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Crosswords, wordsearches and

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IDE

WHAT’S THE

BIRDIE?

A TEST OF KNOWLEDGE

Welcome to the British

Nature Guide Christmas

and New Year Activity

Special 2020/21

In this issue you will find some

new activities and articles along

with some which featured in our

2019 magazines. We hope you

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highlights What you will find in this special issue

24 PAINTED LADIES

Butterfly migration

29 AMERICAN BIRDS

Big or small

06 MINI BEAST WORDSEARCH

Find the creepy crawlies

12 HEADS AND FACES

African mammals

32 WHAT’S THE BIRDIE

Twelve species to identify

33 CHRISTMAS CROSSWORD

For adults and children

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Mini quiz: You will find the answers on page 35

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The young ones

A baby chicken is called a chick.

We have special names for the babies of the birds and

animals listed below. Do you know what they are?

Duck …………………….

Deer ……………….…….

Fox …………….………..

Goose ………….….……

Whale ………………..…

Seal …………….……….

Male or female

An adult male Deer is called a stag. A female Deer is

called a hind.

We have special names for the male and female birds

and animals listed below. Do you know what they are?

A male Goose is called a ……………………..

A female Fox is called a ………………………

A male Swan is called a .………………….…..

A female Swan is called a ………………….…

A male Rabbit is called a …………….…….…

A female Rabbit is called a ……………….….

A male Pheasant is called a ………..………..

Can you

identify these

three birds?

The missing letters

Below are the names of some birds which leave

Britain for the winter. Fill in the missing letters to

identify the birds.

S_A_L_W

B_A_K_A_

C_M_O_ T_R_

H_U_E M_R_I_

W_I_E_H_O_T

What is this

bird?

I am a bird and I live

in Britain. I have

orange feathers, I

have blue feathers

and I have white

feathers. I have a

long dagger-like

beak. I fly low and

fast across the water.

I dive into the water

to catch fish.

For fun, for knowledge

and for nature.

Draw your own Ladybird in the box

below, then colour it in. You can copy the

picture above if you like.

Ladybird drawing and fact sheet

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First steps into nature Ladybird Quiz There are only three colours on

this Ladybird. Fill in the missing

letters below to find the colours.

r_d

b_a_k

w_i_e The answers are at the bottom of

this section.

This Ladybird has seven black

spots on its red wing cases,

three on each side and one in the

middle.

Ladybirds feed on small insects

called aphids.

Ladybirds are beetles.

Ladybirds have two wings under

their shells.

Ladybirds can fly really well.

Ladybirds have six legs.

Answers from above.

Missing letter colours are red,

black and white.

A Mole lives underground in a tunnel.

It digs out a nest chamber to sleep in.

A Squirrel builds a stick nest to live in.

This is called a drey.

A Fox digs a hole in the ground to live in.

This is called a den.

A Rabbit digs a hole in the ground to live in. This is

called a burrow.

All of these animals are

covered in fur. This helps

to keep them warm during

the winter.

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1

Where

animals

live

All of these

animals are

mammals.

Mini beast wordsearch

The names of 10 mini beasts are hidden in the grid

below. They can be spelt forwards or backwards, and

they can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal. All you

have to do is find them. If you need any help, the mini

beasts you are looking for are named in the box below.

Wasp, Beetle, Ladybird, Spider, Worm, Moth, Scorpion, Cricket, Snail and Slug.

You can check your answer on page 37

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Mini beasts in gardens and parks.

This spider has eight legs.

It can walk on water.

It is called a Raft Spider.

This butterfly has four blue

wings.

It is called an Adonis Blue.

This fly has a black body

and two wings.

It is called a Noon Fly.

I am a

Hedgehog.

I have

prickles.

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How many of these

creatures have you seen?

I am a

Caterpillar.

I turn into

a Moth.

I am a

Wasp. I

can sting.

I am a

Dragonfly.

I have four

wings.

Interesting facts for younger children

Below are the names of some

birds which arrive in Britain in the

autumn.

