Resources
Our library of 271 resources (which are aimed at Primary School children) has grown rapidly, and we welcome new suggestions.
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Ladybugs
Activity
Jock o' Bennachie
Bailies of Bennachie
Make
Trees
Things That Grow

10 Facts About Honey Bees!
Learn some fun facts about honey bees from the National Geographic Kids web site.
Bees
Minibeasts
12 Spring Wildflowers You Should Know
Learn more about spring wildflowers and how to recognise them.
Spring
Video

A Bird Spotting Guide (PDF)
This activity is suitable for younger children.
Activity
Birds

A Day In The Life Of A Mountain Rescuer
Watch the BBC Newsround video to learn more about Naomi and the details of her life in the mountains.
Video
Watch
Winter
A Year In The Life Of A Horse Chestnut Tree
Autumn
Trees
Video
Watch
A Year in the Life of a Rowan Tree
Learn more about the Rowan tree.
Things That Grow
Trees
Watch
Acorn Seedling Time Lapse Over 8 Months
Plants
Things That Grow
Trees
Watch
Adult White Hare In Snow
Bailies of Bennachie
Video
Watch
Winter
All About Butterflies
Insects
Video
Watch

Amphibian Crafts
Activity
Indoor Activity
Spring
An Introduction to the Tawny Owl
Birds
Video
Watch
Winter
Animal Tracking from Prints
Video
Watch
Winter

Autumn - Ready To Get Detecting
Here’s a spotter sheet for signs of Autumn - how many can you find?
Activity
Autumn

Autumn Colouring In
Activity
Autumn
Indoor Activity

Autumn Colouring In Download
Activity
Autumn
Indoor Activity
Autumn in the UK
Autumn
Video
Watch

Autumn Leaf Hunt
Jock challenges you to an autumn leaf hunt! How may can you find? Here’s a handy spotter sheet.
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Autumn

Autumn Leaf Quiz
Why not test yourself with this autumn leaf quiz!
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Autumn

Autumn Online Colouring
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Autumn
Indoor Activity

Autumn Online Jigsaws (1 of 3)
Activity
Autumn
Indoor Activity
Jigsaws

Autumn Online Jigsaws (2 of 3)
Activity
Autumn
Indoor Activity
Jigsaws

Autumn Online Jigsaws (3 of 3)
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Autumn
Indoor Activity
Jigsaws

Autumn Scavenger Hunt
Fancy an autumn scavenger hunt? This is also a bit of a puzzle
Activity
Autumn

Autumn Tree Craft
Autumn tree craft-celebrate autumn by creating this display of leaf prints, rubbings and collages
Activity
Autumn
Badger
Video
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Winter
Badger - Mum with 3 Cubs
Bailies of Bennachie
Video
Watch
Winter
Badger (January 2019)
Bailies of Bennachie
Video
Watch
Winter
Badger - Mum with 3 Cubs
Bailies of Bennachie
Video
Watch
Winter
Badger - Mum with 3 Cubs
Bailies of Bennachie
Video
Watch
Winter

Badger Grid
Activity
Indoor Activity
Winter

Badger Maze
Activity
Indoor Activity
Winter
Badgers Playing Video
Watch our video of badgers playing from one of the Steve Sleigh's video cameras.
Spring
Video
Bailies of Bennachie Wildlife Survey
We have a team of volunteers monitoring wildlife cameras on and around Bennachie Aberdeenshire, our survey is supported by players of the Postcode Lottery.
Bailies of Bennachie
Video
Watch
BAMBI - Wild ROE DEER Fawn
Spring
Video
Bats - Echolocation
Bats

Bee Friendly Plants
Spring
Bee Painted Rocks Craft for Kids
Activity
Indoor Activity
Spring
Video

Bird and Butterfly Templates
Activity
Birds
Indoor Activity
Play
Bird Beaks - What do Birds Eat?
Autumn
Birds
Video
Watch

Bird Songs (PDF)
Activity
Outdoor Activity
Spring
Birds - Cartoon Fun Facts
Birds
Watch

Birds - List of Live Webcams
These webcams show what’s happening live, but remember some of what you see might be upsetting.
Birds

Blackbird Jigsaw
Try this online Blackbird jigsaw.
Jigsaws
Play

Blossom Activities for Older Children
Activity
Spring

Blossom Activities for Younger Children
Spring
British Garden Birds - Waxwings
Autumn
Birds
Video
Watch
Bug Hunting at Home
Activity
Minibeasts

Build a Bird Box
Fun craft activity suitable for children
Activity
Indoor Activity
Spring

