Sheet 1 of 8 Bingley Locks Wildlife Explorers
WildlifeWildlife ExplorersExplorers At Bingley Locks on The Leeds & Liverpool Canal
White-clawed c ra y f i s h Hi I live on the bottom of the canal. Sadly there aren’t many of me left as the American crayfish has moved in on my home, carrying a deadly fungus. Come and meet some of my friends who live here with me.
In the summer the canal between Bingley Three Rise Locks and Bingley Five Rise Locks is a great place to spot small damselflies and giant dragonflies.
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Dragonflies and damselflies spend up to five years as larvae living on the bottom of the canal, until they emerge for a few DidDid YouYou weeks to mate and lay eggs. Know?Know?
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Bird Spotters Chart Kingfisher
Sit quietly, look and listen, if you are really lucky, you may see the bright blue flash of a kingfisher.
Now tick your Explorers bird spotters chart.
How many of these birds My Explorers chart can you spot? Mark on the wildlife explorer’s Mallard maps where you saw them.
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spotted FACT FILE: Coot VS Moorhen
Coot Coots are bigger than moorhens and like to fight with their feet spotted and beaks. They are very noisy and like an argument. Spot the Moorhen difference: Coots have a white spot on the front of their head and spotted moorhens have a bright red beak tipped with yellow, and a white stripe on their side.
Visit us online at Always remember to stay canalriverexplorers.org.uk SAFE near water – Stay Away From the Edge. Bingley Locks Wildlife Explorers - Sheet 3 of 8 Wildlife Explorers Map 1 This is your map of Bingley North Bog Record where you have been and what you have seen! Five Rise Locks
The bog formed 10,000 years ago when a huge glacier carved out a waterlogged hollow. Layers of dead plants built up in this hollow, turning into peat. Experts have looked at tiny pollen grains and snail shells preserved in the peat to find out what plants and insects lived here 10,000 years ago! North Bog
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Three Rise Locks Visit us online at Always remember to stay canalriverexplorers.org.uk SAFE near water – Stay Away From the Edge. Bingley Locks Wildlife Explorers - Sheet 4 of 8 Wildlife Explorers Map 2 This is your map of Bingley Five Rise Locks Record where you have been and what you have seen!
The Five Rise Locks are one of the ‘Seven Wonders of the Waterways’. They have the tallest lock gates in the country.
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Visit us online at Always remember to stay canalriverexplorers.org.uk SAFE near water – Stay Away From the Edge. Bingley Locks Wildlife Explorers - Sheet 5 of 8 Be a Butterfly Spotter
Tangle Trace Follow the flight path to find the favourite food plant of each butterfly or their caterpillars. See if you can spot them growing along the towpath or in the North Bog.
Red Admiral
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Lady’s spotted Smock spotted
Common Blue Stinging spotted Nettles spotted
Birds Foot Orange Trefoil Tip
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Who Lives On The Canal?
Water vole Dizzy Quizzy Try not to get in a tizzy - complete the word search to find out what fish, birds and mammals live on the canal. The words read forwards along the spiral!!
FACT FILE: Water Voles
Water voles are very rare and live in burrows along the canal bank and feed on plants. p i p i s t r e Did you know that ‘Ratty’ in ‘Wind in the l Willows’ was actually a water vole not a rat? a s s f l e j n p t a p i w l n k v c o o t m i m l k n d n w Words c s a t b t b o v w e v a n s s l White Goose s g s s a t
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Visit us online at Always remember to stay canalriverexplorers.org.uk SAFE near water – Stay Away From the Edge. Bingley Locks Wildlife Explorers - Sheet 7 of 8 Word Challenge A fun challenge, how many words can you make from these birds and animals? Keep the score and see if you can beat a grown-up!
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What’s The BIG Picture? Be Inspired by Bingley Locks on The Leeds & Liverpool Canal Using your powers of observation as a canal explorer, copy the small picture using the grid to help you. TIP: Try to copy one square at a time to make a bigger picture. When you’ve finished, colour in your picture. White-clawed crayfish
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