Nature Detectives Family Trail

Nature Detectives Family Trail brings fairies to life in selected Woodland Trust woods.

Join us for the Nature Detectives Family Trail and help Blue and Belle, the woodland fairies, save the bluebell woods from Foot the giant. Complete the trail and you could win a Nature Detectives activity pack.

This Nature Detectives Family Trail app accompanies the augmented reality trail set out in Woodland Trust woods across the UK. Our trails are only available in specific woods and for a limited time – see below for more details of where the trails will be and make sure there’s one near you before heading out to help Blue and Belle!

How to use this app
To use augmented reality and be able to see Blue and Belle your device will need to have a camera and gyroscope.

Turn up the volume and brightness on your device.

• Follow the trail markers around the woods.
• When you reach the first marker launch the app.
• Press the ‘start trail’ button and point the camera of your device at the tracker image, filling your screen with the image.
• Wait for it to scan and then watch Blue and Belle appear.
• Once you’ve finished at each marker, turn off your screen to save battery as you walk to the next one.

The trail will be available at the following woods;

South West
Duncliffe Wood, Shaftesbury, Dorset Saturday, 23 April - Monday 2 May
Greyfield Wood, High Littleton, Somerset, Saturday 16 April - Sunday 17 April
Hardwick Wood, Plymouth, Devon, Saturday 30 April - Monday 2 May
Clanger Wood, Westbury, Wiltshire, Saturday 30 April - Monday 2 May

South East
Bramingham Wood, Luton, Bedfordshire, Saturday 26 March - Sunday 27 March
Archers Wood, Sawtry, Cambridgeshire, Saturday 26 March - Sunday 27 March, Saturday 2 April - Sunday 3 April
The Mores, Bentley, Brentwood, Essex , Saturday 26 March - Sunday 27 March, Saturday 2 April - Sunday 3 April
Swan & Cygnet Woods, Stock, Essex, Saturday 26 March - Sunday 27 March, Saturday 2 April - Sunday 3 April
Heartwood Forest, Sandridge, Hertfordshire, Tuesday 12 April - Sunday 24 April
Tring Park, Tring, Hertfordshire, Saturday 26 March - Friday 15 April

Midlands
Burroughs Wood, Ratby, Leicestershire, Saturday 26 March - Sunday 27 March
Tattershall Carrs, Tattershall, Lincolnshire, Saturday 26 March - Sunday 27 March, Saturday 2 April - Sunday 3 April
Everdon Stubbs, Daventry, Northamptonshire, Saturday 26 March - Sunday 27 March, Saturday 2 April - Sunday 3 April
Uffmoor Wood, Halesowen, West Midlands, Saturday 26 March - Sunday 27 March, Saturday 2 April - Sunday 3 April

North
Nidd Gorge, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Saturday 21 May - Friday 27 May
Skipton Castle Woods, Skipton, North Yorkshire, Saturday 28 May - Friday 3 June

Scotland
Formonthills, Glenrothes, Saturday 7 May
Glen Finglas, Stirling, Monday 23 May - Sunday 12 June

Wales
Green Castle Woods, Llangain, Carmarthenshire, Saturday 23 April - Sunday 24 April
Cwm George, Dinas Powys, Glamorgan, Saturday 16 April - Sunday 17 April
Casehill Woods, Dinas Powys, Glamorgan, Saturday 16 April - Sunday 17 April

Northern Ireland
Carnmoney Hill, Newtown Abbey, County Antrim, Saturday 23 April - Sunday 24 April, 11am - 4pm