Build an insect hotel
Activity
Spring

Build Your Own Minibeast
Activity
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts

Bumblebee ID Guide
Bees
Minibeasts

Butterflies and Moths Body Parts
Moths and Caterpillars
Summer

Butterflies of North East Scotland - An Identification Guide
Butterfly
Minibeasts
Butterflies, Moths and their Caterpillars
Insects

Butterfly Colouring In
Activity
Butterfly
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Butterfly Life Cycle FOR KIDS
Butterfly
Video
Butterfly or Moth?
Moths and Caterpillars
Summer
Video

Butterfly Suncatcher
This is suitable for preschool children.
Activity
Butterfly
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Butterfly Symmetry Art
Activity
Indoor Activity
Spring
Video

Buzzard Jigsaw
Try this online Buzzard jigsaw.
Activity
Birds
Indoor Activity
Jigsaws
Play
Caledonian Pine Forrest
Things That Grow
Trees
Caterpillar Craft for Kids
Activity
Indoor Activity
Moths and Caterpillars
Video

Changing Autumn Tree Plate
Make a colour changing autumn tree plate.
Activity
Autumn

Christmas Scavenger Hunt
How many of these can you find on a Christmas scavenger hunt?
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Outdoor Activity
Winter

Colour in Amphibians - Frog
Activity
Indoor Activity
Spring

Colour in Amphibians - Newt
fun activity for children
Activity
Indoor Activity
Spring

Colour in Amphibians - Toad
Activity
Indoor Activity
Spring

Colour in Butterfly
Spring

Colour Us In!
Activity
Birds
Indoor Activity
Common Frogs on Springwatch
Spring
Video

Conifer Cone Identifying Skills!
Impress your adults with your conifer cone identifying skills!
Activity
Trees
Winter

Conker Crafts and Activities
Make a conker worm, necklace, conker models, paint - even do some conker maths!
Activity
Autumn
Cuckoo Birdsong
Watch this lovely video about Cuckoo.
Birds
Spring
Video

Daffodil Bunting
Spring

Deer - Colouring In
Activity
Indoor Activity
Winter

Don’t Throw Out Your Old Wellies!
Don’t throw out your old wellies, plant some quirky containers, you could even grow sneaker salad in your old trainers!
Activity
Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Plants
Things That Grow

Dot to Dot Baby Bird
Activity
Spring

Dot to Dot Honeybee
Activity
Spring

Easy Crops to Grow
Activity
Outdoor Activity
Spring

Family Beastie Drive
Activity
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts

Fancy A Game of Natural Noughts and Crosses?
Activity
Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow
Trees

Feather Frenzy (RSPB)
Birds
Play
Female Barn Owl Regurgitates Pellet
Birds
Watch
Five Ways to Help Frogs and Toads
Spring
Video
Flight: The Genius of Birds - Feathers
Birds
Watch

Flower Seeds To Sow In August
Activity
Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow

Flower Seeds To Sow In Summer
Activity
Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Plants
Things That Grow

Forest and Land Scotland Autumn Activities
Forest and Land Scotland have loads of autumn activities.
Activity
Autumn
Forest Birdsong - Relaxing Nature Sounds
Spring
Video
Fox Sounds Fox Pictures The Sound A Fox Makes Animal Sounds
Video
Watch
Winter

Free Tree Identification App
Here’s a great free tree identification app
Activity
Trees
Winter
Frogs and Toads of the UK
Spring
Video

Frozen Sun Catchers
Activity
Winter

Fun Ant Facts for Kids (Easy Science for Kids)
Ants
Minibeasts
Funny Frogs Moving Paper TOYS Easy Paper Crafts
Indoor Activity
Spring
Video

Gardening for Butterflies
Spring

Get Sett - Test Your Knowledge of Badgers
Activity
Indoor Activity
Quiz
Winter
Giant Swarm of Midges
Insects
Minibeasts
Great Crested Grebes Courtship Dance
See this lovely video of the Great Crested Grebe courtship dance.
Spring
Video
Great Spotted Woodpeckers Nest
Birds
Watch

Grow Flowers for Butterflies
Activity
Butterfly

Growing Vegetables in School Gardens
Activity
Outdoor Activity
Spring

Halloween Crafts and Activities
This Halloween, the Woodland Trust put together our most ghoulish games and hair-raising adventures to ensure you have a spine-tingling time.
Activity
Autumn
Happy Equinox! | Science for Kids
Spring
Video

Have You Ever Made A Mandala?
You find your ‘treasures’ in the woods and then use them to make a beautiful circle.
Activity
Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow

