Plastic wormery

Plastic wormery (c) Holly Jones

Wildlife at home

Activities for children

We all know how difficult it is to keep children busy and engaged, especially when we are restricted to our own homes. 

Over the next few weeks we will be updating this page with activities for children, indoors and outdoors to help them discover wildlife on your own patch. 

As well as including children in gardening activities, The Wildlife Watch website (our junior branch) has loads of indoor and outdoor ideas to keep little ones entertained - children can learn more about plants and animals, download spotter sheets and play online games.

We have put a few downloadable activity sheets below:

Downloadable activity sheets

Outdoor activities

Indoor activities

Spotter sheets

Identify a Bee

Buff-tailed bumblebee
Wildlife Identification

ID a Bee

Did you know that in the UK we have several hundred different species! Find out more about the ones you are most likely to see.
Blue Tit Gillian Day
Wildlife Identification

Garden birds

Did you know that over 20 different bird species visit garden bird feeders. Here you'll find a list of the birds to look out for.
Small tortoiseshell - Jim Higham
Wildlife Identification

Butterfly identification

Here are some of the common species of butterfly spotted in gardens. An overcast day is a particularly good time to see them up close.
Common frog
Wildlife identification

Ambhibians

If you have a pond or wet area in your garden, you may be surprised what lives there!
7 spot ladybird
Wildlife identification

Insects

Identify bugs, spiders, dragonflies and beetles here.
Garden Hedgehog - Stafford
Wildlife Identification

Garden mammals

Discover some common..and not so common garden mammals
Wildlife at home

Gardening for wildlife

Find out more about identifying and helping wildlife in your garden.

Click here for activities!

Terry Whittaker/2020Vision

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Join us from just £5 a month and we will send all the family regular magazines, activities and ideas for helping wildlife throughout the year.

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(c) Emma Bradshaw

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