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Earlier Springs

The timing of natural events is called Phenology.


Frog / Broga


Bird


Bluebells


Would you like to become a nature detective?

Would you like to join spring watch and autumn watch and help the BBC record changes in Wales?

You could put your recordings on the computer, make graphs and help build up information on how climate change may be affecting plants and animals.

Go to the web site below

Try this!

  1. In the garden section you can listen to a video and explore climate change in your garden.
  2. Click on the nature detective link.
  3. Take measurements in Nature watch and record and make maps on the computer. These will then help to build up the bigger picture of what is happening in Wales' Nature Calendar.
 












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What will happen to frogs that come out of winter hibernation too early? Why?















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