As we gear up for this year’s Hull City Nature Challenge, come and join us for two FREE practical training sessions to help get you started!
Meet in The Deep’s Sea Lab 3 for a short training workshop on how to use iNaturalist to record wildlife. This will be followed by the opportunity to explore the green spaces around The Deep’s car park with support from experts, putting your new skills into practice!
After these sessions, you will have all the tools you need in preparation to participate in this year’s Hull City Nature Challenge (25th-28th April 2025). Think RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, but for all wildlife!
No matter if you are a beginner to the app, or just need a refresher, all are welcome to attend these FREE sessions!
Useful Information (please read before booking):
- Please bring along a smartphone or tablet ready to install the iNaturalist app (available via Android or Apple App Store) and take photos.
- Parking is available in The Deep’s main car park and is free of charge as you are booked in with us for these sessions.
- Please arrive at the entrance marked ‘Learning Centre’ no later than 5 minutes prior to your workshop time.
- You will be met at this entrance and shown to Sea Lab 3 for the training session.
- After the training is complete, head outside to explore The Deep’s green spaces with support from our experts. Put your skills into practice and start recording the wildlife you see!
- Please ensure you wear sensible footwear for walking outside and remember to wrap up warm if it is a cold day!
- Take care whilst walking around The Deep’s car park and green spaces, as there are uneven surfaces, kerbs and moving vehicles.
- Toilets, including baby change facilities and accessible toilets, are available on-site.
- There is also a café and picnic area at The Deep.
Photography & Filming:
- Photography & Filming will be taking place at these Wild Walks & Talks sessions on 12/03/2025 and 12/04/2025.
- Attendance of the event named above taking place at The Deep, is taken as consent for photography/videos to be taken during the event. This includes those in attendance and can be used in any future publicity.
- Guests understand that this may include, but is not limited to The Deep’s website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and any other future social media channels, leaflets, brochures, visitor guides, advertisements, blogs and any other promotional material developed and circulated by the company or associated and approved organisations.
- If you would prefer not to be included in any filming/photography or have any queries regarding your booking, please email marketing@thedeep.co.uk.
Spaces are limited and must be pre-booked in advance.
Venue Details
Visit The Deep, Hull’s award-winning aquarium and be taken on a journey through prehistoric seas, past tropical lagoons, into the vast open oceans, down to the darkest depths, through the chilly Kingdom of ice and into the future. The Deep is home to spectacular animals including sharks and stingrays, the UK’s only pair of Green sawfish, hundreds of tropical reef fish, Loggerhead sea turtles a colony of Gentoo penguins, and much more to keep all ages entertained. Take a walk through the viewing tunnel and ride in the glass lift through the 10 metre Endless Ocean tank. Little nippers can enjoy the interactive magic floor, fossil brushing station and designing their own sea creature at Digi:Sea. The Deep offers FREE return visits for 12 months with the Annual Pass. Full terms and conditions can be found on The Deep’s website. Please note that all tickets must be pre booked online (including Annual Pass holders). Access at The Deep The Deep is fully accessible and offers a wide range of access aids to assist visitors with additional needs. These include audio and Braille guides, large print leaflets, foreign language leaflets, social stories, mobility aids and a Changing Places facility. Please visit the website for more details.
Facilities
Accessible Information Points
Accessible Toilets
Assistance Dogs
Baby Changing
Blue-Badge Parking
Hearing Loop
Level Access
Wheelchair Access
