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Mammals like birds are warm blooded, but three features set them apart from other creatures. All mammals have hair or fur, they feed their young on milk and they have a unique jawbone joint. Name: American Mink Month: July Location: Bridge house beck Haworth Name: Field Vole Month: AprilLocation: Haworth Name: Hedgehog Month: August Location: Haworth Name: Mole Month: […]

Insects are the largest group of animals. They have six legs and a segmented body covered by a hard exoskeleton. Some have one or two pairs of wings. Certain insects are a problem such as the house- fly which spread disease, there are also other insects that are useful such as the Bee and Hoverfly […]

Fungi are neither plant nor animals, they feed on organic matter by releasing enzymes, a chemical used to break down whatever they are feeding on. They grow in damp woodland and grassy meadows and can be seen in Autumn.Some species are edible and others poisonous, it is not advisable to pick unless you are an […]

Name: Aphid – Greenfly Month: AugustLocation: Haworth Name: Aphid – Rose Month: AugustLocation: Haworth Name: Beetle, common Month: SeptemberLocation: Haworth Name: Black fly Month: AugustLocation: Haworth Name: Earthworm – Common Month: AugustLocation: Haworth Name: Flea Month: JulyLocation: Haworth Name: Froghopper – Nymph Month: JuneLocation: Haworth Name: Froghopper – Red and Black Month: JuneLocation: Haworth Penistone Name: Green Tiger Beetle Month: JuneLocation: Haworth Penistone Name: Harlequin […]

Amphibians are a group of creatures that are able to live on land and in the water, our most common is the frog. Frogs lay eggs – frogspawn that develop into tadpoles which breathe through gills. As tadpoles grow in the water their limbs and internal lungs develop. About 16 weeks after hatching the young […]

Birds are the only creature to have feathers called plumage, they are warm blooded and lay eggs. A birds bones are light with a honeycombed structure for strength. They have good eyesight and hearing but sense of smell is poor. In Britain some of the birds we consider common such as the sparrow are in […]

Spiders are often mistakedly called insects; they are Arachnids, an insect has six legs a spider has eight. They are carnivores and many spiders make webs, which are used to catch their prey; usually flies gnats and moths.Spiders lay eggs inside a silken cocoon, the young are called spiderlings. Name: 1- Spider shedding skin Month: August […]

Difference between a Dragonfly and a Damselfly:A Dragonfly is generally larger, its flight is less jerky than a damselfly. When resting the dragonfly usually has its wings 90 degree to its body, the damselfly usually has them folded back along its body. Both species use their long legs to capture insects when flying, their legs […]

Butterflies belong to the insect group Lepidoptera. Butterflies and Moths have a life cycle in four stages – egg, caterpillar (larva), pupa (chrysalis) and imago (adult). This change from one form to the next is called metamorphosis.Difference between a butterfly and moth.There is no absolute rule to determine the classification of the two groups, for […]