Let’s face it, January can be a pretty tough month to get through. With all the fun and excitement of Christmas long gone, the first gloomy month of the year can seem never-ending.
But don’t fear. Here at Camping with Style we’ve been busy planning adventures and finding interesting and new things to fill 2017 with, so why not use January to plan some new adventures of your own?
Read on for some great suggestions of outdoors and nature based things to do this January.
1. Find nature based activities near you
You can easily find out about nature based activities and places to visit near you by visiting the Wildlife Trust website and popping in your location.
✰ Wildlife Trust What’s Happening Near Me
2. Survey the wild birds visiting your garden
Take part in the Big Garden Birdwatch taking place at the end of January, and run by the RSPB. Signup on their website to get your free kit and take part.
3. Go winter glamping
One of the best things about glamping, is that unlike camping, there are no excuses not to do it year round! Even the most basic glamping pods are well insulated and usually contain an electric heater. Priced from about £40 per night, it’s a great way to spend time living that bit closer to nature during the colder winter months.
4. Create a nature habitat in your garden
Turn part of your garden into a nature habitat to encourage wild animals to come and visit or take residence. The RSPB provides plenty of advice on how to create nature habitats for birds, bees, butterflies, frogs and more!
5. Get outdoors and try a park run!
If you’ve never done a park run before, how about signing up to something like the Stroke Association Resolution Run that’s taking place this March in Nottingham?
✰ Stroke Association Resolution Run
6. Learn to identify different flora and fauna
Although January isn’t a brilliant time for fungi, there are still plenty around and it can be fascinating and fun learning to indetify them and work out which ones are edible and which are poisonus. But it’s not just fungi you can learn to identify, birds and tress are equally fascinating to to learn about, especially at this time of year.
✰ Grab yourself a wildlife identification book to help
7. Get out for a walk
If you are short on ideas, narrow it down to a region you love or have always wanted to visit and do some research either online or grab yourself a book on walking in a particular region. Don’t let cold weather put you off, a winter walk can be just as enjoyable as a summer walk, in fact we prefer walking in winter as popular walks aren’t as busy.
✰ Find a book on walking routes
8. Explore a National Trust garden
Head over to the National Trust website to find a garden or park near you, grab your camera, and then head outdoors to take photographs or to simply enjoy the landscape.
✰ Find a National Trust garden or park
9. Take part in a nature photo challenge
Lots of bloggers and websites run various daily and weekly photo challenges. The easiest ones to get involved in will often give you a theme, and your task is to take a picture that fits the theme and upload it to your preferred social media platform using a specific hashtag.
✰ Check out the Splodz Blogz Weekly Photo Challenge
10. Plan an Easter Bank Holiday road trip
It might seem early, but when it comes to booking campsites, glamping or holiday park accommodation, they can get booked up very quickly, so planning now makes sense. Always fancied walking in the Scottish Highlands? Go for it.
✰ Be inspired by our 2016 Easter road trip to the Highlands
11. Get ready for your spring camping trip
Now is a great time to sort out your camping gear and to figure out if you need to invest in anything new. Donate any unwanted camping and outdoors gear to a homeless charity, and make a list of campsites you’d like to stay at in the coming year. Why not be super organised, and book ahead for half term?
12. Get into Geocaching
Geocaching is like a high-tech treasure hunt, and trust as when we say it’s seriously addictive! Geocaces need to be tracked down and then logged, and some are trickier than others! Start with caches ranked as easy to find and you’ll soon get the hang of it, and it’s something that the whole family can enjoy.
✰ Join the world’s largest treasure hunt
Still searching for inspiration? Outdoors bloggers share their tips on how to spend more time outdoors.
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