Hopefully you have read the Spicy task on the grid about tracking animals. I know my children have been more vigilant during our walks and spotted nature changing around. We have also been lucky to spot lots of wild animals so I know some of you will be interested to identify what we see. Choose 1 or more tasks below for your home learning.
Sometimes the animals are well hidden or run away at the sign of any humans so we have to look closely for evidence. Here is some evidence we have found in our local woodlands.
Task 1 – Can you guess what we spotted?
Here are some hints –
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/02/animal-tracks-id-kids/
Task 2 – Find some prints
Sometimes the animals leave tracks behind and this resource from the RSPB is very interesting, it shows the actual size of animal prints you might find.
Look closely on your next walk for animal tracks and take a photo or draw an image of what the print looks like, estimate the size so you can compare it with others. Has anyone been lucky and spotted any footprints?
If you have been like us and not spotted any tracks this resource might might help you spot some other animals that like to hide away.
Draw a picture or write a short report on your animal findings, can you accurately identify the animal? How did you do this?
Task 3 – Make an animal tracker
If you want to take this activity further you could try making an animal tracker to see if anything visits your garden. See the link below.
Good luck detectives, remember to share any photos or work with your teacher or leave me a comment below with your guesses for Task 1.
A brilliant task Mrs Flockton- we will be keeping our eyes open when out for our walk today.
I think it was a squirrel that ate those cones .
We went for a wander and became wildlife detectives with note pad , pencil, and a camera .
We found lots of signs of nature – egg shells , feathers, nests, bird droppings too.
Where we live we have a pheasant that’s visits us every morning and often see deer in the field
Hello, Sienna. Well done for finding so many things during your nature walk. You were certainly kitted out with all the right equipment. Great detective work!
Great work Sienna, yes we were lucky to spot a red squirrel one day and have reported it on the Saving red squirrel website (as you know from her talk last year this is important) I suspect there must be many more in there though.
We have spotted some deer too but they are so fast I can’t get a picture.
Let me know if you spot anything else out there.
I had great fun finding animal signs yesterday. My favourite signs were the deer footprints and the watervole poo.
Well done Finlay (and family), did you take any photographs? Where are the watervoles?