What's On Out There? The Bill's Mother's Links & Listings Post - Jun & Jul 2025
What’s On Out There? Links & listings for everyone in the Outdoor City.
What’s On Out There shares events of an outdoors nature, in and around Sheffield, with links and short news stories as they come in.
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Also Out There (News & Links)
Culvert Tours - The damp tours under central Sheffield begin again in July, but organisers Sheaf & Porter Rivers Trust are looking for intrepid cavern lovers to help as volunteer guides. All the training you need will be supplied by the trust. Tickets are on sale now.
Tinderbox - My piece for the wonderful Sheffield Tribune on how a little rain is nowhere near enough to keep our moors safe from burning.
Hidden In Open Sight - another plug for Calvin Payne’s eye-opening local Substack looking at the history of his adopted city, often in the grimy places most of us ignore.
Swift Diaries - Sheffield poet Chris Jones is writing pretty much every day about the Swifts swirling (and maybe making their nests) around his home.
Peregrine Cam: Watch the (sometimes gory) progress of the Sheffield University Peregrine Falcons, thanks to the university and Sheffield Bird Study Group.
Right To Roam - Sign the petition asking the government to make good its intention to bring England and Wales into line with Scotland for countryside access.
July
Mon 21st - Fri 25th - Daily health walks in parks and green spaces from Step Out Sheffield, 10 am start
Mon 21st - Friends of Whirlow Brook Park volunteer session
Mon 21st - Butterfly Survey, Wardsend Cemetery
Tues 22nd - Friends of Ecclesall Woods volunteer & footpath repair session
Weds 23rd - Sheffield Ramblers Walk - Hathersage (11m)
Weds 23rd - Longshaw Social Walk
Thurs 24th - Green City Action Grimesthorpe community allotment
Thurs 24th - Graves Park Climate Resilience Project: Butterfly and Bumblebee Walk
Sat 26th - Parkwood Springs conservation volunteering
Sat 26th - Sheffield CTC ride - Our Cow Molly
Sat 26th - Graves Park Climate Resilience Project: Moth Trapping
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