Wilderness day in the Sihlwald

The Wildlife Day in Sihlwald offers fun, games and exciting nature knowledge for the whole family on the Sunday after next. The focus is on the magnificent sand lizard, hedgehogs, wild bees and other small animals.

If you want to find out more about the bright green sand lizard, the lecture by biologist Niklaus Peyer is just right for you. The Junior Rangers of the Zurich Wilderness Park and the Wilderness Messengers will be presenting native lizards and their close relative, the slow worm, at their information stands. Pro Natura Zurich presents the animal of the year: the polecat.

Children can take part in a treasure hunt in the area, where they have to solve riddles about frogs, salamanders and toads. The Friends of the Zurich Wilderness Park and Zürcher Kantonalbank will be on site with games of skill. There is even gold to be won at the ZKB.

The Nature Museum is also worth a visit: it shows the diversity and history of the Sihlwald as well as the current special exhibition "Sand lizard - Everything alright?". And last but not least, it's worth exploring the immediate surroundings of the nature museum: Here, the rangers of the Zurich Wilderness Park have worked with volunteers to create new habitats for animals such as hedgehogs, sand lizards, wild bees and weasels. The result is impressive: On sunny days, it hums, buzzes, crawls and flies like crazy here. Perhaps visitors to the Wildlife Day will be inspired to create such habitats in their own gardens?

The Wildlife Day takes place on Sunday, September 29 from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm. The stands are located on the grounds of the visitor center near the Sihlwald train station.

Link to the detailed program of the event: wildnispark.ch/wildnistag

Further information:
Mirella Wepf, Project Manager Communications
Phone 044 722 55 24, mirella.wepf@wildnispark.ch

High-resolution images can be found in the ZIP folder below

Captions:

• Wildlife Day in Sihlwald: The focus is on the magnificent sand lizard, hedgehogs, wild bees and other small animals. Using concrete examples, experts show how small animals can be supported in gardens, parks and natural landscapes. Picture: Zurich Wilderness Park, Nadine Colin
• Sand lizard in the Sihlwald: The magnificent sand lizard takes center stage on Wilderness Day in the Sihlwald. Thanks to support measures, the populations along the Sihl have developed well.Image: Wilderness Park Zurich, Roland Kuemmerle
• Wilderness day in sight! The stoat also needs piles of branches to hide in. You can find out how these can be built on the wilderness day in Sihlwald. Picture: Zurich Wilderness Park, Stefan Eichholzer