Astounding Autumn! - The Joules JournalAstounding Autumn! Did you find them all? Ready to get...
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3-5 Feel free to copy and share this for personal and educational use – and don’t forget there are loads more brilliant activities to download on our website! woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives | 0330 333 5301 | [email protected] Search for ‘nature detectives’ | #NatureDetectives © Made in 2015 by the Woodland Trust (registered charity nos 294344 and SC038885) Keep adventuring with a family membership. woodlandtrust.org.uk/ families Join today! Astounding Autumn! Did you find them all? Ready to get detecting? Keep your eyes peeled for signs of autumn Butterflies Red admiral, speckled wood and brimstone butterflies still flutter during autumn. Harvestmen Spot these arachnids on oak bark (and sometimes in your home!). Mushrooms How many different types of mushroom can you find? Webs Keep your eyes peeled for spider webs glistening in morning dew or frost. Skeletons Spotted any delicate leaf skeletons on the woodland floor? Birds Find them flocking around berry-laden trees, and feasting on the fruit. Squirrels During autumn, squirrels are busy gathering (or caching) nuts and seeds such as acorns. Owls Can you hear tawny owls calling ‘twit twoo’ to each other during the evenings? Badgers Keep your eyes peeled for old bedding left outside the sett. Galls Look out for knopper galls, spangle galls, marble galls and cola nut galls. Ivy Ivy flowers provide valuable late nectar for butterflies and bees. Look out Try sitting super still and keeping quiet – what can you spot?
Transcript of Astounding Autumn! - The Joules JournalAstounding Autumn! Did you find them all? Ready to get...
3-5
Feel free to copy and share this for personal and educational use – and don’t forget there are loads more brilliant activities to download on our website!
woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives | 0330 333 5301 | [email protected]
Search for ‘nature detectives’ | #NatureDetectives
© Made in 2015 by the Woodland Trust (registered charity nos 294344 and SC038885)
Keep adventuring with a family membership.
woodlandtrust.org.uk/families Join today!
Astounding Autumn!
Did you find them all?
Ready to get detecting?Keep your eyes peeled for signs of autumn
ButterfliesRed admiral, speckled wood
and brimstone butterflies still flutter during autumn.
HarvestmenSpot these arachnids on
oak bark (and sometimes in your home!).
MushroomsHow many
different types of mushroom can
you find?
WebsKeep your eyes peeled
for spider webs glistening in morning
dew or frost.
SkeletonsSpotted any delicate leaf skeletons on the
woodland floor?
BirdsFind them flocking around
berry-laden trees, and feasting on the fruit.
SquirrelsDuring autumn, squirrels are busy
gathering (or caching) nuts and seeds such as acorns.
OwlsCan you hear tawny owls calling ‘twit twoo’ to each other during the evenings?
BadgersKeep your eyes peeled for old bedding left outside the sett.
GallsLook out for knopper galls, spangle galls, marble galls
and cola nut galls.
IvyIvy flowers provide
valuable late nectar for butterflies and bees.
Look outTry sitting super still and keeping quiet – what can you spot?
