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Dark Skies 2026

Aaliyah Gardner
By Aaliyah Gardner
26th February 2026

Our 2026 Dark Skies event took place at The SWT Wolseley Centre, on 25th February 2026, where we were joined by Fern and Fables, and a local Beavers group for a night of creatively exploring the importance of protecting our dark skies through crafts, storytelling and exploring our landscape on an night-time walk with bat detectors!

The Beavers enjoyed stories full of wonder and magic, learning about the importance of our night sky, and the impact of light pollution. Through making clay stars, printed with leaf patterns, a night-time walk to see bats (and lots of frogs!) we explored the beauty of our dark skies, all toped off with a campfire, hot chocolates and biscuits!

 

Thank you to the SWT team for hosting us and sharing your amazing bat knowledge, and thank you to Julie from Fern and Fables for your wonderful stories!

Thank you to Cannock Chase National Landscape for their partnership in funding this event through the Access for All fund.

2026 Dark Skies

  • some clay stars made by the beavers

  • some clay stars made by the beavers

  • many frogs were spotted on our walk!

  • listening carefully for that bats calling with our bat detectors

  • walking through the dark night looking for bats

  • crafting some clay stars inspired by Julie's stories

  • watching the night sky closely

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