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Thousands of people visited this year's Springwatch festival on Southampton Common, joining in a range of free events helping you to give nature a helping hand. The thinking behind the event organised by Southampton City Council and BBC Breathing Places was to encourage wildlife, improve the local environment and make a contribution to global issues like climate change. The BBC Springwatch tent hosted talks and workshops from experts including Chris Packham and hundreds of people pledged to Do One Thing for nature. It was the ideal opportunity to learn about everything from bogs and wetlands to butterflies and insects, from making bird boxes to encouraging wildlife into your back garden. There was also an interactive discovery trail highlighting the different types of habitat and wildlife around the Common and in the city. And plenty of kids took the chance to come face-to-snout with real live farm animals.
 | | Pledging to Do One Thing |
Local conservation groups and nature organisations were showcasing their work around the main 'village green' area. They included the RSPB highlighting their campaign to save the albatross and the Hawthorns Wildlife Centre who displayed their Wildlife-friendly garden, complete with 'Care-crow'. The festival stage also had plenty of arts, dance, music and entertainment throughout the day. Highlight of the day was the special Springwatch themed 'Generation Game' hosted by Chris Packham and BBC South Today's Georgie Palmer.
 | | Southampton Springwatch 2007 |
Contestants had to try and build a bee box, identify bird songs and animal skulls - with the winning couple getting to test their memory on the famous conveyor belt! Southampton was one of the UK's Breathing Places cities and 15 other Springwatch Festivals also took place across the country. | 
