Fingringhoe Wick Archives

The Year of Creative Wildlife Workshops at Fingringhoe Wick

Encouraging young people to embrace the outdoors through wildlife inspired creativity at Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve. ‘The Year’ was 12 months of workshops where we explored various stories at Fingringhoe Wick, including the singing Nightingales of Spring, the basking Adders of Summer, the boisterous badgers of Autumn and the visiting wading birds of Winter. This blog post covers all the...

02 Apr

Autism Friendly Creative Digital Workshops

Thanks to funding from BBC Children In Need, Signals are offering 8 autism friendly creative digital workshops including film, animation and video game making for ages 11-18. These workshops are primarily for those on the autistic spectrum but we welcome young people with other Special Educational Needs also.

08 Feb

Winter Wildlife Video Game Masterclass

Over 3 days participants worked with Aidan from Teaboy Games to make wildlife themed video games to be installed in an arcade cabinet at Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve. Using the Construct3 game design software, participants made video games inspired by the environments, animals and stories of Fingringhoe Wick – the nature reserve Signals has documented through a variety of creative...

23 Nov

Autumn Wildlife Podcast at Fingringhoe Wick

On Monday 8th October we toured Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve on the look out for Bats and Badgers. With the nights drawing in, we explored Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve under cover of darkness and to discover what comes out when the sun goes in – and importantly what noise it makes. For this is the second episode of our seasonal podcast...

02 Oct

Free Autumn Workshops at Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve

Join Signals this Autumn at Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve for a series of FREE creative workshops documenting the reserve through a variety of art forms and encouraging young people to respond to the outdoors. As part of our The Year project, over the next 12 months we’ll be running a variety of projects for young people (11-25yrs) at Fingringhoe Wick...

17 Sep

Autumn Wildlife Game Jam

What happens when you combine video games and wildlife? We spent the morning exploring Essex Wildlife Trust Fingringhoe Wick and then took our ideas back to the studio to make wildlife inspired video games using Scratch! As part of our The Year project, over the next 12 months we’re running a variety of projects for young people (11-25yrs) at Fingringhoe Wick...

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