1. Our aim is to emphasise practical work and mental agility to engender such enthusiasm for and interest in the natural history that everyone will want to protect the environment rather than feel they have to.

2. The aim is to offer a quality of life for the children and adults to pursue an interest in natural history.

3. The Field Studies Centre offers facilities, which the majority of schools do not have, the equipment and the knowledge is highly specialised.

A sample bird feather to see how the hooks and barbs work.

A sample butterfly to see the scales on the wings.

A classroom setup for studying "things" under the microscopes in the lab.