Bluebell Strolls Season

This April -  June, why not put a spring in your step by joining the Ramblers ‘Bluetiful'  bluebell strolls season. The walks will help gather information on one of our best loved flowers; the under-threat British bluebell.

The bluebell walks season will take place across the country in 100+ locations, from April to June 2010. It is part of an ongoing campaign with the Natural History Museum to better understand one of our most iconic and threatened spring flowers and discover more about our changing climate and countryside. Walkers are encouraged to join a bluebell walk, help ‘spot' different types of bluebells, and enter their findings into a Natural History Museum online survey www.nhm.ac.uk/bluebells when they get home. Experts will use this crucial data to build a map of where the different types of bluebell are flowering. This is the 5th year running that the Ramblers have helped to contribute to research on British bluebells.

The Ramblers-led walks are free, open to all, and offer a chance to see Britain's beautiful woodland and countryside at its loveliest. Although the walks vary in length and difficulty - from family friendly 5, to 14 mile walks - all contain swathes of beautiful bluebells.

For details of Ramblers led bluebell walks visit www.ramblers.org.uk/walkthemes/Bluebells (Walks will be continually added to this page before/ during the season)