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Draw what else you’ll bring on your birdwatching mission. ■

Male blackbirds have black feathers, but the females have brown feathers. Both have an orange beak. Pigeons are champions at remembering journeys, and can travel back to their nests from thousands of miles away. Starlings like to fly with all their f

Woodpeckers tap tree trunks with their beaks to make a song, and also to feed on insects. Grouse walk about mainly on the ground. They only fly to escape danger, at speeds faster than a car! Wrens may be small, but they make very LOUD sounds when the

A toucans beak is huge. They use them to dig for food or fight with other birds. Parrots are very clever as they can learn and repeat words, just like humans! They can live to be up to 80 years old. Kiwis have tiny wings and they cannot fly. Their lo

Happy was in a good mood today. Grumpy, not so much. Happy had asked Grumpy to meet up at Mehville’s train station for a fun day out. They were going on a train ride around the countryside! Happy was excited because trains were fun to ride on. Grumpy

BREAD Bread comes in many different shapes and sizes, as well as flavours. Bread is made of flour and water. Flour comes from wheat. Bread has been made and eaten for hundreds and hundreds of years. Pre-historic people ate bread. Ancient Egyptians at

Break the eggs in a deep dish. Add the milk and beat it all together. Dip each slice of bread into the mixture. In the frying pan, add a knob of butter. Place one milky slice of bread into the pan. Let it cook for about 2 minutes until it is golden b

Answer: 12 1. Red 2. Blue 3. Yellow 4. Green

Kitchen roll tubeStringTwigsPeanut butterBird seed or other nuts and seedsFoil cake cases 1 Using a sharp pencil, poke a small hole in either side of the top of your cardboard tube. 2 In the same way, poke larger holes (big enough for the twigs to go

Cut out the friendly faces on the right. Distribute them amongst the players. Throw the dice. Move according to the number showing on the dice. The first player to reach Goosy Goose is the winner.