Fill in the missing letters to

identify the birds.

B_A_B_I_G

R_D_I_G

T_R_S_O_E

B_R_A_L_ G_O_E

S_N_E_L_N_

Answers on page 35

Can you identify the species? A

bird found around the coasts of

Britain.

Answer on page 35

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What does a plant produce to

attract pollinators?

If a creature only comes out at

night, what is it called?

What is a creature that only eats

plants called?

Is a crocodile an amphibian or a

reptile?

A Cow grows horns on its head.

What does a Deer grow?

Some birds travel south for winter.

What is this called?

Can an Elephant drink through its

trunk?

Answers on page 36

Muddled up wildflower names

All the letters are there, but in the

wrong order. Can you work out

what each species is?

SAYID

TRUPEBUCT

FLIDDOAF

FLOGOVEX

LANINODED

Answers on page 39

Can you identify this species of

bird which lives in Europe?

Answer on page 40

What do these people

study?

Lepidopterist

Ornithologist

Botanist

Ichthyologist

Herpetologist

Cetologist

Answers on page 39

Some geese can fly at heights of

over 10,000 metres. High enough

to fly over the Himalayas. This is

nearly as high as passenger

planes fly. True or false?

Hooded, Bearded, Harp, Ringed,

Common and Grey are all types of

which animal which have been

seen in the UK?

The answers are on page 38

Below are the names of eight

species of bird. Several of them

have been spelled incorrectly. Put

a tick in the box next to the name

if the spelling is correct, and a

cross if it is not.

Check your answers on page 36

Ptarmigan

Cretzshmar’s Bunting

Tengmalm’s Owl

Eleanora’s Falcon

Auduoin’s Gull

Olivaceous Warbler

Capercaillie

Ruppel’s Warbler

Birds have different coloured and shaped feet

A bit about feet

Ducks have colourful webbed

feet. They use them to paddle

through the water. They only have

three toes, each with a small claw.

Crows have four strong toes with

large claws. Three toes point

forward and one points back.

These are good for walking on.

Egrets have four long thin toes

which they spread out when they

walk on soft ground. They only

have very short claws.

Hawks are hunters. They have

strong feet with sharp talons on

each of their four toes, which

helps them to get a firm grip on to

their prey.

Coots have large feet with three

wide flat toes pointing forward,

and one short toe pointing

backwards. This allows them to

move easily over swampy ground.

Pigeons have four small toes,

three pointing forward and one

pointing back. They have small

claws. Their feet have evolved to

walk on the ground and to hold on

to branches when they rest in

trees.

Christmas trivia

In the song ‘The twelve days of

Christmas’ how many different

types of birds are mentioned?

Go to page 39 for the answer

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Above you will find photos of

six different sets of feet.

Try to work out which belongs

to the Egret, the Crow, the

Hawk, the Coot, the Pigeon and

the Duck.

You will find the answers on page 36

The biggest talons

The Harpy Eagle from South

America has the biggest talons of

any bird of prey. Their talons can

grow to 4 inches in length, the

same size as a Grizzly Bear claws.

As you can see from the

photographs on this page birds

can have quite brightly coloured

feet. Next time you are out

birdwatching why not see how

many different coloured feet you

can find?

Which bird am I?

Pied Wagtail Swallow Magpie Cormorant

Above you can see pictures of four birds. You will find these birds in Britain. Tick

across the bird’s name if you have seen one of them.

The Pied Wagtail eats insects which it catches near the ground. It wags its tail as it

walks. It will roost in trees or on the tops of buildings. It lives in Britain all year round.

The Swallow eats insects which it catches in the air, sometimes quite high in the sky.

It only comes down to the ground to collect mud to build its nest. It is a summer

migrant, spending the winter in Africa.

The Magpie is a big and noisy bird. It eats fruit, seeds, small birds, eggs and

mammals. It is often seen on the ground searching for food. It lives in Britain all year

round.

The Cormorant eats fish which it catches from the sea, or from lakes or rivers. It is

often seen sitting on a post near to water, drying out its feathers. It has webbed feet

to help it to swim. It lives in Britain all year round.

