Stargazing, Pipistrelle, Bats & Pizza!
Friday 29th October 2021 from 18:00pm to 20:30pm
Wright's Care Farm Project
Bratton Fleming, Kentisbury, Devon, EX31 4RT
Discover the planets and stars with our telescopes, learn how to detect the bats of Kentisbury, and craft your own fresh stone-baked pizza at Barton Farm.
Join Liz from Moor Wild Experiences and The Wright’s Family to search the night sky with two telescopes and stargazing apps.
At dusk, learn how to identify the active bats with our bat detector on a short circular walk around our beautiful 16th Century barn.
Prepare and enjoy your own crafted hot stone-baked pizza with a glass of bubbly!
This event takes place as part of the Exmoor Dark Skies Festival 2021.
Please note that this has already taken place on 29/10/2021
Event organiser
Exmoor National Park is organising this event
Please contact Exmoor National Park directly for more details regarding this event or, if appropriate, contact the event venue.
Email: info@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk
Website: Exmoor National Park
Twitter: @exmoornp
Facebook: Exmoor National Park
Event booking
Event darkness
The below chart shows if and when the skies will be at their darkest during this event. Moonlight is shown in light yellow and the Sun's twilight in light blue. Midnight on the date shown is shown as a white line with sunset to the left and sunrise the next morning to the right. A black background with stars shows the best times for stargazing.
Fri 29th Oct
Local light pollution
Wright's Care Farm Project is estimated to have light pollution levels similar to asemi-rural semi-rural location based on the latest data from the VIIRS satellite.
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Dark site
The above demonstrates the estimated effect of light pollution - graphics created using Stellarium.
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