Minibeasts spotter
Can you tick off any of these?
Water vole by Terry Whittaker/2020VISION
Can you tick off any of these?
Minibeasts are bright and beautiful! Have a go at colouring in these fantastic creepy crawlies.
If you were to pick up a rock in the garden, you’d hopefully find a few common woodlouse. These hardy minibeasts have in-built armour and like to hide in warm, moist places like compost heaps.
Be a nature detective! Can you tick off any of these?
The Common sexton beetle is one of several burying beetle species in the UK. An undertaker of the animal world, it buries dead animals like mice and birds, and feeds and breeds on the corpses.
The common prawn is a familiar sight to anyone who has spent time exploring rockpools - particularly their characteristic quick dart into the darkness just as you spot them!
The fluffy, white heads of common cotton-grass dot our brown, boggy moors and heaths as if a giant bag of cotton wool balls has been thrown across the landscape!