Using the information in the table below work out which line refers to a Magpie,

which is a Pied Wagtail, which is a Cormorant and which is a Swallow. Write your

answers in spaces under the heading - Which bird am I? You can check your

answers on page 37

I eat insects

I have the letter P in my name

I hunt for food near

to the ground

I have webbed

feet

I am a summer migrant

Which bird am I?

Yes Yes Yes No No

Yes No No No Yes

No No No Yes No

No Yes Yes No No

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Swallow

Cormorant

I eat insects

I have the

letter P in my name

I hunt for food near to

the ground

I have webbed

feet

I am a summer migrant

Which bird am I?

Yes Yes Yes No No

Yes No No No Yes

No No No Yes No

No Yes Yes No No

On this page you can see pictures of four birds. You

can find these birds in Britain.

The Swallow eats insects which it catches in the air,

sometimes quite high in the sky. It only comes down to

the ground to collect mud to build its nest. It is a

summer migrant, spending the winter in Africa.

The Cormorant eats fish which it catches from the sea,

or from lakes or rivers. It is often seen sitting on a post

near to water, drying out its feathers. It has webbed feet

to help it to swim. It lives in Britain all year round.

The Magpie is a big and noisy bird. It eats fruit, seeds,

small birds, eggs and mammals. It is often seen on the

ground searching for food. It lives in Britain all year

round.

The Pied Wagtail eats insects which it catches near the

ground. It wags its tail as it walks. It will roost in trees or

on the tops of buildings. It lives in Britain all year round.

Now look at the table below and work out which line

refers to a Magpie, which to a Pied Wagtail, which to a

Cormorant and which to a Swallow.

Write your answers in spaces under the heading -

Which bird am I?

You can check your answers on page 37

Pied Wagtail

Magpie

African animal heads and faces

How many of these 9

species can you identify?

Their names are all

included in the list of 12

African animals below.

Impala, Zebra, Elephant,

Leopard, Wildebeest,

Giraffe, Warthog,

Hippopotamus,

Rhinoceros, Lion,

Cheetah and Eland.

Go to page 37 for the answers

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Hare, Badger, Fox, Weasel, Deer, Rabbit, Mouse, Rat, Hedgehog, Mole, Otter and Vole.

You can check your answers on page 37

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wordsearch British Mammals

For adults and children: Can you find all the hidden mammals? The names of 10 British mammals

are hidden in the grid below. They

can be spelt forwards or

backwards, and they can be

horizontal, vertical or diagonal. All

you have to do is find them. If you

need any help, the names of the

mammals you are looking for are

named in the box below.

You can check your answers on page 40 Page 14

A test of reading and

knowledge.

On this page you will see

a picture of a Fox, a

Butterfly, a Spider and a

Heron.

Read the following

information carefully and

then answer the questions

in the boxes at the bottom

of the page.

A butterfly is an insect. It has six legs and four wings. It can

fly. It visits flowers, and it feeds on nectar.

A spider is an arachnid. It has eight legs. It builds sticky

webs. It cannot fly. It catches flies to eat.

A heron is a bird. It has two wings, and it can fly. It has two

long legs. It eats fish which it catches with its sharp beak.

A Fox is a mammal. It has four legs and a long bushy tail. It

cannot fly. It hunts for its food and eats Rabbits.

For adults and children : Fill in the missing letters

Have you filled in all the letters? Well done. Now all you need to do is find these five words

hidden in the answers on the page, Mouse, Tree, Eagle, Privet and Hare.

Finished? Now go to page 38 to check your answers.

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crossword

Predator species wordsearch

The names of 18 predators are hidden in the grid below. Some you

will have heard of, others you might not. They can be spelt forwards

or backwards, and they can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal. All

you have to do is find them. If you need any help, the species you are

looking for are in the box below.

Crocodile, Lion, Wolf, Hyena, Bear, Shark, Cheetah, Cougar, Leopard, Peregrine, Python,

Eagle, Jaguar, Orca, Kestrel, Lynx, Fox, Piranha.

