Family ESCape Days
Learning Adventures in our community!
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Upcoming Events
Campbell Valley Park, Feb 15 @ 10am
Free, register here.!
A morning of sleuthing with ESC's heart themed GPS family scavenger hunt!
Children receive participation prize
March Break Bird Tour of Brydon Lagoon
Sat March 28 @1 pm 2025, save 20% buy early bird tickets here.
Bring your family on a guided journey learning fun science about birds that inhabit Brydon Lagoon
Canadiana: Dinos and & Fossils
Brydon Lagoon, Canada Day Jul 1 @ 1pm
This Canada Day, get your family moving outdoors while learning science!
You won't miss out on ESC's one-of-a-kind GPS scavenger hunt adventure!!
Join us to explore the great outdoors with your family while diving into the fascinating world of ancient creatures that once roamed our very own area.! This Nature adventure promises excitement, learning, and tons of fun!
You will need to find answers to the questions you are given.
Secure your family's spot now!
All child participants will receive a participation prize!
5th Paper Airplane Competition for Kids
Buckley Park, Sat July 5 @ 1pm
Free
Join us for a family friendly paper airplane competition!
All child participants will receive a participation prize!
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8th Christmas Bird Count for Kids & Youth
Brydon Lagoon, Dec 27 2025 @ 9am
Free
Join us for a day of citizen science. We will walk around Brydon Lagoon identifying and counting birds as part of a Canada wide study. All ages, stroller friendly route. All our data will be submitted to Bird Studies Canada.
2024 DATA BELOW!
Family Fun!
FAMILY ESCAPE DAYS
Thanks to to the Langley Advance Times for featuring ESC's Events again this year.
Read the full article here!
7th Annual Christmas Bird Count for Kids & Youth
Thanks to all those who participated in ESC's 7th annual bird count at Brydon Lagoon.
Despite the heavy rain we had about 15 families joining us throughout the morning.
It was a true pleasure to see familiar faces and returning counters. It was also great to see such a diversity in participating families. We had families for whom it was their first ever bird count to some who have been coming since the 1st count. It is great to see your kiddos grow each year! Some families came from as far as Vancouver to attend.
Thank you for donating your time to nature. Your enthusiasm and dedication keeps this count going. Thank you for continuing to support ESC's Family ESCape Days, ESC’s family event series!
The morning started off with heavy rain but it quickly stopped.
We counted 27 species in total. 9 species more than last year where we had more mild weather conditions.
Our overall individual count was similar to last year's at 388.
An increasing number of Wood Ducks seem to be making the Lagoon their home. Their numbers have increased the last couple of years. Buffleheads are also starting to become a regular sighting at the Lagoon. We have found them the last couple of years.
There seems to be a downward trend for Pine siskins that show a steady decline since the count began in 2018 (72 individuals counted). The last time we counted a Pine Siskin was in 2021 (2 individuals counted).
It was fun watching the Northern Flickers for a little while.
We were also fortunate to see 2 Red-Tailed Hawks.
ESC tallied the top 20 birds that were present across the counts.
It is interesting to see trends within species across the different years.
The top 5 birds by number of individuals are: Canada Goose, Mallard Duck, Glaucous-winged Gull, Wood Duck, Song Sparrow. Last year’s top 5 were: Mallard Duck, Canada Goose, Glaucous-winged Gull , Wood Duck, Black-capped Chickadee.
Unlike last year, where there were none, this year we did see 3 Bald Eagles.
It is always a lot of fun to see Great Blue Heron.
Our data suggests that birds are out in most weather conditions.
While there is variation in the number of species and individuals counted year on year.
Overall the number of birds at the Lagoon seem stable year on year.
The results from our count have, once again, been submitted to Bird Studies Canada and eBird.
Thank you to all those who participated, shared and made this event possible 7 years in a row.
Looking forward to next year's count!
If you are looking to learn more about Brydon Lagoon Birds, ESC does offer a Guided Tour during March Break.
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4th Paper Airplane Competition
Buckley Park, Langley, 2024
A huge thank you to the families that took time from their weekend to come out and participate in ESC's 4th Paper Airplane Competition for kids! We had some seriously skilled participants! It was great to see returning participants as well as meet new ones!
Some of you spent some serious time thinking about and designing your airplane
Your experience through practise showed with your chosen style and timing of your throws!
A special heart felt ‘Thank You’ to each of the brave kiddos who participated. Participants ranged from 3-14 years old! Participating in a competition is more important than winning and even the best of Olympians have days where they do not perform to their skill level. So never feel bad for where you placed in a competition because what matters most is that you showed up!
The winners are:
1st Place
Daniel Li, age 9, with Nothing at 25.340m.
This is about half the distance of the world record
Second Place
Claude Frenal, age 9, with Steel Eagle at 19.664m
Third place
Ah-Yu Liu, age 12, with Something at 14.850m
The all-time record for this event was set by Aayan with Aeriest at 36.9m in 2021.
ESC had a great time organizing this event!
We hope you encourage your little one to come back again next year!
Thanks to LEPS for providing a attending and the
Langley Advance Times for featuring this event! See interview here.
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