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Wilder Diaries: Pond success at Blundell's School!
Find out how Blundell's School in Tiverton have turned their school grounds into a wildlife haven!
How to help wildlife at school
Whether feeding the birds, or sowing a wildflower patch, setting up wildlife areas in your school makes for happier, healthier and more creative children.
Pine Martens Schools
Welcome to the Pine Marten Bounce Back School Resources Page!
Here you can download the four key stage curriculum linked resource packs, which are available to download for FREE! These packs have been designed to be used as part of curriculum delivery and are themed around woodland habitat and a magnificent mammal, the pine marten.
Here you can download the four key stage curriculum linked resource packs, which are available to download for FREE! These packs have been designed to be used as part of curriculum delivery and are themed around woodland habitat and a magnificent mammal, the pine marten.
My back-to-school
As a child growing up in Ghana, Patience never took an interest in what was going on in the garden. Now, she’s growing her own flowers and vegetables every week, both at the Centre for Wildlife…
Violet ground beetle
Violet ground beetles are active predators, coming out at night to hunt slugs and other invertebrates in gardens, woodlands and meadows.
Groundsel
Groundsel is a 'weed' of cultivated and disturbed ground like field edges, roadside verges and waste ground. It has clusters of yellow flowers that turn fluffy and white as the plant…
Ground nest alert! Dog walkers must lead the way
Leads are essential to prevent dogs harming ground-nesting birds, say The Wildlife Trusts
Discover wildlife around farmland
An introduction to the wildlife you might see around Devon’s farmlands including birds, mammals and flowers. Find out more about habitats around farms.
Ground-elder
Ground-elder was likely introduced into the UK by the Romans and has since become naturalised. A medium-sized umbellifer, it is an invasive weed of shady places, gardens and roadsides.
Ground-ivy
Despite its name, Ground-ivy is actually a member of the dead-nettle family. It is a clump-forming, aromatic plant that likes woodlands, hedgerows and damp places.
Round-leaved fluellen
A 'weed' of cultivated and disturbed ground, Round-leaved fluellen is a trailing plant with round leaves and yellow flowers that appear over summer.