You will find the answer sheet on page 36

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Have you filled in all the letters? Well done. Now all you need to do is find these two words hidden in the

answers on the page, Dromedary and Terrapin.

Finished? Now go to page 38 to check your answers Page 17

For adults and children : Fill in the missing letters

crossword

Toad

Frog

Snake

Lizard

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Record other birds you see below

Bird record table

Why not print out this page and put a tick in the box next to any that you see?

How many of these birds

can you spot during the

Christmas holiday period?

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Reading and drawing for children and adults who are new to nature

Now draw a picture of a

butterfly in the box below.

I am a butterfly.

I have wings.

I can fly.

My wings are orange

and brown.

This butterfly can fly.

It has orange and

brown wings.

This butterfly is called

a Small Copper.

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Starfish, Limpet, Kelp, Mussel, Dolphin, Fulmar, Turtle, Gannet, Saltwort, Sanderling, Plaice, Curlew,

Shrimp, Tope, Winkle, Knot, Thrift and Cockle.

You can check your answers on page 38

wordsearch Nature around the coast

For adults and children: Can you find all the hidden birds? The names of 18 species found

around our coast are hidden in the

grid below. They can be spelt

forwards or backwards, and they

can be horizontal, vertical or

diagonal. All you have to do is find

them. If you need any help, the

species you are looking for are in

the box below.

An easy way of telling African and Asian species apart is to look at the size of their ears. African Elephants

have much larger ears.

Elephants are vegetarians. They eat huge amounts of grasses and plants, as well as leaves from bushes and

trees. They will even peal bark off trees to eat. An adult can eat more than 100kg of food a day.

The numbers of both species of elephants have reduced over the last 100 years.

At the beginning of the last century there were several million Elephants living in Africa, there are now only

about 400,000.

In the last hundred years Asian Elephant numbers have gone down from 200,000 to around 35,000.

About 100 elephants are killed every day by poachers for their ivory tusks.

As the human population increases in Africa and Asia the people need more land to grow their food. This

leaves less land for elephants.

Why don’t you draw an Elephant in a picture frame, like we have, and colour it in? When you have finished

you will have to think of a good name for your Elephant.

We have called ours Mr Tusk and Mrs Trunk.

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Elephants need our help There are three kinds of elephants, two that live in Africa and

another that lives in Asia.

African Bush Elephants are the heaviest land animal in the

world, the male can weigh up to 6000kg and grow to over 3m

tall. African Forest Elephants are a slightly smaller species.

Asian Elephants can grow to nearly the same height as their

African cousins, but they rarely exceed 5400kg in weight.

African

Elephant

A page for all of the family

Have you filled in all the letters? Well done. Now all you need to do is find these

four words hidden on the page, Wasp, Otter, Spider and Owl.

Finished? Now go to page 40 to check your answers Page 23

For adults and children : Fill in the missing letters

crossword

The Painted Lady butterfly migration

from Africa to Europe

Painted Lady butterflies spend

the winter in the high Atlas

Mountains of Morocco in North

Africa. When spring starts and

the weather gets a little warmer

they set out for Europe, flying

north across the Mediterranean.

The next generation of Painted Ladies continues the migration north, some reaching Britain as early as April.

They feed on nectar and will visit many types of plants. They are good flyers and can travel all of the way up to

Scotland.

In most years only a few thousand butterflies arrive in Britain, but every few years when the breeding conditions

have been right for them in Europe, millions arrive. These good years are often around ten years apart.

In 2009 more than ten million Painted Ladies arrived in Britain. They bred successfully, and in the autumn more

than twenty-five million left Britain and headed back to Africa. It is amazing to think that such a fragile looking

insect can fly all the way across Europe.

2019 was also a very good year for Painted Ladies with millions of butterflies being present in Britain in the late

summer. The Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count recorded nearly a half a million in three weeks.

During the return migration they can reach heights of 3000 feet and fly at up to 30 miles an hour. They fly so

high that they cannot be seen from the ground, but when large numbers are migrating together they can be

seen by radar.

