar Valley Centre is planning a Wildlife Weekend with activities and walks.

During the afternoon of September 7 visitors can learn how to investigate what wildlife may be sharing their garden and how they can encourage more wildlife. Drop-in activities will include bird box building, seed-bomb making, bug hotel building and creating bird feeders.

Become a Wildlife Explorer and discover the range of creatures living in the grounds of the Tamar Valley Centre, or take part in the self-guided Wildlife Quest (mini-orienteering around the Tamar Valley Centre site, collecting stamps along the way). Staff from Plantlife and the Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project will be there to tell you about their wildlife work in the Tamar Valley.

On Saturday evening, from 7 to 10pm, there is an opportunity to join staff from the Devon Greater Horseshoe Bat Project on a Bat Walk, or discover the moths that live on the Drakewalls Mine site.

A choice of guided walks will be available on Sunday and visitors can immerse themselves in meditative Forest Bathing. Alternatively, discover ferns and lichens on a two-hour guided walk in the Danescombe Valley.

Entry is free to the Wildlife Weekend, but a small charge may apply to some activities such as making bird boxes. Most are drop-in activities but some will require advance booking including the walks.

A full programme of activities, with details of times and how to book, is available at www.tamarvalley.org.uk or call the AONB office on 01822 835030.