Children’s adventures as wildlife detectives learning about animals and wildlife in their natural habitats. Following animal tracks or finding out facts about diverse creatures from bugs to deer to rabbits.
It’s very rare to see a dormouse but now we have two in our house. Not the real furry ones, but wood ones that Luce and Theo made. When I think of these little mammals, the image of the sleeping dormouse in Alice in Wonderland instantly pops into my head. Luce and Theo not only […]
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We moved house this week. Not far. In fact just outside the next village. There are lots of pheasants roaming near our new home but they’re not Fred. A wild pheasant we nicknamed Fred showed up in January when we rebuilt a bird feeder platform. Without fail he made an appearance every morning to nibble on
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In January Luce and Theo helped rebuild and set up a broken bird feeder platform in our garden. We wanted to attract wild birds to our garden especially during the cold weather. Well, they came! Now the platform and the ash tree next to it is rather a social hubbub for birds. Soon a wild pheasant, who
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For the last few months my kids and I’ve been chasing pheasants along hedgerows and near the edges of fields and woodlands around us. Every day we’ve heard the distinct cry of a pheasant somewhere hidden in the undergrowth. Up and down the edge of a field on many a wildlife spotter adventure we’ve tried
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In the mornings we hear them singing in the trees around our garden – usually out of sight – so how can I make sure my kids can see some wild birds? We saw a siskin sitting on top of a pine tree on our recent Winnie the Pooh style adventure walk – but we
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What is it that fascinates kids about bugs? We’ve decided to do the Grapefruit Trap experiment every season so my kids can see which creepy critters lurk in the garden over the year. A grapefruit will be the lure to bring the bugs to us – insects, spiders, centipedes, worms, slugs and all. Grapefruit trap
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