 | Author: | anna (ID: 9059) | Posted: | 2010-01-15 12:04 GMT+00:00 | Mileage: | 1.51 km | |
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 | Sunrise Trail |
 | Habitat Pile |
What creatures do you think live underneath this habitat pile?
Why do you think these creatures like living here?
 | Bracket fungi |
Why do you think this fungi is growing here?
 | Substation Surprise |
This place is called Substation Surprise. A Substation is used to supply electricity, what do you use electricity for?
 | The Arboretum |
This is an unsual oak tree as it keeps its leaves throughout the year, what do we call a tree that does this?
The next photgraph shows a leaf from this tree can you find out what type of oak it is?
 | Type of oak leaf |
Find out what type of oak tree this is.
 | Type of nest box |
Although this looks like a bird box, it is not. What type of creature would use it?
 | Dormouse survey box |
Dormice run through this box, what signs might they leave to show us that they have been here?
 | One of our many ponds |
What creatures might you find living in here?
There are many plants in this pond, what do you think the pond creatures need the plants for?
 | A wooden building |
What do we use this building for?
Why do you think parts of the wooden wall are missing?
 | Willow arch |
Why did we choose willow to make this arch?
What other woods are used to make things?
 | Pylon |
This nest is in quite an unusual place, what do you think are the good and bad things of making a nest up here?
What materials do birds use to make their nest?
 | The drey |
Which animals' home is called a drey?
What materials would be used to make the drey?
 | Butterfly Bank |
Many butterflies visit this site in the summer, what would attract them here?
 | Sluice gate |
The sluice gate allows water to pass to and from the lake and the Great Stour river. Why is this important to the reserve?
 | Compost sculpture |
Which of these things that can be composted?
a) eggshells
b) teabags
c) cooked meat
d) a plastic bag
e) paper and cardboard
 | End of the Sunrise Trail |
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