Hibernate or Hibernot?
Activity
Winter
How Are Seeds Spread?
Plants
Things That Grow
How Do Birds Fly?
Watch
How Do Insects Fly?
Minibeasts
How Do Trees Grow?
Things That Grow
Trees
How Ladybugs Fold Their Wings
Minibeasts
How Spiders Make Webs
Minibeasts
Spiders
How To Clean A Bird Feeder
Autumn
Ladybird
Video
Watch

How to Draw a Spider
Activity
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Spiders
How To Draw An Ant
Activity
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts

How to Identify Conifer Needles
Activity
Trees
Winter

How To Make A Bat Box
How to make a bat box. You must to this with an adult! In return for giving them a safe place to roost, the bats will reward you by munching the midgies!
Activity
Winter
How To Make A Nature Journal
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How to Make a Paper Caterpillar
Activity
Indoor Activity
Moths and Caterpillars
Video

How To Make A Potato Trap
Learn how to make your very own potato trap.
Activity

How To Make Acorn Owls
Acorn Owls by Helen Bird from Curly Birds
Activity
Autumn
Indoor Activity
How To Make An Origami Frog
How To Make An Origami Frog from Froglife web site.
Activity
Indoor Activity
Spring
Video

How To Make Garden Wind Chimes
Activity
Winter
How To Measure The Height of A Tree
Activity
Outdoor Activity
Plants
Trees
How To Paint A Ladybug
Activity
Indoor Activity
Video
How to Play Conkers by the Official International Rules
Autumn
Trees
Video
Watch
How to Play Conkers By The Rules
Activity
Autumn
Video

How To Press Leaves
Activity
Autumn
Indoor Activity

Hungry Birds Game (RSPB)
Activity
Birds
Play

Ice Decorations
Activity
Winter

Identify a Butterfly (Butterfly Conservation)
Insects

Identify Trees With This Free Tree ID App
What’s that tree? Free tree identifier app-download it to your phone before you go out on your walk.
Activity
Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow
Trees
Identifying Badger Tracks
Video
Watch
Winter

Identifying Trees In Winter
Great quiz to help your deciduous ( broad leafed) trees identification skills!
Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Quiz
Winter

Jigsaw - Fox Cubs
Activity
Spring

Jigsaw - Osprey
Activity
Spring

Jigsaw Badger Cub
Activity
Spring
Jock & Hector, the Hairy Caterpillar Video
Moths and Caterpillars
Summer
Video
Jock and the Monks
Jock o' Bennachie
Jock's Autumn Party
Autumn
Bailies of Bennachie
Video
Watch

Jock's Nature Notebook
Activity

Jock’s Birds Bingo
Have fun, and remember to make notes in your Nature Notebook and send us your photos!
Activity
Birds
Indoor Activity
Jock o' Bennachie
Outdoor Activity

Jock’s Favourite Things That Grow Jigsaws
Activity
Indoor Activity
Jigsaws
Jock o' Bennachie
Things That Grow
Trees

Jock’s Minibeast Bingo
Have fun, and remember to make notes in your Nature Notebook and send us your photos!
Activity
Indoor Activity
Jock o' Bennachie
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity

Jock’s Plants Bingo
Have fun, and remember to make notes in your Nature Notebook and send us your photos!
Activity
Indoor Activity
Jock o' Bennachie
Outdoor Activity
Plants
King of the Birds
Birds
Jock o' Bennachie

Ladybird Colouring
Activity
Ladybird
Minibeasts

Ladybird Pebble Craft
Activity
Butterfly
Minibeasts
Ladybugs Fold Their Wings
Insects

Leaf Art
The Woodland trust have 11 brilliant ideas for making great leaf art.
Activity
Autumn
Indoor Activity

Leaf Spotter Dial
Activity
Outdoor Activity
Plants
Trees
Lifecycle of a Ladybird
Activity
Ladybird
Lifecycle of Plants
Plants
Things That Grow
Live Osprey Nest Camera at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve
This webcam show what’s happening live, but remember some of what you see might be upsetting.
Birds
Watch
Look Inside A Bumblebee Nest
Bees
Video

Make a bee watering hole
Activity
Spring

Make a Blackbird Mask
Activity
Birds
Make

Make a Bug Box
Activity
Spring

Make A Bug Hotel
Activity
Minibeasts
Make A Butterfly Feeder
Activity
Butterfly
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity

Make A Butterfly Feeder (Baby Budgeting)
Activity
Butterfly
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity

Make A Flock Of Fingers (RSPB)
Activity
Indoor Activity

Make a Paper Plate Spider Web
Activity
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Spiders

