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Thursday, 30 June 2016

#30dayswild Day 30 - A Cambridge Safari

Today we went for walk round the centre of Cambridge following a trail set by the Zoology museum looking for animals hiding in the architecture of Cambridge. We also spotted some real animals in the form of pigeons, blackbirds and a gold finch!

Wednesday, 29 June 2016

#30dayswild Day 29 - releasing our butterflies

Having started our caterpillar journey on day 6 of this challenge , watching the caterpillars grow and then become a chrysalis before emerging as a butterfly. Today (as it wasn't raining) we then released them.

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Tuesday, 28 June 2016

#30dayswild Day 28 - Owl Pellets

I ordered some owl pellets from The Barn Owl Trust (although as you get 2 pellets to a pack I didn't need 1 pack a child - I think 1 between 2 would have been fine!). Each pack of pellets also comes with tweezers, magnifier, wooden probe, gloves, safety sheet and analysis leaflet.

We enjoyed pulling apart the fur to find the bones (luckily the pellets I bought have been treated so no clothes moth lava to be found in them!). Thanks to the guide it was easy to identify the different bones and we could separate the lower jaw bones into vole, mouse and shrew.. and we could even start to work out types (although I found the mouse ones hard!)

Monday, 27 June 2016

#30dayswild Day 27 - Walk round the Botanical Gardens

Today, after school, we went for a wonder round the Botanical Gardens (to be honest this is how I imagined my 30 days wild challenge to be; nipping out somewhere after work, wonder round, go home - but what with the weather and G's leg it was not to be!). Myself, I and P walked round, G sat on the grass whilst E was gym! I took lots of photos whilst P ran about (especially enjoying the stepping stones!)