Author: Kate Allan
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August Highlights
The sun is still shining (some of the time) and summer is still in the air but the wildlife will be starting to slow down a little. Our garden birds have successfully reared possibly up to three broods of young who have fledged the nest. Some species, such as Curlews, Starlings, Golden Plovers and Oyster…
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Summer Holiday Project #5- Create your own Mini Ecosystem
This is a great fun activity and really easy to do. We used different species of moss in ours but you could use any small plants such as sedums and alpines that don’t grow too big. Once made just pop it on a sunny windowsill and watch it change and grow. It is also a…
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Summer Holiday Project #4- Build your own Hibernaculum
What’s a hibernaculum I hear you ask…..it is a warm, dry, safe place for reptiles and amphibians to hibernate over the winter. The word ‘hibernaculum’ means “winter quarter”, with the Latin word hibernus meaning “winter”. Here in Shetland the Common Frog is our only amphibian, but they are plentiful. They hibernate over the winter in…
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