Make A Penguin Bookmark Corner
Activity
Winter

Make A Pine Cone Owl
Autumn is the perfect season for nature crafting and children love being creative with pine cones, twigs, and bark to create Pine Cone Owls.
Activity
Birds
Indoor Activity
Things That Grow
Make a Pitfall Trap (Natural History Museum)
Activity
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity

Make a Spider Headband
Activity
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Spiders

Make a Toad Abode
Activity
Spring

Make An Autumn Insect Hotel
Help Jock's minibeast pals make it through winter by giving them a cosy home!
Activity
Autumn
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity

Make Your Garden Bee Friendly
Activity
Bees
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity
Pollinators

Make Your Own Bird Bath
Instructions from the Dundee Science Centre web site.
Activity
Birds
Make

Make Your Own Bird Bath (Bailies)
Activity
Birds
Indoor Activity

Make Your Own Bird Feeder (BBC)
Open your own bird café and make a bird feeder. Sit back and enjoy spotting the birds coming for a free lunch!
Activity
Birds
Make

Make Your Own Bird Feeder (RSPB)
Open your own bird café and make a bird feeder. Sit back and enjoy spotting the birds coming for a free lunch!
Activity
Birds
Make
Outdoor Activity

Make Your Own Natural Christmas Decorations
Why not have a family forage for natural Christmas decorations? Note: needs an adult to be involved!
Activity
Winter

Make Your Own Wind Chimes With Sticks
Activity
Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow
Trees

Make Your Own Woodland Theatre
Make your own woodland theatre, and lots more winter activities from the Woodland Trust
Activity
Winter
Meadow Pipit Bird Song
Meadow Pipit Birds Singing and Chirping a Beautiful Bird Song.
Spring
Video

Mini Grass Houses for Kids
Activity
Indoor Activity
Plants
Things That Grow

Minibeast Activities and Crafts
Activity
Butterfly
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity

Minibeast Adventure with Jess Theme Song (CBBC)
Activity
Minibeasts

Minibeast Count and Colour
Activity
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts

Minibeast Hunt
Activity
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity

Minibeast Hunt – Top Tips for Finding Bugs
Activity
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity

Minibeast Spotter
Look for bugs when you’re out and about and find out fantastic facts about them. Best played on a handheld device such as a mobile phone or tablet.
Activity
Minibeasts

Minibeast Spotter Sheet
Activity
Bees
Butterfly
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity
Snails
Spiders
Moths Matter
Moths and Caterpillars
Summer
Video

My Wild Winter - Activity Guide
Enjoy the large range of activities from the Wildlife Trust collection of activities.
Activity
Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Winter
Nature Inspired Poetry
Activity
Things That Grow

Origami Butterfly
Spring
Origami Moth: Paper Folding
Activity
Indoor Activity
Moths and Caterpillars
Video
Palmate Newts on Wild Britain with Ray Mears
Spring
Video

Paper Dot Bird (BBC)
Find out how to make your very own paper dot bird.
Activity
Indoor Activity
Pine Cone Crafts
Watch this video with 5 brilliant pine cone craft ideas.
Autumn
Indoor Activity
Video
Pine Marten Birth & Babies
Spring
Video
Pine Marten Kits
Spring
Video
Pine Marten, Cairngorms - Speyside Wildlife Hide
Video
Watch
Winter

Plant App
Jigsaws
Plants
Things That Grow

Planting with a Twist!
Outdoor Activity
Spring

Pop Up Daffodil Card
Spring
Robin Singing For The Autumn Territory
Autumn
Birds
Video
Watch
Rooks Nesting
Birds
Spring
Video

RSPB - Spring Wild Hunt (PDF)
Activity for out in the countryside during Spring
Activity
Birds
Outdoor Activity
Spring

RSPB Bird Guide
Activity
Spring
Scotland's Big 5 - Red Deer
Video
Watch
Scottish Red Squirrels
Spring
Video
Slo-Mo Footage of a Bumble Bee Dislodging Pollen
Plants
Pollinators
Things That Grow

Snails Have Teeth! (CBBC)
Join Jess for an amazing snail adventure!
Activity
Minibeasts
Snails, Slugs and Slime
Minibeasts
Snails
Solstice: The Earth Is Reaching The Turning Point
Video
Watch
Winter

Sort the Bugs
Activity
Minibeasts
Spider Web Construction In Slow Motion
Minibeasts
Spiders
Spiders - Animals For Kids
Minibeasts
Spiders

