Activities

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bumblebee nest

Make a bumblebee nest

Make a cosy home for some of your buzzing friends!

Bird hide

How to make a bird hide

View birds close up by making your own hide.

Help birds avoid windows

Help birds avoid windows

Use your craft skills to help birds avoid windows.

birds nest

Build a bird's nest

Craft your own bird nest with nature finds.

Ground-feeding birds

Feeding ground-feeding birds

Some birds prefer their food on the ground!

Plaster casting

How to go plaster casting

Plaster cast an animal footprint!

Beetle bank - thumb

Build a beetle bank

Welcome lots of different types of beetles in by building your own beetle bank

Get started (1.14 MB)

Make a beetle bucket

Make a beetle bucket

Make the perfect home for beetles and other sorts of insects!

Get started (2.85 MB)

make a dragonfly

Make a dragonfly

Get crafty with this make!

Make a ladybird

Make a ladybird

Try this one at home!

nectar bar

Make a nectar bar

Perfect for pollinators!

nature treasure chest

Make a treasure chest

Keep your natural treasures in here!

Mini meadow

Grow a mini meadow

Beautiful and great for wildlife

Model butterfly

Make a model butterfly

Bring your favourite butterfly to life!

Natural dyes

Make natural dyes

Harness the power of nature!

nettle soup

Make nettle soup

Have you tried it before?

pond dipping net

Make a pond dipping net

Reuse and recycle for this one!

Pooter

Make a pooter

To investigate minibeasts!

eco-crackers

How to make eco-crackers

Make your Christmas as eco-friendly as possible!

eco-decorations

How to make eco-decorations

Have a green Christmas with these eco-friendly ideas!

Berry paints

Berry paints

Get artistic with this activity!

Leaf tile

Make a leaf tile

Let's get crafting!

Activity sheet showing which plants attract insects

Make your garden insect-friendly

Get your garden buzzing all year round!

Winter wreath

Make a winter wreath

Get creative this festive season

An identification sheet for ten slugs: threeband slug, large red slug, green-soled slug, dusky slug, hedgehog slug, netted field slug, green cellar slug, budapest keeled slug, and ghost slug

Slug spotter

Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?

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An identification sheet for ten snails: two-toothed door snail, round snail, garlic snail, brown-lipped snail, white-lipped snail, garden snail, girdled snail, Kentish snail, hairy snail, and strawberry snail

Snail spotter

Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?

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A spotting sheet of ten wading birds. They are golden plover, avocet, curlew, black-tailed godwit, lapwing, common sandpiper, dunlin, little ringed plover, ringed plover and redshank

Summer wader spotter

Can you spot any of these waders this summer?

A spotting sheet for winter wading birds, including golden plover, grey plover, greenshank, black-tailed godwit, bar-tailed godwit, sanderling, dunlin, knot, turnstone and redshank

Winter wader spotter

Can you spot any of these waders this winter?

A spotting sheet for rare waders, featuring little stint, curlew sandpiper, wood sandpiper, pectoral sandpiper, dotterel, black-winged stilt, spotted redshank, whimrbel, grey phalarope, and red-necked phalarope

Rare wader detective

Have you spotted any of these rarer waders? Most are only seen in small numbers each year, so you'll need patience and a bit of luck to find them!

a collection of pond-dwelling minibeasts with dragonfly, damselfly and mayfly nymphs, great diving beetle adult and larva, water scorpion, water stick insect, pond skater and lesser and great water boatman

Pond minibeast spotter

Can you spot any of these pond-dwelling minibeasts?

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