The Painted Lady butterflies which return to Africa in late autumn are the great great grandchildren of the

butterflies which left in early spring.

Painted Ladies stop to breed in southern

Europe in early spring. They lay their eggs on

Thistles and Nettles. Their caterpillars eat the

leaves of these plants. Protected from predators

by the prickles and stings on their food plants

the caterpillars grow very quickly. Within a few

weeks they turn into a pupa, and then a week or

so later a new adult butterfly emerges.

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Bird, mammal, plant

or invertebrate?

In the table below you will find 15 names. All you need to do it to decide whether they are bird,

mammal, plant or invertebrate. Sounds easy? Just put a mark in the right box.

Want to see how you have done? You will find the answers on page 39

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A test of nature

knowledge for all

the family

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT NATURE The stages of a butterfly’s life

A butterfly starts out as an egg.

When the egg hatches it becomes a caterpillar.

The caterpillar eats leaves and grows very

quickly. When it is fully grown it either spins a

cocoon around its body or sheds its outer skin to

become a chrysalis.

A butterfly starts to grow inside the cocoon or

chrysalis. When it is fully grown it breaks out.

Butterflies only live for a short time. The females

lay eggs and the whole process starts again.

This process is called metamorphosis.

All Cormorants can fly. Or can

they?

In fact there is a species of Cormorant which can

no longer fly. It lives on the Galapagos Islands off

South America and it is called the Galapagos

Flightless Cormorant.

Blue Tit facts

Blue Tits are very small birds. When fully grown

they weigh only slightly more than a 50p coin.

They eat small insects and seeds, and they like to

peck tiny pieces from peanuts.

Blue Tits are one of our most common birds and

often visit parks and gardens. They will nest in

boxes in gardens. Male and female Blue Tits look

the same.

The words below are all colours you can see on a

Blue Tit. Fill in the missing letters to find the colours.

Y_l_o_

B_a_k

B_u_

G_e_n

W_i_e

You can check your answers on page 35

❖ Blue Tit

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Spotted a Ladybird?

Ladybirds are often

named after the

number of spots on

their backs. Can you

guess the name of the

one above? Yes, it is a

Two-spotted Ladybird.

Why do we need

bees?

Because without bees

we would not be able

to grow most of our

Vegetables, Berries,

Fruit, Garden flowers

or Wildflowers.

Some information about mini beasts Above are pictures of twelve different mini beasts for you to name. Mini beasts are called invertebrates by

scientists, because they do not have a backbone or a skeleton. Most of these pictures are of insects,

except for the slug and the snail which are gastropods, and the spider which is an arachnid. Most insects

have six legs. Arachnids have eight legs. Gastropods have no legs.

If you print out the page you can write the name in the box next to each mini beast.

You can check your answers on page 39

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The names of 17 birds you will find

in Britain in the winter are hidden

in the grid below. They can be

spelt forwards or backwards, and

they can be horizontal, vertical or

diagonal. All you have to do is find

them. If you need any help, the

species you are looking for are in

the box below.

For adults and children: Can you find all the hidden birds?

wordsearch Winter birds

Fieldfare, Goldeneye, Smew, Scaup, Pochard, Pintail, Waxwing, Brambling, Wigeon, Merlin, Siskin, Robin,

Blackcap, Goldfinch, Wren, Magpie and Linnet.

Go to page 38 to check your answers.

American Brown Pelican

This Pelican has a bill that grows up to

about 40 cm in length.

This Pelican has a wingspan of up to 2

metres.

This Pelican weighs as much as 5

kilograms, which is more than five bags of

sugar.

This Pelican eats fish.

Anna’s Hummingbird

This Hummingbird has a bill that is less

than 3 cm in length.

This Hummingbird has a wingspan of only

12 cm.

This Hummingbird only weighs about 6

grams, which is about the same as a pound

coin.

This Hummingbird drinks nectar.

