Sharing the Woods

Last month we learnt about the animals who were starting to wake from their long winter sleeps and it occurred to us that many of them were nocturnal, and were awake at night-time. This led us to be curious about who we were sharing the woods with so we donned our scientist hats to look... could we find claw marks, burrows or perhaps some poo? Maybe there would be feathers or nests, or what about nutshells or signs of a last meal? After completing our investigations the children were charged with choosing a location for our new gadget - a Trail Cam. This whizzy bit of kit was received as part of the Learning through Landscapes grant and allows us to capture photographs of the woods while we are not there. The camera is triggered by movement, have a look below to see who came to visit...