The Summer of Fun is continuing at Sewerby Hall and Gardens, throughout the school holidays.
Regular activities during the period include:
- Rusticus Adventures : Creatures of the Wild Wood : meet the creatures, such as Sleepy Dormouse and Wilt Weasel : Saturdays until 2 September
- Punch and Judy Shows with Professor Dan : Sundays until 3 September
- Rusticus Encounters : Smuggler! : exotic goods have landed at Sewerby cliffs – a local lass needs help to hide the loot and avoid the exciseman: Mondays until 28 August
- Rusticus Woodland Creatures Theatre: Around the World in 80 Days! : meet Wild West hustlers and visit frozen landscapes, and get back to Sewerby before the wager ends: Tuesdays until 29 August
- Magic Shows in the Orangery : Wednesdays until 30 August
- Face Painting (£3 per person) : Wednesdays until 30 August
- Rusticus Wonderland Adventures : meet the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts, enjoy crazy croquet and a tea party in the woods : Thursdays until 31 August
- Wildcats : various activities during the summer: every Friday
- Zoo activities, including meet the keeper, meet the hoof stock, willow fruit kebabs, and orange fat balls: activities every Friday.
The summer will also see the East Yorkshire Morris Minor Owners Club rally on Sunday, 20 August; and the East Yorkshire Thoroughbred Car Club Summer Gathering on Sunday, 27 August.
Visitors to the zoo also have the chance to see Crackle, the newly named Humboldt penguin chick, and five Greater Rhea chicks, which are the first rhea chicks to be born at the zoo.
Head zookeeper John Pickering said: “I am delighted to report that all the chicks are thriving and are very much enjoying their paddock.”
Rounding off the summer will be BRICKLIVE : Animal Paradise from Saturday, 26 August until Sunday, 24 September, featuring 15 animal statues in a new wildlife kingdom around the gardens, made up of over 500,000 bricks.
For full details of all events and activities, BRICKLIVE : Animal Paradise, the house, the zoo, the Clock Tower Café and the gardens, and to book tickets online , visit www.sewerbyhall.co.uk
