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GET BACK TO NATURE with exhilarating fresh sea air and breathtaking views at this stunning FIVE STAR wildlife Visitor Centre. ALL WEATHER attraction only 30 minutes by car, train or bus. Open all year, you can control LIVE “Big Brother” cameras and be enthralled by amazing close-ups of puffins and gannets with chicks, seals with pups and sometimes even sightings of dolphins, porpoises and whales from the Telescope Deck.
The perfect place to get away from it all, the area is a haven for wildlife through all the seasons. There's a stunning Licensed Café/ Bistro with open outdoor sundeck overlooking the sea and sandy beaches. There are Guides in Discovery Centre, a well-stocked gift shop. Full disabled access, baby changing and facilities and free parking.
Tickets are priced from £3.50 Concessions and Children, £4.95 Adults and £13.50 and children under five go free. The Centre is open all year (except Christmas day). Please call 01620 890202 for more information, or visit our website at www.seabird.org. Special all-inclusive ScotRail tickets £4.70 children/ £7.50 adults (includes return travel and admission) Special Group booking rates also available (£3.20 concessions/ £4.50 Adults) School rates also available from £2.40.
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Scottish Seabird Centre
North Berwick
East Lothian
EH39 4SS |
TEL - 01620 890202
FAX - 01620 890222 |
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Scottish Seabird Centre
Events Programme 2003
March
March 30th Mother’s Day – A FREE Day Out for Mum or Grandma - bring them along for FREE entry to the Discovery Centre.
8am 30th Mar Early Bird Breakfast 2 hour bird watching walk and talk, followed by a delicious breakfast. (£4.00 members £5.00 non-members.)
APRIL
Win a prize for spotting the first gannet egg!
April 1st–April 30th 2-3pm every day Eggstraordinary Eggs for the Edinburgh International Science Festival. Fun Children’s Workshops - Try out Egg Bungee jumping with Professor Egg Head!
A week of eggy experiments, workshops, talks. Free to members or with entry to the Discovery Centre
7pm 3rd April “Seabird Cities” Slideshow and Talk by Kevin Rideout Countryside Ranger, St Abbs National Trust Reserve. (£2.50 members £4.00 non members.)
7pm 8th April “Wildlife and the Law”. Malcolm Henderson, Wildlife Liaison Officer for Lothian and Borders Police talks about bird persecution, illegal egg collecting, badger baiting and the fight against wildlife crime. (£2.50 members £4.00 non-members.)
7pm 24th April Fire and Ice. Did you know that Edinburgh was once a dramatic landscape of fire and ice? British Geological Survey Geologist, David McAdam tells the story of the Arthur’s Seat volcano and relates it to the geology of East Lothian. Preserved in Hollyrood Park, Arthur’s Seat allows us to see inside a volcano, active at the same time as the East Lothian volcanoes at Bass Rock, North Berwick and Traprain Law. (£2.50 members £4.00 non members.)
8am 27th April Early Bird Breakfast 2 hour bird watching walk and talk, followed by a delicious breakfast. (£4.00 members £5.00 non-members.)
MAY
May 3rd May Fair Volunteers Group Coffee Morning, Hope Rooms, North Berwick
May 8th 7 pm Andy Bennets Digital Photography of East Lothian
£2.50 members £4.00 non members
May 22nd Flying Furries Lothian Bat Group Bat Watching Evening Talk (£2.50 members £4.00 non-members)
May 15th 7pm. Strangers on the Shore A fascinating talk by Ian Thomson of Aberlady Nature Reserve, site of Special Scientific Interest for birds and rare plant species and migrant birds. (£2.50 members £4.00 non members )
May 25th 8am Early Bird Breakfast 2 hour bird watching walk and talk, followed by a delicious breakfast.(£4.00 members £5.00 non members)
JUNE
June Temporary Exhibition – North Berwick Through the Ages – “The Biarritz of the North”. Photo’s and Images of North Berwick through the years shows how this popular seaside destination has changed over the years.
The Puffin’s Life Cycle live interpretation sessions – all month
Puffin Hour Children’s event 2-3pm every weekend
June 7th - Puffins Boat trip round the islands. With the help of a skilled wildlife interpreter go auk spotting on a summer’s evening and enjoy a glass of wine. £12.00 (MEMBERS ONLY - early booking recommended)
June 15th Father’s Day - FREE entry for your dad or your Grandad
June 21st Giant Midsummer’s Day Sleepover
June 29th 8am Early Bird Breakfast 2 hour bird watching walk and talk followed by a delicious breakfast (£4.00 members £5.00 non members.)
JULY
July Temporary Exhibition – Whale and Dolphin Conservation and Marine Conservation Societies Displays – all month
The Lifecycle of the Gannet – all month
Rockpools and Marine Creatures, East Lothian Ranger Service (date tbc) Rockpool Ramble – led by Nick Aitken, family fun
Underwater photography talk (date tbc)
July 10th 7pm Lothian Bird Ringing Group “Looking at Seabirds”.
£2.50 members £4.00 non members
July 27th 8am Early Bird Breakfast 2 hour bird watching walk and talk followed by a delicious breakfast (£4.00 members £5.00 non members.)
AUGUST
August 30th–31st. Whale and Dolphin Identification weekend with Erich Hoyt, leading whale and dolphin expert. Learn how to ID whales and dolphins at this fascinating workshop, followed by a practical session spotting and listening for dolphins with an underwater hydrophone. Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to gain an insight into these beautiful marine mammals.
August 16th-17th Open Air Film and Harbour Festival Two Day Event (date tbc)
SEPTEMBER
AFRICA OR BUST
Temporary Exhibition – African Gannets
Live interpretation featuring the gannet’s journey when it leaves Bass Rock.
Children’s Migration Workshops 2-3pm every weekend
Sept 5th African Drummers Fun Workshops and entertainment.
African Food Specials in the café.
Sept 14th Wildlife Festival
Sept 18th 7pm “Penguin Safari” All you ever wanted to know about the penguins of south west Africa with Lillian and David Kelly
(£2.50 members £4.00 non members.)
East Lothian Food Festival featuring seafood and local delicacies (date tbc)
OCTOBER
Live interpretation – Grey Seals and their Pups – all month
Seal Hour Children’s Workshops 2-3 pm every weekend and every day for the mid-term school holidays
Oct - New Satellite Camera Link to the St Kilda Archipelago – all month
Oct 2nd - The Human History of St Kilda. Find out about the amazing human history of Britain’s most remote island archipelago.
24th Oct–2nd Nov International Storytelling Festival. The Selkie Seal Legend at the Seabird Centre.
October 31st Halloween Capers. Children’s Little Monsters’ Party
Halloween specials in café, spooky cakes, witches brew, etc.
Oct - Find out more about grey seals and the internationally important research being done by the Sea Mammal Research Unit at St Andrews University (date tbc)
NOVEMBER
Nov 15th–Jan 25th BG BBC Wildlife Photographer of The Year Exhibition. World famous exhibition comes to Scotland, featuring the winners and runners up of this prestigious photography competition. Over 100 original photographs on display. Free to members and with admission to Discovery Centre. Programme of Photographers’ Workshops and Slideshows to accompany the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition (tbc.) Free to Members and with entry to the Discovery Centre.
Live interpretation – the Lifecycle of the Grey Seal – all month
DECEMBER
Live interpretation and Christmas Workshops – all month
Christmas events, Santa arrives by boat to his Seaside Grotto.
Special Christmas Shopping evenings
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