A Hummingbird flaps its wings so fast that you can hardly see them. It buzzes from one

flower to another taking a sip of nectar from each. In America people put sugar water

feeders outside their houses to encourage Hummingbirds to visit them.

Hummingbirds need to feed every day. In the winter when there are not many flowers in

North America most hummingbirds fly south to the warmer climates of Central America.

A Pelican flaps its wings slowly and will often glide over the water. It catches fish by

diving into the water with its huge bill open. It closes its bill under water. The bill can hold

two gallons of water. It squeezes the water out and swallows any fish it has caught.

American Brown Pelicans fish in the sea and can be found on the east and west coasts of

North America. They live there all year round.

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American Birds

The Pelican and the Hummingbird

A reading activity for children and

adults who are new to nature

I am a moth.

I have wings.

I can fly.

I fly at night.

I am pink and brown.

This moth can fly. It flies at night.

It is pink and brown.

This moth is called an Elephant Hawk-moth.

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Trees can grow very big and can

live for many hundreds of years.

They are very important for insects,

birds and mammals. Many other

creatures live in trees. Trees are

very useful to people as they

produce the wood we need to build

houses and make furniture. Without

trees we would not be able to make

paper.

Trees take carbon dioxide from the

atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is

produced by people, cars and

factories, and too much of it in the

air would be a bad thing. When trees

are cut down and burned the carbon

dioxide they have taken in while

they were growing is released back

into the atmosphere.

By a process called photosynthesis

a tree uses the sun’s rays, water

from the ground and carbon dioxide

from the atmosphere to grow. As it

grows it produces oxygen. All

animals, including humans, need to

breathe oxygen in order to survive.

Some interesting facts about trees you can see in Britain

Oak trees can live for over a thousand years. A mature tree can produce more than five thousand

acorns in a year. Birds, squirrels, mice and pigs will eat acorns. People do not eat raw acorns as they

have a bitter taste and can cause an upset stomach.

The tallest Fir trees in Britain are over sixty metres in height. That is the same height as a twenty storey

building.

A really big tree can weigh more than fifty tons. Don’t forget that the tree is also growing underground.

The roots hold the soil in place when it rains and stop it from being washed away.

A big tree can produce enough oxygen for at least three people to breathe.

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Trees and the

environment

Oak Tree

Acorns

There are 12 artistically altered photographs of birds

on this page, all you have to do is identify them.

How well do you think you have done?

You can check your answers on page 41 Page 32

A test of your

birdwatching skill

Have you filled in all the letters? Well done. Now all you need to do is find these three names

hidden in your answers on the page, Rudolf, Vixen and Dancer.

Finished? Now go to page 40 to check your answers. Page 33

crossword

For adults and children : Fill in the missing letters

Looking for seashells

This is a Common Cockle.

The best place to look for

them is on sandy beaches.

Sometimes you can find

both sides of the shell

stuck together.

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This is a Common

Periwinkle. You might find

an empty shell on the

beach, but if you find one

stuck to a rock you will

know that the creature

inside is still alive.

This is a Razorshell. It is

long and thin and breaks

easily. You can often find

both parts stuck together.

These shells are usually

found on sandy beaches.

This is a Dog Whelk. You

often find the empty shells

on the beach, but if you are

lucky you might find some

in rock pools with the

living creature still inside.

Barnacles covering everything and

Limpets.

Mussels clinging on to breakwaters and

rocks.

Why not plan a beachcombing trip for 2021?

✓ Answers from page 3

The names of male and female

animals and birds

A male Goose is called a Gander

A female Fox is called a Dog

A male Swan is called a Cob

A female Swan is called a Pen

A male Rabbit is called a Buck

A female Rabbit is called a Doe

A male Pheasant is called a Cock

Birds leaving Britain in the

winter

SWALLOW

BLACKCAP

COMMON TERN

HOUSE MARTIN

WHITETHROAT

The names of baby animals

A baby duck is a duckling

A baby deer is called a fawn

A baby fox is called a cub

A baby goose is called a gosling

A baby whale is called a calf

A baby seal is called a pup

✓ Answers to missing

letter quiz from page 9

Birds arriving in Britain in

the autumn

BRAMBLING

REDWING

TURNSTONE

BARNACLE GOOSE

SANDERLING

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✓ Answers to

bird photo quiz

from page 3

Great Tit

Pheasant

Blackbird

✓ Answer to bird

identification quiz on

page 9

This bird is a Fulmar.

