Starling on bird feeder (c) Ben Hall/2020 Vision.
Wildlife activities for home and garden
Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus). December 2009. - Neil Aldridge
All of our guides and activities below are free
If you can make a donation to our conservation work as a thank you, local wildlife will appreciate it! Suggested donation is £5, but any amount you can give helps protect our wildlife & wild places
During this difficult time, maintaining a connection with the natural world is more important than ever to ensure we're taking good care of our health and wellbeing.
We know that people who spend time in nature are happier and healthier, so here are some wildlife-themed resources and activities to try at home and in the garden . All of these activities are perfect for families to do together. We will be adding more content to this page on an ongoing basis.
If you do try any of these, please share with us on social media, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter using #noticingnature - we'd love to see!
Moth trapping
- Light trap (211.23 KB)
- Wine ropes (202.15 KB)
Our Ocean Giants - Marine wildlife
- Ulster Wildlife - Ocean Giants (293.74 KB)
- The Sea & Me (274.6 KB)
- Seal mask (891.31 KB)
- Marine wordsearch (475.07 KB)
- Reducing plastic use (719.86 KB)
- Marine colouring sheet (4.18 MB)
Shark School - All about sharks!
- Shark School Activity Pack (3.39 MB)
- How do sharks breathe underwater - Experiment (484.55 KB)
- Why don't sharks sink - Experiment (274.77 KB)
Activity Sheets
- Make a butterfly feeder (2.21 MB)
- Make a simple hedgehog house (3.68 MB)
- Make a bee and butterfly garden (3.67 MB)
- How to clean bird feeders (96.59 KB)
- Make egg carton creatures (2.54 MB)
- Make a treasure chest (1.26 MB)
- Make beeswax wraps (2.78 MB)
- Make an animal footprint trap (198.11 KB)
- Build a birds nest (2.32 MB)
- Make a butterfly feeder (2.21 MB)
- Make a bumblebee nest (3.52 MB)
Spotter Sheets
- River birds (341.69 KB)
- Yellow springtime flowers (245.21 KB)
- Signs of spring (1.19 MB)
- Nature Treasure Hunt (2.89 MB)
- Male and female birds (199.79 KB)
- Garden birds (337.26 KB)
- Crows and other black birds (215.64 KB)
Colouring sheets
- Marine animal colouring sheet (920.65 KB)
- Minibeast colouring sheet (1.37 MB)
- Bird colouring sheet (1.06 MB)
- Octopus colouring sheet (2.3 MB)
- Seahorse colouring sheet (1.54 MB)
- Crab colouring sheet (1.86 MB)
- Dolphin colouring sheet (1.31 MB)
Past 'Irish Hare' membership magazines
- Irish Hare Winter 19 (6 MB)
- Irish Hare Summer 2019_ FINAL.pdf (1.32 MB)
