If you are still looking to fill the summer holidays, there are plenty of free, family-friendly events available in the region.

Our Back Yard and Visit Minera, both Groundwork North Wales projects and from Wild Ground, all are part of the Groundwork North Wales Group.

Our Back Yard, in Connah's Quay, has been running a new weekly Quay Nature Club every Tuesday, from 11am-3pm at Wepre Park. The next one takes place on Tuesday, August 23. Wild Ground is thrilled with the number of new families who have joined in the nature club and hope to be able to welcome back to further events in the area.

Part of Our Back Yard's summer programme is a coastal clean-up around the tidal estuary of Connah's Quay, an area really rich in wildlife, which takes place on Friday, August 19, and all are most welcome.

Minera lead mines, in Wrexham, has seen some great family fun sessions take place this summer and Wild Ground's final event there takes place on Thursday, August 18, with a fun family nature trail exploring the wider country park, hunting for clues and spotting wildlife and nature treasures as we go.

Wild Ground, the wildlife conservation charity, has a wide variety of nature-based activities running until the end of the holidays.

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Three walking events are on offer, with an exciting evening Bat Walk on Tuesday, August 16 at Glascoed nature reserve, a lunchtime wellbeing walk which will hopefully appeal to local office workers at the nearby St Asaph Business Park and a nocturnal walk in Broad Oak Woods near Connah's Quay on Thursday, August 25.

Outdoor nature-based family activities with a scavenger hunt and woodland trail are also on offer at the Rhydymwyn Nature reserve, near Mold on Tuesday, August 23.

Wild Ground events finish with a flourish at the Lane End Nature reserve in Buckley, with fun bushcraft activities on Thursday, August 25, where children can make dens, cook marshmallows on the campfire and explore wildlife at the nature reserve.

To keep up with all future activities, visit www.groundworknorthwales.org.uk or follow social media for Groundwork North Wales and Wild Ground.