✓ The colours on a Blue

Tit missing letters from

page 26

Yellow, Black, Blue, Green and

White

✓ Answer to –

What is this

bird? - from

page 3

Kingfisher

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I’ve spied the answers

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✓ Answers to bird spelling test on

page 9

Four were right and four were wrong. Well

done if you got them all right. The incorrect

spellings are highlighted in red.

✓ Answer to bird’s feet on page

10

✓ Answers to questions on

page 9

A plant produces flowers and nectar

to attract pollinators.

A creature which only comes out at

night, is called nocturnal.

A creature that only eats plants is

called an herbivore or a vegetarian.

A crocodile is a reptile.

A Deer grows antlers on its head.

When birds travel south for winter this

is called migration.

An Elephant cannot drink through its

trunk. It sucks water into its trunk and

squirts it into its mouth.

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Page 9 spelling Correct spelling

Ptarmigan Ptarmigan

Cretzshmar’s Bunting Cretzschmar’s Bunting

Tengmalm’s Owl Tengmalm’s Owl

Eleanora’s Falcon Eleonora’s Falcon

Auduoin’s Gull Audouin’s Gull

Olivaceous Warbler Olivaceous Warbler

Capercaillie Capercaillie

Ruppel’s Warbler Ruppell’s Warbler

✓ Answer to predator species wordsearch on

page 16

Looking confident

The first letter for each of the answers in the wordsearch is highlighted

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✓ Answers to - Which bird am I? - on page 11

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Checking the answers

✓ Here are the

answers to

the heads

and faces

quiz from

page 12

✓ Answers to British mammals

wordsearch on page 13

✓ Answer to mini beast

wordsearch on page 6

The first letters for each of the answers in the wordsearches are highlighted

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✓ Answer to adults and children

crossword on page 15

✓ Answer to winter birds

wordsearch on page 28

✓ Answer to

questions on

page 9

It is true, some

geese can fly at

heights of over

10,000 metres. As

high as a plane, and

high enough to fly

over the Himalayan

mountains.

Hooded, Bearded,

Harp, Ringed,

Common and Grey

are all types of Seal.

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✓ Answer to adults and children crossword

on page 17

✓ Answer to nature around the

coast wordsearch on page 21

How did you do?

The first letters for each of the answers in the wordsearches are highlighted

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✓ Answers to bird, mammal, plant or

invertebrate on page 25

✓ Answers to muddled up

wildflower names on page 9

DAISY

BUTTERCUP

DAFFODIL

FOXGLOVE

DANDELION

✓ Answers to - What do these

people study? – from page 9

A lepidopterist studies Moths and butterflies

An ornithologist studies birds

A botanist studies plants

An ichthyologist studies fish

A herpetologist studies amphibians and

reptiles

A cetologist studies whales and dolphins

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There is no rush

✓ Answer to ‘Twelve days of Christmas’ question

on page 10

The birds mentioned in the song are Partridge, Turtle

Doves, French Hens, Calling Birds, Geese and Swans.

Earwig Beetle Fly

Ant Snail Dragonfly

Butterfly Slug Caterpillar

Ladybird Wasp Spider

✓ Answers to mini beast

challenge on page 27

✓ Answers to nature questions on page 14

✓ Answer to adults and children crossword

on page 23

✓ Answer to Christmas crossword on page

33

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✓ Answer to

photo quiz on

page 9.

This bird is a Bee-eater.

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Are these the answers?

✓ Answers to the ‘What’s the birdie?’ photo identification quiz on page 32

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Not easy says the Mallard

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you know to look after our world

Let’s make the world smile in 2021 by doing

everything we can to look after it