Creatures of the Wild Wood
This walk explores the fields around Eton College, used for school games and other leisure activities by the school boys and the general public. The map shows a nature trail around South Meadow and The Brocas in Eton. This area offers rich and diverse habitats: woodland, grassland, riverside, urban. The map is numbered, representing 23 […]
Badgers live in a network of tunnels called a sett; a family or social group of badgers is called a clan, and will have a territory with multiple setts surrounding it. The territory can be very large, and you may find signs of badger activity at a distance from tunnels and holes. Badgers tend to […]
‘“You really needn’t fret, Ratty” added the Badger placidly. “My passages run further than you think and I’ve bolt-holes to the edge of the wood in several directions, though I don’t care for everybody to know about them.’ (Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows) Those of us who read, or had read to […]
Explore habitats, adaptations and food chains with downloadable materials for use in the classroom or at home, featuring items from the Eton College Natural History Museum. Resource pack: Animals at Eton College Powerpoint presentation Animals at Eton College Collections – Student worksheet Animals at Eton College Collections – Teacher/educator guide More digital learning resources from the Collections can […]
Habitats, adaptations and food chains are covered in this free educational session on Creatures of the Wild Wood, from George Fussey, Curator of the Eton Natural History Museum. Recorded in the museum, Mr Fussey looks at adaptations of woodland creatures, including the well-known Badger but also the lesser-known woodland parrot from New Zealand, the Kakapo! […]
The Animals of Farthing Wood is a series of books, and later a TV series, created by Colin Dann. It is a story about a group of animals who are forced to leave their homes after humans started destroying the wood in order to build houses. In the story, a toad is captured by people […]
Badgers are a wood’s ruling clan, often occupying the same sett for generations and laying a network of well-trodden paths through the undergrowth. Badger (Meles meles) – British Mammals – Woodland Trust What else lives in a woodland? Badgers are foragers, experts at looking for food. They have strong, stocky bodies and sharp claws help […]
What is a habitat? A habitat is a place where plants and animals live. All living things need food, water and shelter to survive and a good habitat will provide these. Different plants and animals live in different habitats and they are usually named after features of their location. Examples of habitats include a woodland habitat, a desert habitat or an urban […]
Creatures of the Wild Wood 