Spiders in Your Home
Learn more about spider in your home at the Natural History Museum web site.
Activity
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
Outdoor Activity
Spiders

Spot and Collect Your Own Virtual Minibeasts
Activity
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts

Spring Colouring Sheets
Spring

Spring Scavenger Hunt
fun outdoor activity for children
Activity
Outdoor Activity
Spring
Story of Flowers (Animation)
Plants
Things That Grow

Talking Toad Word Search
Try your hand at the Talking Toad Word Search (intermediate level).
Activity
Spring

Talking Toad Word Search - Beginner
Activity
Spring

Talking Toad Word Search - Expert
Activity
Spring
Tawny Owl Call - Three Different Calls
Birds
Video
Watch
Winter
The British Winter (BBC)
Winter
The British Winter | BBC Teach
Video
Watch
Winter
The Mountain Hare
Video
Watch
Winter
The Story of the Baby Red Squirrels
Spring
Video
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Crafts for Kids
Activity
Indoor Activity
Moths and Caterpillars
Video
Thousands Of Pink Footed Geese Over Fife
Video
Watch
Tulip Growing - 22 Day Time Lapse
Plants
Things That Grow

Twit Twoo
Colour in and cut out this fab owl mask.
Activity
Winter
Two Adult White Hares
Video
Watch
Winter

Vegetable Seeds To Sow In July
Activity
Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Plants
Trees
Watch This Caterpillar Turn Into A Puss Moth
Moths and Caterpillars
Summer
Video

Weave A Sculpture From A Twig
Used a forked twig or small branch from your Autumn walk and make your own unique sculpture.
Activity
Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow
Trees

What are Minibeasts?
Minibeasts

What are Minibeasts? (The School Run)
Indoor Activity
Minibeasts
What Are Plants
Plants
Things That Grow
What Are The Parts Of A Plant?
Plants
Things That Grow

What Do Minibeasts Eat?
What Do Plants Need To Survive?
Plants
Things That Grow
What Is A Minibeast? (Primary Biology)
Activity
Minibeasts

What Is A Minibeast? And Other Bug Facts

What Type Of Bird Are You? (CBBC)
If you were a bird, what bird would you be?
Birds
Play

Where Do Minibeasts Live?
Activity
Minibeasts

Which Cairngorms Animal Are You?
Activity
Winter

Which Garden Bird Are You?
Activity
Quiz
Winter

Which Winter Animal Are You?
Explorer this Winter Watch resource from the BBC based in Cairngorms National Park in Scotland.
Activity
Indoor Activity
Winter
Whooper Swans - Singing, Dancing and Flying Birds

Why Are Bees So Important? (BBC)
Bees
Minibeasts
Why Are Insects Important?
Insects
Minibeasts
Why is Bird Poop White?
Learn the answer to why bird poop is white!
Birds
Watch

Wild Bees of Scotland
Bees
Minibeasts
Wildcat (February 2019)
Bailies of Bennachie
Video
Watch
Winter
Wildcat February 2019a
Bailies of Bennachie
Video
Watch
Winter
Wildcat February 2019b
Bailies of Bennachie
Video
Watch
Winter
Wildcat May 2019a
Bailies of Bennachie
Video
Watch
Winter

Wildflower Spotting Sheet for August
Plants
Things That Grow
Wildflowers

Wildflower Spotting Sheet for July
Plants
Things That Grow

Winter - Dot To Dot
Can you complete this Winter join the dots?
Activity
Indoor Activity
Winter

Winter Fox - Jigsaw
Activity
Jigsaws
Winter

Winter Painted Rocks
Brighten up your winter garden with some painted rocks!
Activity
Winter

Winter Scavenger Hunt
Wrap up warm for a winter scavenger hunt and make a walk great fun!
Activity
Outdoor Activity
Winter

Winter Stag - Jigsaw
Can you complete this winter Stag jigsaw?
Activity
Jigsaws
Winter

Winter Vegetable Crops To Sow In August
Activity
Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow

Wood Ant Activity Pack
Activity
Wood Ant Nest in the Scottish Highlands
Insects

Woodpecker Jigsaw
Try this online Woodpecker jigsaw.
Activity
Birds
Indoor Activity
Jigsaws
Play
World Environment Day 2020
Learn more about World Environment Day 2020.
Video
Watch
Wren Bird Singing
Listen to Wren bird song.
Birds
Watch

Wren Jigsaw
Try this online Wren jigsaw.
Activity
Birds
Indoor Activity
Jigsaws

Forest Snapdragon
Make this simple paper game to learn more about the forest.
Activity
Indoor Activity
Outdoor Activity
Things That Grow
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