Wildlife Ideas

Starlings form large flocks that behave like a new animal up in the sky and inspiring artists.

Evrey spring black grouse gather to display and find a mate, learn how to see this.

Back from near extinction in the UK this iconic species still can only be found in a few places where reedbeds thrive.

On sound these are two very similar birds

Got an old pair of binoculars or bird books you no longer use? Give them to the BTOs used equioment program.

Bat detectors allow you to hear the high pitched noises bats make. Like bird calls you can use this to identify the species of bat.

Track down and see all of the UK's endemic bird subspecies.

Make a simple nest box from a plank of wood suitable for tits.

Get a nestbox for your garden, easy to put up.

Niger seeds are small black seeds especially favoured by Goldfinches. They need a bird feeder able to hold thier small size.

Hyenas can chop up bones with thier teeth.

Bincoluars of great quality that make it all possible

Obituary for a fossil expert, conservationist and politician

Bill gives a talk on his work helping reintroduce eagles to lancashire.

Try to see as many of the species of british geese that occur in the UK in one day. If you pick some good parts of the UK you get a good number of species.

Mountain hares change to white in winter and live in the high tops of England and Scotland. They can be easy to see if you visit the right places.

Keeeping a checklist is like a diary of animals you have seen throughout the year and also useful to science.

Stories about some famous women zoologists from the past

What do you know about british bird song and calls?

Magpies often form collective roosts with gatherings of many birds, mainly in winter and sometimes with other corvids.

All about owls

What do you know about british bird song and calls?

Travel the world to see wild horses in 4 contoinents.

The BTO is a leading bird research organisation, running multi year data studies on birds.

Oxfordshire birding blog, sightings round oxfordshire

What are some tours you can go on to see european brown bears.

How well do you know the collective terms often used for groups of one animal species?

Long-eared owls are secrative but can be tracked down by thier calls and winter roosts. Learn the calls and take a few night walks.

How many species of penguin do you know and can youfind thier names in this word search?

How well do you know animals names and the colour thats is in thier name?

Georges Civier a zoologist who discovered and rejected many biological theories we know today.

One of the last pristine wildernesses in africa.

Ten quiz questions about british woodpeckers, how well do you know your green from your wryneck?

The RSPB is britians largest nature based organisation.

RSPB guide to british birds, designed for people starting out in bird watching

Can you identify the bird by just seeing the pieces of a jigsaw?

There is more than species of wolf in the world and more than one place to see a wolf.

How much do you know about dragonfiles and damselflies?

Bird ringing allows lots of data collection on bird biology and much of it is done by qualified amateurs.

Borneo land of head hunters, probocis monkeys and organg utans