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GET HEDGE HUNTING! Looking at the bushes around the edge of your garden, or on your walk to school, you might think there’s not much going on. But take a closer look beneath those tangles of twigs and leaves, and you’ll discover one of the richest wildlife habitats in the British Isles… Check out NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS magazine or go along to ngkids.co.uk for more amazing facts and fun puzzles! Answer: Badger. BE A HEDGE EXPLORER! To find out more, go to biodiversitysurvey.org OPAL is supported by The National Lottery through Big Lottery Fund HEDGE PUZZLER! The circle below contains the letters of the alphabet, but some of them have been left out. Can you find the missing letters to discover the name of a large, stripy creature you might find hiding under a hedge? (Answer at the bottom of the page) Background picture © Getty Images UK. Nature detective Start exploring the wildlife of a hedge near you – you could take notes, sketches or photos of what you find. See which of these hedge residents you can spot… Bugs abound! Hedges provide shelter and food for over 24,000 species of creepy-crawlies in the British Isles! For a closer look, hold a container under a hedge and gently shake the branches to catch any critters living there. Once you’ve finished looking at your bugs, take them back to where you found them and set them free! Hedge hiders Larger animals, such as birds, hedgehogs and voles, use hedgerows as ‘corridors’, which let them hunt for insects and berries whilst staying safely out of sight. Some of these creatures may be harder to spot, as they only come out at night. But look closely, and you might find some clues they’ve left behind… REMEMBER Always let an adult know when you’re going exploring, and be careful not to disturb nests or burrows! C F H I J K L M N O P Q S T U V W X Y Z CAN YOU SPOT? Spider Woodlouse Cranefly CAN YOU SPOT? Bird’s nest Burrows dug in the ground Feathers or tracks Spiders build webs between the twigs Woodlice thrive beneath bushes Hedges make great homes for robins

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GET HEDGE HUNTING!

Looking at the bushes around the edge of your garden, or on your walk to school, you might think there’s not much going on. But take a closer look beneath those tangles of twigs and leaves, and you’ll

discover one of the richest wildlife habitats in the British Isles…

Check out National Geographic

Kids magazine or go along to ngkids.co.uk

for more amazing facts and fun

puzzles! Answer: Badger.

BE A HEDGE EXPLORER!To find out more, go to biodiversitysurvey.orgOPAL is supported by The National Lottery through Big Lottery Fund

HEDGE PUZZLER!

The circle below contains the letters of the alphabet, but some of them have been left out. Can you find the missing letters to discover the name of a large,

stripy creature you might find hiding under a hedge?

(Answer at the bottom of the page)

Back

grou

nd p

ictu

re ©

Get

ty Im

ages

Nature detective

Start exploring the wildlife of a hedge near you – you could take notes, sketches

or photos of what you find. See which of these

hedge residents you can spot…

Bugs abound!

Hedges provide shelter and food for over 24,000 species of

creepy-crawlies in the British Isles! For a closer look, hold a container

under a hedge and gently shake the branches to catch any critters living there. Once you’ve finished looking

at your bugs, take them back to where you found them and

set them free!

Hedge hiders

Larger animals, such as birds, hedgehogs and voles, use hedgerows as ‘corridors’, which let them hunt for

insects and berries whilst staying safely out of sight. Some of these creatures may be harder to spot, as they only come out at night. But look closely,

and you might find some clues they’ve left behind…

REMEMBER Always let an adult know when you’re going exploring, and be careful not to disturb nests or burrows!

J K LM

NOP

T U

XYZ

CAN YOU SPOT? SpiderWoodlouseCranefly

CAN YOU SPOT? Bird’s nestBurrows dug in the groundFeathers or tracks

Spiders build webs between

the twigs

Woodlice thrive beneath bushes

Hedges make great homes for robins