Category: Vertebrate
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Rabbit
Introduction Rabbits have big ears. When they are adults there ears grow up to 7 cm about the same size of there head . They weigh up to 2 kg, the male is called a buck and a female is called a doe. Food chain They eat leaves, grass and plants. Foxes, and owls eat…
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Wood Pigeon
Wood pigeons are the biggest bird in the pigeon family Description They are found on farmland and woodland they are also becoming more common in city’s and towns. And they have yellow and white beak with a neck marking and some blue. We also see them in our playground. Behaviour & lifecycle Until they are…
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Hedgehog
Hedgehogs eat a few different things. They eat insects, worms, caterpillars, bird eggs and fruits and berry’s. Hedgehogs predators are mainly badgers but some foxes have learned to turn them upside down to eat the actual hedgehog. They are also Knocked down by cars at night because they get scared of the headlights and curl…
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Robins
The Robin is one of the most common and known birds in the UK . It has even been deemed as the unofficial national bird of the UK. About The small bird is only 14 to 21 grams with a 21cm wingspan. The colour is a bright red or orange face and upper chest, with…
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Pied wagtail
The pied wagtail are black and white relatives to white wagtails, they have 30cm of wingspan and weigh about 27 grams. Pied wagtails are named because of their long tails that are constantly wagging tail. People are why they do this including: communication, removing insects and a leading theory is it’s them saying to predators…
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The common frog
the common frog is an amphibian commonly found around the uk. There are lots of interesting things about this animal. Appearance Most common frogs are brown, green or grey but some can also be red or yellow. They measure around 8-13cm in length and weigh approximately 22g. Females are larger than males. Adult frogs have smooth…
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Roe Deer
General Roe deer is a smaller species of deer, their fur reddish brown in the summer and in the winter, it’s a greyish brown or dark brown, although their fawns have reddish-brown fur, with white spots on their back and sides. The Roe Deer’s habitat consists of Europe, Asia Minor and the costal parts of…
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Starlings
where you can find them and description You can find starlings in Banton in the sky. You can also see starlings in towns, city’s and the country side. Starlings are a light brown when there a baby and juvenile then they start growing the black and white spots. Starlings main diets are invertebrates but they…
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Goldfinch
Our class find goldfinches in the playground , Andrew’s dows wood and more. What they look like They have a bright red head. They have a white & cream chest. They have black, white & gold wings. Its lifecycle It starts as an egg then it turns into a chick then into the young adult …
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Toads🐸
Life cycles Eggs of the toads are usually seen in march and April sometimes you usually see toads giving birth in the water. When spawning,the female releases double strings of fertilised eggs among waterweeds. One female will produce around 1,500 eggs. Toad spawns usually take 3 to 4 weeks to hatch. Tadpoles mature in around 16 weeks,…
