Answer to Kids’ Quiz:
How many animals here have two wings, and how many have four?
There are nine animals with wings on this board. Did you find them all?
Seven of them have two wings. These are the birds – Green Woodpecker, Stonechat, Shoveller and Long-tailed Tit. And did you count the Robin and the Woodpecker at the bottom of the board? And one is the Noctule bat – bats also have two wings.
Two of the animals have four wings – the butterfly and the dragonfly. Most insects have four wings, like bees, but some have two, like flies. You won’t see many insects in winter, but the Bee Fly shown here is one of the first to appear in Spring. It looks like a bee but it is a fly – two wings!
Be a Nature-Friendly Dog Walker
Through no fault of their own, dogs can harm nature on the Heath and reduce its benefits to them and to us. Every season on our nature boards we will share different ways in which you can be a Nature-Friendly Dog Walker. Here are our messages with more detail and helpful tips on nature-friendly dog walking.
Biodiversity and you – make a difference!
Acknowledgements
This year’s biodiversity interpretation boards are a collaboration between City of London, English Heritage, Heath Hands, Marylebone Birdwatching Society, London Natural History Society and Heath & Hampstead Society. Boards will change with the seasons – view them all to the left.
