Droppings and dung, spraint and scat, faeces or frass. Call it what you like, but you can learn a lot about wildlife from it’s poo!

I found this in my garden a few days ago – Poodunnit?

Now it’s your turn to play nature detective ...

Examine the clues and see if you can work out whose poos are whose!

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/poo-dunnit

So who visited my garden?

Here’s a story you might enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1EMZGFHu_Y

If you are out and about looking for signs of animals; just look.

NOT A STICK – THEN WHAT IS IT?

It’s a … let your imagination run wild!

• Collect several sticks and sort them by length, width, shape, colour AND texture.

• Draw a picture or write letters, words or names in the dirt, mud or sand.

• Use as pair as drumsticks on a tree or rock to make outdoor music.

• Practice your shapes, numbers or letters using sticks on the grass, dirt or pavement.

• Design and make a nest for backyard birds.

• Make a frame for your nature art

• Use a bunch as the framework for a fairy house or dragon cave. Larger sticks can be used to build a fort or den.

• See how high you can build a stick tower by layering sticks on top of one another.

• Have a pretend sword fight with an imaginary foe.

• Paint them (or paint with them) with bright colours, pastels, water or mud.

• Find a bridge over a stream or river and play Pooh sticks. Two players each drop a stick into the water on one side of the bridge, then race to the other side of the bridge to see whose stick comes out from under the bridge first.

• Add some string to make a fishing rod.

What is your favourite way to play with sticks?

Hedgehogs

Animals that visit our gardens eat all sorts of things. Hedgehogs are insectivorous, which means they eat insects. They eat caterpillars, earwigs, beetles, slugs and earthworms. But they will also eat other things such as frogs, fallen fruit and cat food (fish-free pet food only) or special hedgehog food that you can buy.